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Waking up on his day off, Alex Fry (Beams) sees an impenetrable magical barrier in the sky over his hometown of Golden City. It turns out that the barrier was constructed by the Zero Knight called Mirar, who has come to Golden City to avenge the death of his fellow Zero Knight from the previous book. To that end, Mirar has trapped every man, woman, and child in the city, and even worse, has set a 24-hour-deadline, at the end of which everyone inside the barrier will die. To save his friends, family, and neighbors, Beams must ally with an old enemy of his, whose magical knowledge is the key to lifting the barrier. Yet Mirar leaves nothing to chance, sending his deadliest servants after Beams to ensure he cannot save the city. With time rapidly running out, will Beams be able to save himself, much less the whole city and everyone within it?

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After the biggest prison breakout of the century, Alex Fry (Beams) and Rubberman struggle to stay on top of a new criminal organization, the Dark Collective. Led by the charismatic Three Fingers, the Dark Collective's unique form of organized crime leaves the two heroes overwhelmed. The Dark Collective may be the least of their worries, however. King Xero, leader of the Zero Knights, is leading an army of Zero Knights to Golden City with the intent of razing the city to the ground. And this time, King Xero plans to make sure that Beams can't stop his plans. To defeat the Zero Knights and protect Golden City, Beams must ally with a lesser evil in the form of the Dark Collective. Yet even the might of the Dark Collective cannot protect Beams from the dark secret King Xero holds, a dark secret connecting Beams to King Xero in a way Beams can't even imagine.

Determined to rescue his kidnapped grandfather, Jack McDonald (Trickshot) sets out to assault the headquarters of the spy organization Icon. Along the way, he allies with three agents from an opposing spy organization, whose true agenda is a mystery to Trickshot. And that's before Christina Madison, his former enemy, defects from Icon and offers to help Trickshot take them down. Trickshot doesn't trust her, but accepts her help anyway because he doesn't have much of a choice. Between saving his grandfather and figuring out who is friend and who is foe, Trickshot has a lot on his plate. But that is nothing in comparison to the shocking revelations that await him within the mysterious island of Iconia itself.

Framed for the murder of one of the most famous superheroes in the country, Jack "Trickshot" McDonald finds himself on the run from the police. He and his best friend, Kyle, need to clear his name, which is easier said than done, given how Jack is an illegal superhero who can't operate in public. Jack's job becomes even harder when he is targeted by the local licensed superhero Bug Bite, who has grown tired of Jack's illegal superheroing and wants to put him in jail. It doesn't help that Bug Bite was close friends with the murder victim as well. Now Jack must prove his innocence and catch the real murderer before the police or Bug Bite catch him. If he fails, then a murderer will get away and Jack's superhero career will end before it even began.

A mad scientist seeking to take over the world. Mice genetically spliced with superhuman DNA to give them superpowers. And the origins of the Super Pill—revealed! Twenty-five-year-old Dean Hernandez isn't a superhero. He's a scientist, one who happens to be in a relationship with a superhero who is dying of a genetic disease which only afflicts superhumans. To save his superhero girlfriend, Dean splices mice with superhuman DNA to give them superpowers. Dean hopes to study the resulting 'supermice' to design a cure for his girlfriend's condition and save her life. Disaster strikes when the mad scientist supervillain known as Hybrid steals the supermice right under Dean's nose, with plans to use them as the basis of an army of super beasts to take over the world. Even worse, the government brands Dean an accomplice to Hybrid on specious evidence, forcing Dean to go on the run to avoid getting arrested. Now Dean must team up with the gruff veteran superhero Arachnid to clear his name, save the supermice, and stop Hybrid. And he only has a week to do it before the Supermice Project is shut down and all of Dean's hopes of saving his girlfriend are destroyed. Taking place 10 years before Ashley Jason and the Superhero Academy , Supermice delves into the story behind the origin of the Super Pill and is a must-read for any Ashley Jason or Neoverse fans who want to see that setting from a slightly different perspective.

