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Perennial
La Futura. The dream factory. A city of angels who cavort across a silver screen sky. Yet, in the deep shadows cast by the Hillywood sign, sometimes children disappear…
In the darkness there is a boy. A boy who never grows up… a shadow that fights for the lost. A superhero saving one small world at a time. Those few that know him, call him Pan.
When a powerful metahuman runs amok in the city, Pan is forced to intervene and finds himself unwillingly thrust into the national spotlight. Something that has been waiting for him, hungering for him in the dark, is aware of him at last… Now it waits…atop a skyscraper packed with innocent hostages, guarded by an army of supervillains. And it wants Pan to come... alone.
In the darkness there is a boy. A boy who never grows up… a shadow that fights for the lost. A superhero saving one small world at a time. Those few that know him, call him Pan.
When a powerful metahuman runs amok in the city, Pan is forced to intervene and finds himself unwillingly thrust into the national spotlight. Something that has been waiting for him, hungering for him in the dark, is aware of him at last… Now it waits…atop a skyscraper packed with innocent hostages, guarded by an army of supervillains. And it wants Pan to come... alone.
319 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 19, 2021
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Edward M. Erdelac
79 books114 followersEdward M. Erdelac is the author of thirteen novels including the acclaimed Judeocentric/Lovecraftian weird western series Merkabah Rider, Rainbringer: Zora Neale Hurston Against The Lovecraftian Mythos, Conquer, Monstrumfuhrer from Comet Press, Terovolas from JournalStone Publishing, and Andersonville from Random House/Hydra.
Born in Indiana, educated in Chicago, he lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and a bona fide slew of kids and cats.
Born in Indiana, educated in Chicago, he lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife and a bona fide slew of kids and cats.
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December 22, 2021
Metahuman books (and movies) are really hit or miss for me, but Erdelac has created something really nice, engrossing, and powerful with Perennial, and it is easily one of my favorite reads of 2021.
Perennial reads like an urban fantasy (which I love), in an alternate Hollywood. At some point people have begun developing metahuman genes. Some think everyone has the gene and it just takes something to trigger it. And some think the powers generated are random, while others think it’s based on what you’re doing or where your mind is at when it’s triggered.
The latter makes the most sense for Jim, whose metahuman gene kicked in during an explosion at a film studio where he plays the role of Peter Pan in a CW-like adaptation.
He now has flight and super strength/speed/agility, but he’s also stuck in the body of a 14-15 year old.
He finds out about some shady stuff going on with the showrunners of the Peter Pan show, and discovers there’s a whole lot of bad s*** going on and sets out to use his new powers to set things right.
The only thing I didn’t really like about this book was there are times words/places are used from the real world, but then others where they’re made up (like Hillywood), and it kinda threw me off a few times — just make it one or the other.
That’s about all I can say without spoiling anything.
I will say if reading about child abuse/exploitation is something you can’t do, you won’t be able to get through this one, but Ed has quite a few other books you can try.
Perennial reads like an urban fantasy (which I love), in an alternate Hollywood. At some point people have begun developing metahuman genes. Some think everyone has the gene and it just takes something to trigger it. And some think the powers generated are random, while others think it’s based on what you’re doing or where your mind is at when it’s triggered.
The latter makes the most sense for Jim, whose metahuman gene kicked in during an explosion at a film studio where he plays the role of Peter Pan in a CW-like adaptation.
He now has flight and super strength/speed/agility, but he’s also stuck in the body of a 14-15 year old.
He finds out about some shady stuff going on with the showrunners of the Peter Pan show, and discovers there’s a whole lot of bad s*** going on and sets out to use his new powers to set things right.
The only thing I didn’t really like about this book was there are times words/places are used from the real world, but then others where they’re made up (like Hillywood), and it kinda threw me off a few times — just make it one or the other.
That’s about all I can say without spoiling anything.
I will say if reading about child abuse/exploitation is something you can’t do, you won’t be able to get through this one, but Ed has quite a few other books you can try.
January 31, 2023
I'll begin by saying that I'm a longtime fan of Erdelac's work. That said I found PERENNIAL to be a very interesting blend of Peter Pan mythos and the superhero genre. The characters as always are well developed and believable and I loved finding the various nods to pop culture and the genre itself that Erdelac sprinkles throughout the novel.
A fun read if you're a fan of the superhero genre, the Pan mythos, or Erdelac's work in general.
A fun read if you're a fan of the superhero genre, the Pan mythos, or Erdelac's work in general.
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