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Superpower Chronicles #2
Heroes
Some secrets don’t die with the heroes.
So, Raptor taught me how to fight, how to do the right thing, how to be a hero... and then he had to go and get himself killed. He never told me his real name. I never even saw his face.
Now, new enemies plan to reveal his secrets. If I can’t stop them, they will destroy me, my friends, and, let’s just say it, the entire city.
Raptor may be gone, but he isn’t done ordering me around.
Cuz he just sent me a text.
If you enjoy Batman, Spider-Man, and The Teen Titans, you will love Raven’s thrilling adventures in Heroes, the second book of Superpower Chronicles. Get your copy today!
So, Raptor taught me how to fight, how to do the right thing, how to be a hero... and then he had to go and get himself killed. He never told me his real name. I never even saw his face.
Now, new enemies plan to reveal his secrets. If I can’t stop them, they will destroy me, my friends, and, let’s just say it, the entire city.
Raptor may be gone, but he isn’t done ordering me around.
Cuz he just sent me a text.
If you enjoy Batman, Spider-Man, and The Teen Titans, you will love Raven’s thrilling adventures in Heroes, the second book of Superpower Chronicles. Get your copy today!
- GenresSuperheroesFantasy
340 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 13, 2019
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July 3, 2025
Heroes is Book 2 of the Superpower Chronicles written by Arthur Mayor. It follows the story of a group of sidekicks that lose their collective mentor and their principle heroes. The heroes were all members of Guardian, a government sanctioned group of metahuman superheroes that were killed by a group of supervillains.
Our main character is Raven, a fighting specialist with physical invulnerabilities. He was fired by his mentor on the day the assassinations took place, so no one knows that he technically should not even continue as a hero, but he feels this sense of incompleteness, dissatisfaction with the way it ended, and a desire to avenge his mentor, Raptor.
Raven takes it upon himself to continue the work initiated by Guardian and he just might know a group of sidekicks ready to step into the limelight and avenge the deaths of heroes. The trope of a team of new heroes, taking over for the old heroes is alive and well in this series, along with the quip-laden verbal barrage assaulting the villains. The narrative is told in first-person, so the reader gets a sense that s/he is in Spiderman's head.
Although the Superpower Chronicles is about a new team of superheroes, the reader gets a sense that the heroes are accessible, unique, and fun. I'm thoroughly enjoying the books. Looking forward to Book 3.
Our main character is Raven, a fighting specialist with physical invulnerabilities. He was fired by his mentor on the day the assassinations took place, so no one knows that he technically should not even continue as a hero, but he feels this sense of incompleteness, dissatisfaction with the way it ended, and a desire to avenge his mentor, Raptor.
Raven takes it upon himself to continue the work initiated by Guardian and he just might know a group of sidekicks ready to step into the limelight and avenge the deaths of heroes. The trope of a team of new heroes, taking over for the old heroes is alive and well in this series, along with the quip-laden verbal barrage assaulting the villains. The narrative is told in first-person, so the reader gets a sense that s/he is in Spiderman's head.
Although the Superpower Chronicles is about a new team of superheroes, the reader gets a sense that the heroes are accessible, unique, and fun. I'm thoroughly enjoying the books. Looking forward to Book 3.
October 23, 2020
This is a really difficult book for me to rate.
On the one hand, it's a well-told story, the pacing is good, the snark is excellent, the main character grapples with significant issues in a well-rendered manner.
On the other hand, the copy editing is abysmally bad. I feel frankly disrespected by how bad it is. This is why I waited for the book to be on sale; I sampled it and found "robed" spelled "robbed" and thought, "I'm not paying $4.99 for that." I'm willing to pay a little more for an indie book that has impeccable editing, like Melissa McShane's, for example, but this one is so bad that I feel a bit ripped off having only paid 99c.