When an old enemy from his grandfather's past returns seeking revenge, Jack McDonald (Trickshot) discovers that his powers are almost useless against an enemy who can redirect projectiles at will. Things get even worse when Jack learns that his personal AI assistant, TW, is starting to break down and become unreliable. And then Jack discovers that one of his grandfather's most treasured possessions is in the hands of a sleazy salesman who seeks an outrageous fee for the object. Now Jack must find some way to defeat his grandfather's old enemy while also trying to find a way to keep his AI alive. If Jack fails, then he will never save his long lost grandfather.

No superheroes. No supervillains. Only supers. After the events of the last book, eighteen-year-old Ashley 'Crafter' Jason begins attending the International Superbian Institute for Superhuman Training to complete her third year o schooling. Although the culture shock of visiting a country populated almost entirely by supers is tough, Ashley finds solace in her friend, Barrett Marcus, causing their relationship to deepen in pleasant ways Ashley did not expect. But life isn't all romance and boys. The kind yet charming President Franklin 'Dragon King' Marcus of Superbia expresses an interest in helping Ashley, although his true intentions for her and the world are far from benevolent. Meanwhile, a rebellion against the ruling super class of Superbia is brewing among the country's oppressed normals, who have hatched a plot to assassinate President Marcus and need Ashley's help to pull it off. All Ashley wants to do is complete her third year of schooling and go home. But when President Marcus offers her the cure for her incurable genetic disease, can she possibly say no? Or will she join the burgeoning revolution against his rule and find herself in his crosshairs?

Win the Competition. Save the Academy. At the start of her second year at the Academy, Ashley 'Crafter' Jason finds the whole school embroiled in the first-ever Academy Intraschool Competition, where six of the Academy's best students from each Team are pitted against one another in a year-long series of contests. Surprisingly, Ashley ends up voted to represent her Team, putting her at odds with her cocky first-year teleporter cousin Theo and straining her relationship with her best friend, Courtney. Winning the Competition is enough pressure by itself, but Ashley must also deal with the vicious Guardians of Humanity, an anti-super terrorist group whose leader, the lethal Overkill, has set his eyes on the Academy in general and Ashley in particular. The Guardians seek to destroy the Academy and their plans appear to involve the mysterious Lost Hero, Omega Man, who has been missing for over a decade. Now Ashley must not only win the Competition for her Team, but stop Overkill and the Guardians from enacting their deadly plan to destroy the Academy. To do that, she needs to find the Lost Hero before they do, because the Lost Hero may hold the key to the Academy's salvation ... or its destruction.

After learning about the disappearance of his mentor, Mecha Knight, Kevin Jason (Bolt) allies with a powerful yet aloof superhero to find him, although their conflicting personalities and methods make for teeth-clenched teamwork. There is far more to Mecha Knight's disappearance than meets the eye, however, and soon Bolt finds himself surrounded on all sides by many of his old foes, back to exact their revenge on him. Things become even more complicated with the return of a long-lost family member, forcing Bolt to move quickly and decisively if he is going to not only find Mecha Knight but survive. All of that pales in comparison to the secret of the mysterious Project Revival, a secret that threatens to destroy the entire superhuman community unless Bolt canstop it. If he can stop it, that is.

After preventing a plane crash, Kevin Jason (Bolt) teams up with Strike, a fellow superhero, to find Strike's girlfriend, who mysteriously disappeared one day without a trace. Their search leads them into the maze of a mad scientist, whose terrifying scientific monstrosities lurk around every corner. Far more terrifying than monsters, however, is the return of a long-dead supervillain, whose murky agenda may be far more dangerous than even the deadliest beast. Even with the unexpected help of an old ally, Bolt may not be able to survive the maze, much less save Strike's girlfriend, or deal with the deadly secrets awaiting him within.

With his girlfriend's life on the line, Kevin Jason (Bolt) accepts a mission from the government to save her life. He must retrieve a stolen government superweapon that, if it falls into the wrong hands, could spell disaster not just for America, but the whole world. To retrieve this weapon, Bolt must team up with a spy to infiltrate the pirate crew of an infamous and dangerous supervillain, who plans to sell the weapon off to the highest bidder. Yet not all is what it seems, especially in regard to the true nature of the weapon. And once Bolt discovers the truth, his whole world will be turned upside down.

