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Vanguard: Season One: A Superhero Adventure
Alternate cover edition for B013ZBP8WK
Classic Superheroes for a Modern World!
A mysterious event has altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman abilities. In order to deal with potential threats posed by these specials, the President of the United States secretly forms a response team called Vanguard. Overseen by Colonel Leonard Thorne and led by Gunsmith, a soldier in a powerful exoskeleton, this team—the telekinetic powerhouse Paragon, the shape-changing Shift, the robotic Zenith, the shadow-teleporting Wraith, and the savage Sharkskin—must overcome their differences while also dealing with a parade of threats!
Follow along in this first season as the team faces off against an arrogant would-be superhero, a twisted Cold War scientist, a radical revolutionary, and a vengeance-driven powerhouse! But waiting in the wings is a far more deadly threat—a mysterious warlord and his terrorist network, which plans to use specials for their own purposes!
Fans of the X-Men and Avengers do not want to miss this explosive first season of an all-new superhero prose series! This collection contains all five episodes of the first season, plus a special bonus episode previously unavailable!
Classic Superheroes for a Modern World!
A mysterious event has altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman abilities. In order to deal with potential threats posed by these specials, the President of the United States secretly forms a response team called Vanguard. Overseen by Colonel Leonard Thorne and led by Gunsmith, a soldier in a powerful exoskeleton, this team—the telekinetic powerhouse Paragon, the shape-changing Shift, the robotic Zenith, the shadow-teleporting Wraith, and the savage Sharkskin—must overcome their differences while also dealing with a parade of threats!
Follow along in this first season as the team faces off against an arrogant would-be superhero, a twisted Cold War scientist, a radical revolutionary, and a vengeance-driven powerhouse! But waiting in the wings is a far more deadly threat—a mysterious warlord and his terrorist network, which plans to use specials for their own purposes!
Fans of the X-Men and Avengers do not want to miss this explosive first season of an all-new superhero prose series! This collection contains all five episodes of the first season, plus a special bonus episode previously unavailable!
- GenresSuperheroes
342 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 18, 2015
45 people are currently reading
43 people want to read
About the author
Percival Constantine
91 books72 followersBorn and raised in the Chicagoland area, Percival Constantine grew up on a fairly consistent diet of superhero comics, action movies, video games, and TV shows. At the age of ten, he first began writing and has never really stopped.
Percival has been working in publishing since 2005 in various capacities--author, editor, formatter, letterer--and has written books, short stories, comics, and more. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Mass Media from Northeastern Illinois University and a Master of Arts in English and Screenwriting from Southern New Hampshire University.
Currently, Percival lives in southern Japan where he continues to work on new projects and also teaches literature, writing, and film.
You can find him online at PercivalConstantine.com and connect with him on Twitter (@perconstantine) and Facebook (Facebook.com/PercivalConstantine).
Percival has been working in publishing since 2005 in various capacities--author, editor, formatter, letterer--and has written books, short stories, comics, and more. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Mass Media from Northeastern Illinois University and a Master of Arts in English and Screenwriting from Southern New Hampshire University.
Currently, Percival lives in southern Japan where he continues to work on new projects and also teaches literature, writing, and film.
You can find him online at PercivalConstantine.com and connect with him on Twitter (@perconstantine) and Facebook (Facebook.com/PercivalConstantine).
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
June 20, 2018
If you really, really love this genre, this is probably a pretty good book. Nothing new in it, just the same old, same old.
People are turning into superheroes and the government wants them (surprise, surprise!). Full of tales of the enhanced abilities of these people, artificial intelligence and government conspiracies.....not really my favorite thing to read.
The narrator seemed to be a little rushed and I found it hard to concentrate and really listen a lot of the time. I think I would enjoy this as a movie or TV series, but not as a book to read.
People are turning into superheroes and the government wants them (surprise, surprise!). Full of tales of the enhanced abilities of these people, artificial intelligence and government conspiracies.....not really my favorite thing to read.
The narrator seemed to be a little rushed and I found it hard to concentrate and really listen a lot of the time. I think I would enjoy this as a movie or TV series, but not as a book to read.
August 27, 2020
Not a bad read at all. Great characters and humanity from an artificial life form. Not an eloquent review, just a review.
Sorry. Lol. The review is the title of the review.
I will not give out details of the book. Oh, why not? There are confused people involved, some of them reluctantly super. There are governments involved, (when are there not?) Oh, technology is there too, no, not a calculator. That's it. The story. Gotta love it
Sorry. Lol. The review is the title of the review.
I will not give out details of the book. Oh, why not? There are confused people involved, some of them reluctantly super. There are governments involved, (when are there not?) Oh, technology is there too, no, not a calculator. That's it. The story. Gotta love it
November 15, 2025
Specials With Heart
What a good eclectic mix of personalities who come together to form a team! Good found family vibe and redemption arc. Excited to read the next book to continue the adventure with Vanguard.
What a good eclectic mix of personalities who come together to form a team! Good found family vibe and redemption arc. Excited to read the next book to continue the adventure with Vanguard.
April 9, 2020
Not for me.
May 4, 2016
Vanguard makes no bones about taking its cues from classic comic books. The heroes have strong, individual personalities; the bad guys have well-defined reasons to be bad, and the power to make themselves a genuine threat; there are nearly as many personality conflicts as physical confrontations; characters change sides, and betray each other (or do they?); each chapter is a complete story, with subplots threading through all of them, right up to the big blowout finale; melodrama and action abound - in a good way.
Basically, this book is exactly what it looks like on the cover - a classic sort of superhero story that just happens to be in prose rather than in comics. If that sounds like something you'd be into, give it a shot. I had a lot of fun reading it, and I was especially impressed with how Constantine was able to bring everything together at the end, give us a satisfying conclusion, and then in only a couple of pages, craft a cliffhanger that has me anxious to read Season 2.
Basically, this book is exactly what it looks like on the cover - a classic sort of superhero story that just happens to be in prose rather than in comics. If that sounds like something you'd be into, give it a shot. I had a lot of fun reading it, and I was especially impressed with how Constantine was able to bring everything together at the end, give us a satisfying conclusion, and then in only a couple of pages, craft a cliffhanger that has me anxious to read Season 2.
January 16, 2017
An excellent tale based on comic-book type characters. The author fleshes out his heroes a lot better than most comic-book writers do these days, however.
It's an excellent buy in either Kindle or paperback formats.
Buy it! Read it!
It's an excellent buy in either Kindle or paperback formats.
Buy it! Read it!
September 25, 2015
Good classIc comic book
Great as a comic book, the tropes are a bit tired. If you're looking for a book adaptation of a classic comic book it's good. I stopped at 75%
Great as a comic book, the tropes are a bit tired. If you're looking for a book adaptation of a classic comic book it's good. I stopped at 75%
April 17, 2016
SO good! Full review to come.
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