An editor is credited. Now, I've been an editor, and I know that if you get a truly terrible manuscript and miss 10% of the issues (which is about the average number that you'll miss), it still comes out looking as if it hasn't been edited, because nobody can see what you've fixed. But this one hasn't even been spellchecked. Spellcheck is built into any tool a sensible person would use to write a book. The author could have spellchecked it. But it appears that neither the author nor the editor has done so. Add to that missing commas before terms of address (to me, the clearest mark of an amateur); shonky capitalisation; proper nouns inconsistently spelled; simple punctuation errors like double periods, exclamation mark and period, or no space after a period; apostrophe issues; vocabulary glitches... I spotted over a hundred errors, and I don't usually see more than a couple of dozen in a book this size.
It's bad enough that I'm dinging it a star, even though the story was good and I had no complaints about it. These days, indies just can't get away with being this unprofessional.
On the one hand, it's a well-told story, the pacing is good, the snark is excellent, the main character grapples with significant issues in a well-rendered manner.
On the other hand, the copy editing is abysmally bad. I feel frankly disrespected by how bad it is. This is why I waited for the book to be on sale; I sampled it and found "robed" spelled "robbed" and thought, "I'm not paying $4.99 for that." I'm willing to pay a little more for an indie book that has impeccable editing, like Melissa McShane's, for example, but this one is so bad that I feel a bit ripped off having only paid 99c.
An editor is credited. Now, I've been an editor, and I know that if you get a truly terrible manuscript and miss 10% of the issues (which is about the average number that you'll miss), it still comes out looking as if it hasn't been edited, because nobody can see what you've fixed. But this one hasn't even been spellchecked. Spellcheck is built into any tool a sensible person would use to write a book. The author could have spellchecked it. But it appears that neither the author nor the editor has done so. Add to that missing commas before terms of address (to me, the clearest mark of an amateur); shonky capitalisation; proper nouns inconsistently spelled; simple punctuation errors like double periods, exclamation mark and period, or no space after a period; apostrophe issues; vocabulary glitches... I spotted over a hundred errors, and I don't usually see more than a couple of dozen in a book this size.
It's bad enough that I'm dinging it a star, even though the story was good and I had no complaints about it. These days, indies just can't get away with being this unprofessional.
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March 12, 2023You know, it’s books like this that remind me of the importance of reviewing books online. This book is self-pub; I’d never have discovered it if it weren’t for a friend. And I would have been missing. Out. So, I guess this is my contribution to anyone reading this review… START THIS SERIES!
REASONS WHY:
-The main character has THE best sense of humor and is the snarkiest character I’ve ever met
-Twists and turns that will leave you breathless and wanting more
-Interesting characters and dynamics
-Explorations of the darker side of heroics (kind of like what the Dark Knight trilogy did… just a little more comic-y since people have actual superpowers, and explored through a teenager’s lens)
-So much conspiracy!!
-Interesting worldbuilding
-Just overall, really compelling. It was hard for me to put this book down, and when I did, I was thinking about it pretty much constantly. It’s rare for me to find that these days
-While it is trope-y in some ways, it’s still quite unique
THE DRAWBACKS:
-Editing is NOT great… there’s lots of spelling/grammar errors, and sometimes action scenes don’t make sense
-The plot twists aren’t typically described well-enough, so they can be difficult to understand (or, at least they were for me. It was still enjoyable though)
CONTENT WARNINGS:
-Moderate to heavy violence depicted
-Lots of swearing
-Past trauma (death, torture, alcoholism, divorce, etc.,)
-Things can get pretty dark sometimes.
-I think this book would be suitable for ages 15+. Maybe 14+.
REASONS WHY:
-The main character has THE best sense of humor and is the snarkiest character I’ve ever met
-Twists and turns that will leave you breathless and wanting more
-Interesting characters and dynamics
-Explorations of the darker side of heroics (kind of like what the Dark Knight trilogy did… just a little more comic-y since people have actual superpowers, and explored through a teenager’s lens)
-So much conspiracy!!