While exploring one of his father's abandoned Vaults, Kevin Jason (Bolt) discovers a fully immersive, virtual reality world designed to mimic popular MMORPGs. What starts off as a fun game quickly becomes far more serious when his AI assistant, Valerie, is kidnapped by a dangerous virus. This virus has only one goal: To escape onto the Internet and destroy the world. Now it is up to Bolt and a handful of other players to enter the Vaultwork, save Valerie, and stop the virus before it's too late. But there is more to the game thanmeets the eye and Bolt may not be prepared to handle the secrets and revelations awaiting him within.

Destroy the Dread God. In search of the weapon which will destroy the Dread God once and for all, Beams heads to a lost city hidden deep within Antarctica. There, he encounters a lost tribe of humans who promise to give him the weapon, but only if he completes the three challenges of the Gauntlet, a feat no one has ever accomplished and survived. Meanwhile, Bolt seeks the Starborn, hoping that their power will be equal to the Dread God's. But is it even possible to find gods that don't want to be found? And even if he does, will Bolt live long enough to regret it? The Dread God is on the move as well, laying the foundation for the final stages of his plot to take over the multiverse and crush all opposition to his rule. If Beamsand Bolt are not careful, they might just walk into a trap they cannot escape.

Save the multiverse. Stranded in another universe, away from his friends and family, Alex Fry (Beams) allies with a group of rebels to overthrow an oppressive regime which controls theUnited States government. All the while, he searches for a way back to his universe while also trying to fight against the Dread God's influence over his mind. Banished to an alternate universe, Kevin Jason (Bolt) must find a way to return to his own universe before the Dread God conquers the multiverse. But how do you escape a universe that hasn't even discovered dimension-hopping tech yet? Bolt and Beams must reunite if they are going to thwart the Dread God's schemes. But with enemies on all sides trying to kill them and the Dread God himself moving forward with his plans of multiversal conquest, that is far easier said than done.

Two heroes. Two universes. One epic superhero box set. The superhero worlds of Kevin 'Bolt' Jason and Alex 'Beams' Fry collide in this epic crossover for the first time ever. Together and separately, Bolt and Beams must stop the evil Darzens from resurrecting their dead deity, the Dread God, whose resurrection will spell the end of the multiverse itself. Included in this box set:CrossoverTeam UpAmalgamation Buy this epic dimension-hopping box set today!

Two universes. Two superheroes. One big superhero crossover. When an alien invasion interrupts his commute to his part-time sidekick job, Alex Fry (Beams) is rescued by a friendly interdimensional traveler. But then the traveler gives Alex grave news: These aliens seek the brain of their long-dead god, which they want to use to bring him back to life in order to conquer the multiverse. Meanwhile, in his universe, Kevin Jason (Bolt) also fights off this same alien invasion of his own Earth. He discovers that the aliens seek an object in his universe that they need to complete the resurrection of their god and they will kill as many humans as they need in order to get it. Together and separately, Beams and Bolt must stop these aliens from resurrecting their dead god and conquering the multiverse. With the fate of the multiverse itself at stake, these two young superheroes can't afford to make a mistake.

When a superhero serial killer comes to Golden City with the intent of killing Rubberman, Alex Fry (Beams) and his boss desperately try to track him down before he kills them. And when it turns out that the killer is Rubberman's ex-wife seeking revenge against him, Beams finds himself facing dark magic unlike anything he has face before. But when a legendary retired superhero shows up and offers to help Beams capture the killer, Beams thinks they might just defeat the serial killer after all. Yet things are not as simple as they seem, because the retired superhero seems to have ulterior motives for helping Beams, and if Beams doesn't uncover them quickly, both he and Rubberman will die.

After the events of "First Magic," Alex Fry (Beams) heads out to a small town in West Texas to train under Rubberman's mentor, one of the first ever superheroes. Beams finds his mentor's training a bit unusual, but he expects nothing interesting to happen while out there. When aliens suddenly start abducting cows from local ranches, however, Beams finds himself thrown into a web of intrigue, government agents, and secrets related to the origin of Rubberman himself. And unless Beams is able to find out what the aliens want quickly, he won't be able to stop their sinister plan.

