Hello, everyone! Hope you’ve all been holding up well enough. The last year or so hasn’t been especially kind to anyone, it seems. But believe it or not, my publisher and I have been chipping away at some projects for you, and I’m pleased to say, at long last, one of them is ready to release! So, without further ado, I’d like to announce The Other Eight VS The Icon!

The sharp-eyed folks who have been following me all along might recognize part of that title, as a while back I released The Other Eight, the story of seven unlikely super-heroes forming a mighty team and… wait, am I forgetting someone? Bah, it’ll come to me. The point is, the first book was a mostly comedic super-hero satire that I made the mistake of releasing on April Fool’s Day. And this is its standalone sequel!

The plan was to build the perfect hero, but nothing is perfect…

Humanity has long known of the existence of superheroes. Unfortunately, while they are often genuine heroes, they aren’t very super. Nonsensica’s twitch-inducing gibberish and Chloroplast’s mighty photosynthesis don’t quite rise to the promises of the comic books. But that hasn’t stopped the nations of the world from trying to assemble power-packed teams. In the United States, that team is known as The Other Eight, hand-picked from the best of the best (or at least the best Uncle Sam could find). But some organizations aren’t satisfied with finding a hero. They want to create one.

Enter The Icon.

ChiNoKo’s mighty defender has everything The Other Eight lacks–super strength, ultra speed, and neigh invulnerability. But it takes more than powers to be a hero. When The Icon threatens to destabilize his nation and beyond, The Other Eight will need all the power they can get to set things right again.

Unfortunately, lousy power comes with great responsibility, too.

The Other Eight VS The Icon is an exciting super-hero adventure from Joseph R. Lallo. It combines the action of comic book battle with the wit of satire for a story that packs both punches and punchlines.

Readers of the first book should find the same characters they know and love, but newcomers shouldn’t have any trouble getting up to speed. What existing fans of the series will find different is the stakes. This time around, the heroes find themselves in a do or die scenario with properly super-heroic consequences for failure.

I’m proud of this one. It’s a little more traditional in its comic book treatment while retaining a heaping helping of my own crooked sense of humor. I hope you all enjoy it! It’s available for pre-order now, and releases on Sept. 16th in both eBook and paperback. Give it a try!