-Interesting worldbuilding
-Just overall, really compelling. It was hard for me to put this book down, and when I did, I was thinking about it pretty much constantly. It’s rare for me to find that these days
-While it is trope-y in some ways, it’s still quite unique
THE DRAWBACKS:
-Editing is NOT great… there’s lots of spelling/grammar errors, and sometimes action scenes don’t make sense
-The plot twists aren’t typically described well-enough, so they can be difficult to understand (or, at least they were for me. It was still enjoyable though)
CONTENT WARNINGS:
-Moderate to heavy violence depicted
-Lots of swearing
-Past trauma (death, torture, alcoholism, divorce, etc.,)
-Things can get pretty dark sometimes.
-I think this book would be suitable for ages 15+. Maybe 14+.
October 29, 2020
A Great Superhero Series
Book two, like book one, was another fantastic entry into what I hope will continue to be a great series. I was panicking a little towards the end of this one, as I was nervous about a potential story arc coming to fruition. However, Mayor ended it with a masterstroke. Couldn't have been better! I'm very much looking forward to book number three!
Book two, like book one, was another fantastic entry into what I hope will continue to be a great series. I was panicking a little towards the end of this one, as I was nervous about a potential story arc coming to fruition. However, Mayor ended it with a masterstroke. Couldn't have been better! I'm very much looking forward to book number three!
May 29, 2022
Following directly on from the first book in the series, the sequel is every bit as entertaining. Packed to the brim with action, snarky humour, and an impressive mix of plots, sub-plots, double-cross and betrayal. Thrown into this mix is the complicated relationships that Raven/Ryan has with his parents, Jackal and his teammates. There are a few grammar and spelling anomalies, but not enough to detract from the story.
I had a quiet day at work and was able to read this in a single sitting. Loved every minute of it!
I had a quiet day at work and was able to read this in a single sitting. Loved every minute of it!
August 1, 2022
hero worship is bad
Not as good as the first outing. There was scant character development and it's getting pretty obvious that our heroes are in over their heads. It's a good young adult superhero story with enough twists to keep you reading. I'm hoping for some more character growth in the next book.
Not as good as the first outing. There was scant character development and it's getting pretty obvious that our heroes are in over their heads. It's a good young adult superhero story with enough twists to keep you reading. I'm hoping for some more character growth in the next book.
July 25, 2020
Ah, For those Days!
I remember when I was young and nothing could permanently hurt me. I would recover from anything, I also read Superman comics. Ahhh, for those days. For the older folks, this series is actually well written but one really can tell that it's aimed at the teens.
I remember when I was young and nothing could permanently hurt me. I would recover from anything, I also read Superman comics. Ahhh, for those days. For the older folks, this series is actually well written but one really can tell that it's aimed at the teens.
March 11, 2022
Second book of the chronicles. I like the character development, but I got totally lost in the plot twist. Also, I don't like the way some characters from the past seem to show up from a past we're supposed to know about (did I miss a book?)
August 13, 2020
Great
Story gets more fleshed out, both characters and world growing in scope and depth, all in all a great read
Story gets more fleshed out, both characters and world growing in scope and depth, all in all a great read
December 25, 2021
Great book
This is the 4th time I've read this series, and I think its about time I gave it 5 stars.
This is the 4th time I've read this series, and I think its about time I gave it 5 stars.
December 1, 2022
3.5
“Working for the bad guys sucks!”
“Working for the bad guys sucks!”
November 13, 2019
Good read
Good addition to the Superpower Chronicles series. I really like the way Raven is so sarcastic and funny when he is fighting the bad guys. The team works together so well. I'm glad Red Knight was not able to get control of Raven in the end. I can't wait to start the next book in the series. I would recommend this book to any reader that enjoys good action mixed with great humor.
Good addition to the Superpower Chronicles series. I really like the way Raven is so sarcastic and funny when he is fighting the bad guys. The team works together so well. I'm glad Red Knight was not able to get control of Raven in the end. I can't wait to start the next book in the series. I would recommend this book to any reader that enjoys good action mixed with great humor.
December 13, 2019
Great
This story of kids with super powers just gets better. I am loving this series. Fast paced with plenty of action
This story of kids with super powers just gets better. I am loving this series. Fast paced with plenty of action
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