With war raging in the streets between superheroes and vigilantes, Alex Fry (Beams) strives to not only survive the war, but also end it before the superpowered battles completely demolish his city. In addition, Beams must decide how much longer he will continue to work for his boss and his future in the superhero business in general. But all of that fades into the background when Beam's worst enemy blackmails him. She offers him a simple choice: Kill Rubberman, his boss, in a week, or have his identity made public and his family killed by her minions. Now Beams must find a way to stop this mad woman while keeping his family, job, and employer safe. But with Beams' enemies closing in on all sides, this may be the end of the road for the young hero, whose decisions will impact not merely his own fate, but the destiny of everyone he loves and cares about as well.

After nearly crashing his boss' car, Alex Fry (Beams) finds his relationship with his boss has soured, to the point where he no longer enjoys going to work for him anymore. And when a new superhero in town offers Beams higher pay to work for him, Beams finds the offer almost too tempting to resist. But there is more to this new superhero that meets the eye, and if Beams makes the wrong choice, he might ruin his career—and his life—forever.

Alex Fry (Beams) has a great life. He's a famous sidekick, works for one of the best superheroes in the world, and is even dating the girl of his dreams. While Alex can't publicly accept the praise and accolades his sidekick persona receives from fans, his life is good nonetheless. That is, until he becomes the target of the most infamous assassin in the world, whose presence in Golden City forces him to go on the run. Even with the arrivalof a new superhero to protect him, Alex's life is still turned upside down, forcing him to remain in hiding to avoid getting killed. Now Alex must catch the assassin before the assassin finds him. If Alex fails to defeat the assassin, then everything he's worked for will collapse.

Action, adventure, and more in three great superhero books! For the first time ever, get the first three Minimum Wage Sidekick books in one convenient package! In “First Job,” sixteen-year-old Alex Fry (Beams) gets his first job as a sidekick and must decide where his loyalties lie; in “First Date,” Beams must evade a supervillain assassin hired to take him down; and in “First Offer,” Beams gets a job offer from a new superhero in town, but there is more than meets the eye to his new superhero and Beams must find out what it is before it’s too late.

In the third and final volume of The Superhero's Son Omnibus series, get the last three books in the series in one convenient discounted ebook box set! In "The Superhero's Vision," Bolt must fight against the brainwashing that his enemies have put him under to uncover the truth before it is too late; in "TheSuperhero's Prison," Bolt must break out of the country's best prison for supervillains in order to clear his name and defeat his evil doppelganger; and in "The Superhero's End," Bolt must make his way back to his universe to stop the plans of his most dangerous foe yet, plans that, if unopposed, will spell the end for every superhuman on Earth. Also contains the bonus short story "Don't Fear the Reaper."

A field trip to the beach quickly turns into a nightmare when cyborgs attack Bait, Switch, and their classmates. The nightmare becomes even worse when two new and dangerous supervillains kidnap Switch under the orders of their master, a mysterious man known as the Collector whose true goals are an enigma. To rescue Switch, Bait must seek the aid of his supervillain father, Tsunami, who will be able to help him locate the Collector. But Tsunami has plans of his own and Bait is not sure he can trust him, yet he must if he is to save his sister. But even if Bait saves Switch, he may be unable to stop the Collector's real plans.

Seventeen-year-old Talon loves being a superhero and desires to keep fighting crime for the rest of her life. But when her mother--an internationally-known CEO of a major fashion company--suddenly falls ill, Talon must now choose between succeeding her mother as the owner of the company or staying as a superhero. If Talon does not retire, her mother's company will be sold; but if she retires, then she will never be able to become a superhero again. Sixteen-year-old Stinger finds himself helping a former superhero rescue his family from a powerful and dangerous enemy. In order to rescue this family, Stinger must come face-to-face with his own dark secrets, including his mother, an infamous supervillain who abandoned him when he was young. And beneath all of this is a deeper plot that Stinger and Talon must stop before it is too late.

Blizzard just wants to kick back and relax with her friends while visiting her family. She doesn't want to deal with supervillains, secret government conspiracies, orany of the various other things that superheroes deal with on a daily basis. Unfortunately, Blizzard finds herself working alongside a government agent who seeks to recover an object stolen from the government long ago. And if Blizzard and the agent fail to retrieve the object, Blizzard's hometown and family will be destroyed. Shell just wants to be strong. Having lived most of his young life bullied or ignored by others for his weak powers, Shell believes he will always remain weak in comparison to his friends until a stranger offers to enhance his powers. But nothing comes free and Shell must pay a high price if he truly desires to become strong. Together and separately, Blizzard and Shell must overcome the challenges and dangers before them if they are going to save their city from destruction.

