Wildside: Cadre Clash

by Wayland Smith

Super-villains want to take over the world. The heroes want to stop them and save everyone. But what’s the matter with using your powers to just make a buck? Wildside, Inc. is a (mostly) legitimate team of super-powered mercenaries. When they take on a missing persons case for a wealthy family, things rapidly go from finding Tony Sinclair to a rash of missing scientists and a mysterious super-powered group opposing Wildside’s investigation. The team has to find out what’s behind the disappearances and some high-tech break-ins, before things spread further than they even remotely imagined.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 16, 2018

Reviews

[Carlos Gutierrez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I met the author at libertycon and bought this and the second. It's world building was even paced throughout the book and the story moved quickly along. my only dislike (more of a personal preference than anything to do with quality) was the story was told through almost all of the main characters eyes.

[Leah Sage · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it when a story can keep me guessing, wondering, and theorizing up until the very end. Cadre Clash delivered that in spades, and in several unique ways. There are a lot of names and faces to keep track of, but every character gets a moment to let their individual personality and perspective take shape. Probably where the book shines the brightest: Superhumans are still human, and the author takes advantage of that fact to show the reader a whole new lens to see their personalities and abilities through. Heroes and villains aren't as clear cut and obvious as we'd normally expect them to be. From their motivations to their goals, their fears and their flaws, there is more going on here.