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Just Us League
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Expected 31 Oct 26When the world can’t rely on its superheroes, who can step up and save the day?
Xander thinks he’s the hero for the job, but the world believes otherwise. Turning water into sand is an inconvenience, not a superpower. Self-styled Sandyman, he’s better known as the Wrecker of Windermere, a man who washes with alcohol wipes and drinks through a straw.
His backup barely adds up to a fraction of a a spoon-bending landlord, a ten-gram telekinetic, an invisible security guard who can’t see, a floater, an unlucky love interest, and a woman who knows everything about you.
Superzeroes, every one.
Zeroes aren’t important. Unless one leads them. Then they become significant.
Maybe.
When Manchester’s actual superheroes become supervillains overnight, maybe is all the world has left.
The Just Us League is a comic superhero adventure about useless powers, worse plans, unlikely heroism, and the terrifying realisation that saving the world might still not get you out of work tomorrow.
Xander thinks he’s the hero for the job, but the world believes otherwise. Turning water into sand is an inconvenience, not a superpower. Self-styled Sandyman, he’s better known as the Wrecker of Windermere, a man who washes with alcohol wipes and drinks through a straw.
His backup barely adds up to a fraction of a a spoon-bending landlord, a ten-gram telekinetic, an invisible security guard who can’t see, a floater, an unlucky love interest, and a woman who knows everything about you.
Superzeroes, every one.
Zeroes aren’t important. Unless one leads them. Then they become significant.
Maybe.
When Manchester’s actual superheroes become supervillains overnight, maybe is all the world has left.
The Just Us League is a comic superhero adventure about useless powers, worse plans, unlikely heroism, and the terrifying realisation that saving the world might still not get you out of work tomorrow.
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Expected publication October 31, 2026
About the author
Iain Benson
24 books19 followersIain is a fifty-something computer programmer from Manchester. He writes mainly thrillers, dashing in sprinklings of science-fiction, psychology and humour. Although he's written novels and shorts since childhood, he only got into indie publishing on turning forty, when the other choices for a mid-life crisis looked too expensive. Successes in short stories almost translated into becoming a traditionally published novelist in 2010. Instead, he moved into indie publishing with the well-regarded "Fakebook.con". He refuses to admit how much research he did in writing it. Fifteen books later, he shows no sign of slowing.
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As Mandated (if you read the book, you'll understand. If not, yes, I'm joking. This is a totally voluntary), I'm leaving a review for this super hero book by Iain Benson after being fortunate enough to review an ARC copy.
If you love super hero stories which champion the underdog(s), and doesn't take itself too seriously, this is unquestionably the book for you. Go read it.
If you love super hero stories which champion the underdog(s), and doesn't take itself too seriously, this is unquestionably the book for you. Go read it.
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