A sudden attack from an alien race takes out hundreds of humanity's greatest superheroes, leaving the Earth defenseless in the face of an overwhelming foe. The only survivors are Kevin Jason (Bolt) and his friends, who are forced to ally with the government in order to protect the planet from the invading enemies.Their mission becomes more urgent, however, when the aliens give humanity an ultimatum: Either surrender in forty-eight hours or be destroyed by the aliens' immense forces.With only two days left to save the superhero community and the world in general, Kevin and his friends must defeat the aliens before the world is destroyed. Saving the world, however, will force Kevin and his friends to go to places no human has seen and force them to come to terms with an enemy unlike any they've faced before, one they may not be able to defeat.

When their favorite teacher almost assassinates the President of the United States before their eyes, Bait and Switch think that life can't get any worse. That is, until they learn that their supervillain father has led the most successful prison break in American history and formed an army of supervillains out of thevarious prison escapees who broke out with him. His target: Bait and Switch themselves, whose powers he intends to use for world domination. Now Bait and Switch must defeat their father and his supervillain army one last time before he gets them. But with the leaders of the world's largest superhero organization also trying to silence them, Bait and Switch may be at the end of their line.

Sixteen-year-old Treehugger is looking forward to visiting the newly opened school for young superhumans along with her teammates. In particular, she's been looking forward to seeing a particularly handsome young superhero who she's had a crush on for a long time, though her feelings for him are also mixed with anxiety at the idea of actually talking to him. But when Treehugger is kidnapped by members of an interdimensional agency, she soon discovers a new threat from beyond the universe which seeks to not only capture her for its own nefarious purposes, but also destroy the Earth itself. Now Treehugger must return to Earth to warn the rest of humanity of the coming threat, but to do so, she must travel across dimensions and face threats that defy belief. And if she fails, then the world will be destroyed.

In the second volume of The Superhero's Son Omnibus series, get the next three books in the series in one convenient discounted ebook box set! In "The Superhero's Powers," Bolt finds himself stripped of his powers and on the run from his most dangerous enemy yet and must figure out how to regain his powers in time to save himself and his family; in "The Superhero's Origin," Bolt must stop his grandfather's secret agenda that could ruin his life forever; and in "The Superhero's World," Bolt and his friends must defend Earth from the invasion of an alien race that seeks nothing less than the total destruction of the planet.

When Kevin Jason's powers are stolen from him by his worst enemy, Kevin and his parents must now go into hiding for their own safety while Kevin's worst enemy relentlessly hunts them down.But Kevin cannot hide forever. With his enemy growing stronger and closer every day, Kevin must find a way to regain his powers before his enemy becomes too powerful to stop.If Kevin fails to get his powers back, not only will he and his parents be killed, but the whole world may fall to the hands of his worst enemy.

As a proud member of the group known as Vision, Kevin Jason (Bolt) seeks to build a world equality and justice for all. To do that, he and his fellow Visionists must rescue their captured leader from the government, who hold him captive in a secret facility.But doubt plagues Kevin, not helped by his amnesia, which makes it difficult for him to remember anything that happened in the past. And when Kevin starts to question what he remembers, he finds himself embarking on a journey that will take him in a direction that will change his life forever.There are people in Vision, however, who don't want him knowing the truth. Now Kevin must find out the truth about Vision and his memory before it is too late.

With a new power at his command, Kevin Jason (Bolt) goes to visit his grandparents, who he has never met before, in the hope that they might be able to help him better understand the source of his new power.But it soon turns out that enemies from his grandparents' past have come back to get revenge for the crimes committed against them. Not only that, but Kevin's grandparents have a mysterious agenda of their own that seems to involve Kevin in a way he cannot understand, but must if he is going to survive.Now Kevin must find out the truth of his grandparents and his family before their enemies catch them. And if Kevin fails, then this may spell the end of his family.

