Price: $10.95

Format:
Paperback 192 pp.
129 mm x 198 mm

ISBN-10:
0192755439

ISBN-13:
9780192755438

Publication date:
July 2008

Imprint: OUP UK

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HERO.COM Book 1: Rise of the Heroes

Andy Briggs

It's pouring with rain and there's nothing to do. Until Toby, Pete, Emily and Lorn log on to the internet. Toby's about to click on his favourite website when lightning hits the telegraph pole outside. 'HERO.COM' flashes on screen. What sort of site is this? Impatient to find out, Toby clicks on a strange icon. Suddenly his hands are stuck to the desk.

It doesn't take Pete - comic fan extraordinaire - long to work out what has happened. But the others don't believe him . . . until he persuades Toby to climb up the wall, and then scuttle across the ceiling . . . just like a spider!

Soon the kids are downloading all sorts of superhero powers - flying, telepathy, who knows what each one will be. But the exhilaration ends when they realise that they've been given these powers for a purpose. There are fiends and villains to hunt down and overcome, and one of the worst - Doc Tempest - is in town right now, developing a heinous plan to conquer the world.

What the superheroes don't realise till they are in the eye of Doc Tempest's storm is that their powers are temporary and temperamental. So when the superhero powers run out (just when they need them most), who will save the earth from domination?!

Readership : Ordinary mortals who secretly desire to be superheroes . . . who have grown up with Playstations . . . who are addicted to TV series like 'Heroes' and 'Smallville' . . . who feed off films like 'Batman', 'X-Men' and 'Spiderman' . . . and who live for comic books. Boys and girls of 9+ . . . adults . . . and supervillains who want to know how to take over the world . . .

Reviews

  • `It's a wonder!'
    Wonder Woman
  • `Grrreat! Grrripping!'
    Wolverine
  • `I was so engrossed in this fantastic novel that I put my underpants on before my tights.'
    Superman

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Andy Briggs has worked on different stages of many film scripts/storylines including 'Judge Dredd', 'Highlander' (the TV series) and 'Discmen'. He has also been a television producer and written and directed many corporate videos.

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Special Features

  • This series is published alongside its nemesis VILLAIN.NET (the anti-series). Whose side will you be on?
  • All things heroic - from Spidey to X-Men and from Smallville to Heroes - are stratospherically popular at the moment.
  • Out-of-this-world covers, insides and POS.
  • Hollywood interest in the series and anti-series.
  • Andy Briggs is the superhero of authors when it comes to PR.
  • Books exploding with gadgets, gizmos, adrenaline, exotic locations and fun.