Titan was one of the nation’s most loved and respected Heroes, until an infidelity scandal tore his image and family apart. After decades spent out of the limelight, Owen Daniels has decided to take up the mantle of Titan once again to try and make amends for his years away. Unfortunately, the Titan Scandal is still common knowledge, and no Hero team wants such a polarizing figure.
With no other options, Owen is forced to take a job overseeing a group of corpies, corporate-sponsored Supers who do rescue work…as long as there are cameras around. Between a team that doesn’t want him, fellow Heroes who don’t trust him, and a nation that might not be ready to forgive the sins of the past, the return of Titan could prove even harder than the scandal that drove him away. But Owen will have to push on, because his new city is far from a peaceful one.
A mysterious enemy is attacking Heroes and growing steadily stronger. An enemy that only the once-legendary Titan might be able to stop. If he can manage to stick around this time.
A different kind of superhero story. A truly enjoyable read. Spinning of from Hayes’ wonderful “Super Powereds” series, this focuses on an aspect of a metahuman world that I’ve never come across before. In a world where people with abilities must pass a rigorous and competitive process to become a “cape” – what happens to those who don’t make the cut? They aren’t authorized to fight super-villains, so what do you do? Some become athletes, some join police/fire depts. And some become corporate sponsored…
He has a history of writing fun and believable stories – and I highly recommend you … I have been reading everything that Mr. Hayes has written for some time. He has a history of writing fun and believable stories – and I highly recommend you seek his other work. In Corpies he has produced his best work yet – a spin off of the Super Powered series. (And no, you don’t have to read that series first for this to make sense, but it would not be a bad idea to do so as it fills in what will be questions. Or you can read this first and then that series. His characterization is…
great fun superhero book This is probably my favorite of Drew’s works, which I found initially via Super Powered (which started out strong, but has gotten a bit repetitive and less positive). This has tons of good stuff; laugh-out-loud bits, thoughtful bits, heartwarming bits, and is a fun, easy read. It has one of the most neutral treatments of a gay man I’ve seen yet; pretty much stereotype free except for a pivotal bit of backstory (and even that has a good reason). It may be a spinoff of the S-P books, but can be…