Banished to an alternate universe where superhumans have been hunted to exinction and the rest of the human race has been enslaved, Kevin Jason (Bolt) must figure out a way to return to his own universe in time to stop a supervillain who seeks nothing more than the destruction of Earth.To do that, Kevin must break into a heavily-protected castle to gain access to the technology that can take him home, a task difficult even for a superhero with his powers.Yet even if Kevin manages to return home, he may find himself walking directly into his enemy's trap.

For the first time ever, get the first three books of "The Superhero's Son" in one convenient discounted ebook box set! In "The Superhero's Test," Kevin Jason becomes the superhero Bolt in order to defend himself and his family from a dangerous supervillain; in "The Superhero's Team," Bolt must uncover a conspiracy in the superhero community that threatens to destroy the country before it is too late; and in "The Superhero's Summit," Bolt must figure out who is trying to provoke conflict between the two largest superhero organizations in the country before all-out war breaks out between them.

A month after his debut as the superhero Bolt, Kevin Jason's life has changed greatly. Everyone seems to have taken an interest in him, including major presidential candidate and ex-super villain Adam Plutarch, whose true motives for supporting Kevin are murky and unclear.But fame isn't all bad, especially when Kevin is offered a position on a team of young superheroes that offers him a great chance to advance in his superhero career. He leaps at the chance to join, hoping to make some new friends and maybe get a little closer to its leader, the mysterious and beautiful Incantation.Yet the situation takes a more complicated turn when Kevin uncovers a conspiracy within the team that threatens to destroy not just the superhero community, but the entire country. And if Kevin does not find out who is friend and who is foe quickly, then he can say good bye to not only his superhero career, but to his very life.

In order to become a member of the largest superhero organization in the country, Kevin Jason (Bolt) must locate and capture one of the most infamous supervillains in the country, a supervillain who has never been caught and whose power dwarfs his own. To achieve this goal, Kevin and his friends, the Young Neos, must work together to capture this supervillain. But the situation becomes far more tense when the Young Neos find themselves facing a threat much larger than any supervillain, one which threatens to place the whole world under the control of a mad man with delusions of grandeur. Now Kevin and the Young Neos must race against time to stop the mad man and his minions before their plan succeeds. If the Young Neos fail to defeat this villain, then the entire superhuman race--and all of planet Earth--will be annihilated.

After defeating their supervillain father, Bait and Switch are now seen as heroes rather than potential supervillains. Their classmates finally accept them and evenmost of their teachers have gotten over their distrust of the two. Life seems to be getting better and better. But things take a turn for the worse when a superhuman terrorist organization targets the Academy. Their target: A mysterious new student whose power they want to use to throw the superhero community into utter chaos. Now Bait and Switch must defend this student from the terrorists, but that's easier said than done, because the leader of the terrorists has infiltrated the Academy with the intent to destroy it--and Bait and Switch--from within.

As the new leader of the most famous young superhero team in the country, Kevin Jason has lots of new responsibilities, ranging from fighting criminals and supervillains to encouraging his teammates whenever they doubt themselves. But Kevin is most looking forward to the annual Neohero Summit at the end of the month, where leaders from the two largest superhero organizations--the Neohero Alliance and the Independent Neoheroes for Justice--in the country will meet to discuss forming a new alliance between them.Tensions rise, however, when Kevin and one of his teammates are nearly killed by someone who appears to work for the Independent Neoheroes for Justice, the rival superhero organization. And when Kevin discovers evidence that someone is manipulating both organizations into going to war against each other, a conflict that would destroy not just the superhero community, but the country as well.Now Kevin must uncover the identity of the real villain before the Summit. If he fails, then the superhero community will be engulfed in a war that will destroy not just the country, but the whole world.

Betrayed by the government, Kevin Jason (Bolt) finds himself in the best and only prison for supervillains in the country, but without knowing why. He soon allieshimself with some of the prisoners in order to devise an escape plan to get him out of the prison and figure out why he was thrown behind bars in the first place. And escape becomes even more urgent when a supervillain who looks exactly like him suddenly appears in the country and begins causing havoc.Now Kevin must escape from prison and defeat this supervillain all the while discovering the truth behind his villainous doppelganger. If he fails, then he will remain behind bars for the rest of his life.