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Powerhouse #2.5
Fly Another Day
A year ago, Dave Johnson flew high as the super-powered crime fighter Powerhouse, defeating Seattle’s top crime family and becoming a local legend. In the process, his marriage nearly crashed, his eldest son suffered a life-threatening injury, and Dave lost his super powers. Now, Dave is a new Christian, a stay-at-home Dad, and living off memories and comic book royalties.
An interdimensional alien hires the cynical Mitch Farrow as the CEO of Dorado Incorporated. Farrow attacks Powerhouse’s legacy in the media. This only prompts Dave to seek to regain his powers and become Powerhouse again. This time, he’s determined to not only fight crime, but poverty, fatherlessness, and hunger and enlists the help of local churches.
Farrow’ then hires a lawyer who threatens Powerhouse with frivolous lawsuits that could ground him forever. Outraged, the Johnson family’s super-powered alien chef pledges to rid Earth of lawyers and introduces his race’s robotic lawyers. He unwittingly sells the plans to a Dorado subsidiary, who equips the Robolawyers with powerful alien weapons that make them the most dangerous threat Powerhouse has ever faced.
An interdimensional alien hires the cynical Mitch Farrow as the CEO of Dorado Incorporated. Farrow attacks Powerhouse’s legacy in the media. This only prompts Dave to seek to regain his powers and become Powerhouse again. This time, he’s determined to not only fight crime, but poverty, fatherlessness, and hunger and enlists the help of local churches.
Farrow’ then hires a lawyer who threatens Powerhouse with frivolous lawsuits that could ground him forever. Outraged, the Johnson family’s super-powered alien chef pledges to rid Earth of lawyers and introduces his race’s robotic lawyers. He unwittingly sells the plans to a Dorado subsidiary, who equips the Robolawyers with powerful alien weapons that make them the most dangerous threat Powerhouse has ever faced.
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First published March 22, 2013
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June 27, 2013
Fly Another Day is actually a pair of linked novellas that continue the story of Dave "Powerhouse" Johnson … in fact, they're so closely linked I wonder why there's a division. Anyway, Dave regains his powers and returns to fighting crime in Seattle. With the help of local churches, he replaces the criminal organizations with community centers and church missions. Then the real challenge comes up: liability law. He has to find a way to deal with that, so he can continue thwarting evildoers.
Challenging him is Mitch "Pharaoh" Farrow, a professional cynic working with interdimensional aliens bent on world domination. Mitch, however, has a noble ulterior motive: the aliens promise to heal his wife and daughter of a debilitating disease once control over earth has been established.
Fly Another Day continues the themes in Tales of the Dim Knight. Dave deals with different aspects of balancing his normal life with his superhero adventures. This time, his family is well aware of his alien-derived superpowers, but conflict arises when Dave's wife and kids try to help out in various ways.
Adam Graham continues with the comic book references, puns, and situational humor. "Rise of the Robolawyers," the second novella, also contains some funny references to fictional lawyers. The characters are amusing and well-balanced. Once again, even the bad guy has realistic motivations.
I enjoyed this one as much as the first, and I'm looking forward to reading the next installment of Powerhouse.
Challenging him is Mitch "Pharaoh" Farrow, a professional cynic working with interdimensional aliens bent on world domination. Mitch, however, has a noble ulterior motive: the aliens promise to heal his wife and daughter of a debilitating disease once control over earth has been established.
Fly Another Day continues the themes in Tales of the Dim Knight. Dave deals with different aspects of balancing his normal life with his superhero adventures. This time, his family is well aware of his alien-derived superpowers, but conflict arises when Dave's wife and kids try to help out in various ways.
Adam Graham continues with the comic book references, puns, and situational humor. "Rise of the Robolawyers," the second novella, also contains some funny references to fictional lawyers. The characters are amusing and well-balanced. Once again, even the bad guy has realistic motivations.
I enjoyed this one as much as the first, and I'm looking forward to reading the next installment of Powerhouse.
July 18, 2018
I felt the writing in this book was very disjointed. I kept reading until Chapter 9 then gave up - it never caught my interest.
I received this book for free from Goodreads Giveaways.
I received this book for free from Goodreads Giveaways.
November 12, 2013
If you're into fun comic book heroes, this is an enjoyable one. As another reviewer mentioned, this is a little bit like "The Incredibles". The author writes with a nice bit of humor (I especially enjoyed the cookbook bit! Lol!).
The biggest problem I found was that he didn't put any division between the changes of location and characters, which is confusing when you move from one paragraph to the next, with no idea that things have changed.
Dave and his family are very nice, and their alien live-in 'cook/superhero' friend adds to the fun. I like that the story has a great Christian slant, as well.
I'm curious to see where this story will continue on from here...the evil aliens, the french super hero, Dave's wife with her little secret...it should be interesting!
I was given a copy of this through Story Cartel in exchange for my honest review.
The biggest problem I found was that he didn't put any division between the changes of location and characters, which is confusing when you move from one paragraph to the next, with no idea that things have changed.
Dave and his family are very nice, and their alien live-in 'cook/superhero' friend adds to the fun. I like that the story has a great Christian slant, as well.
I'm curious to see where this story will continue on from here...the evil aliens, the french super hero, Dave's wife with her little secret...it should be interesting!
I was given a copy of this through Story Cartel in exchange for my honest review.
November 18, 2013
A fun read with lots of action and surprises. It's rare to find boy-centric books these days, especially ones that are clean enough to be mother approved. This book is one that I don't mind handing off to my son. He's enjoyed every book in the Powerhouse Series, and can't wait for the next one!
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