The world needs more heroes. Sonya is running out of time to make them.
The world is still reeling from the destruction in Vegas and the death of Firestorm, a rising hero cut down too soon. People are adapting, but the true storm is still coming.
Liberty, yet another of Otis’s future Heralds, prepares for war against the world’s heroes. Feeding on the devotion of her followers, she grows stronger by the day. And Sonya isn’t ready.
Sonya must train the next generation of heroes while hunting the Heralds from the shadows. As Ishtar, her hidden identity, she steals powers, topples villains, and brokers deadly contracts to strengthen her allies. Every move risks exposure. Every success invites new enemies.
But something else lurks among her trainees: Otis, the immortal architect of the last apocalypse, wearing a new face and biding his time.
Sonya has the power to reshape the world. But if she missteps, history will repeat—and this time, no one will send her back.
Broker is a top serialized novel on Royal Road with over 6k followers and millions of views. The series features a protagonist with limitless potential in an apocalyptic setting with a superhero progression system.
I really enjoyed it, but it definitely could have cut off around 600 pages and saved the rest for another book because good lort that thing was long. Now I'm staring down a thousand pages for the third book and some fatigue is starting to set in, no matter how much I want to keep reading the series.
I really like this story and the writing, but in this book I feel like I got so little of the main character. So much of the book was POVs of other characters. It was still very good, don't get me wrong, but I want more Sonya.
A fun read that manages to balance the action and progression elements with a reflection on what it means to be a villain and morality in a brutal world.