Don't Be a Hero: A Superhero Novel (53 page)

None of the heroes or villains mentioned in this novel are intended to be direct parallels of any existing characters in superhero fiction, but with such long, rich histories across dozens of different companies and writers and universes, some characters have acted as inspiration for my own. There are, of course, many nods to classic superhero tropes throughout the book. The only characters in this book who are based on real people are Robert and Frank Oppenheimer. J. Robert Oppenheimer really was the physicist in charge of the Manhattan Project, and his brother, Frank, was among the many scientists at Los Alamos. Their lives make for fascinating reading, and biographies of them are well worth seeking out. Of course, there was never an explosion at Los Alamos, and the brothers never became superheroes. I have taken a number of other liberties with regards to the brothers and their lives, and nothing in this book is meant to reflect in any way on their real life counterparts.

Thank you very much for reading. I hope you enjoyed
Don’t Be a Hero
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Stay tuned in the future for more stories set in the Atomverse. Niobe’s story may be over, but there are a few billion other people out there trying to make it in a world where superheroes and supervillains exist, and they’ve all got stories to tell. Let’s see how many I can get through before the writer’s life catches up with me.

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About the Author

Chris Strange is a writer of urban fantasy and other fantastika. He is especially fond of writing hardboiled stories with a noir influence. His goal is to deliver intense, humorous and sometimes dark stories to his readers.

In his spare time, Chris is an unapologetic geek, spending far too long wrapped up in speculative fiction books, watching old zombie movies and playing computer games. He lives in the far away land of New Zealand, and occasionally he goes to university like he’s supposed to.

He doesn’t plan on growing up any time soon.

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Also By Chris Strange

The Man Who Crossed Worlds (Miles Franco #1)

Heart-pounding, stomach-kicking, and noir-drenched,
The Man Who Crossed Worlds
is urban fantasy with a twist of pulp and served in a dirty glass.

All freelance Tunneler Miles Franco wants is a bit of freedom and a couple of bucks to rub together. So when the cops haul him downtown for illegally smuggling the natives of another dimension to Earth, he’ll take any chance he can get to stay out of the pen. And funnily enough, the cops have just the job for him.

A mysterious interdimensional drug-smuggler is staking his claim on Miles’ city, and a drug war is about to kick off that will make the city look like the set of a post-apocalyptic horror movie. As a Tunneler, Miles knows all about interdimensional transport, and the cops need his help cutting off the drug lord’s supply before it reaches Earth.

But it doesn’t take long playing police lapdog before Miles realizes this ain’t no ordinary drug he’s dealing with. Snooping around in gang business is a dangerous job in a city where everyone’s on the take and the gangsters play for keeps.

And there are a lot of ways a nosy Tunneler can disappear.

“It’s a hell of a ride.” —Bloody Murder Books

Available now at Amazon.com

And don't forget to check out the prequel short story,
The Man Who Couldn’t Be Bought (A Miles Franco Short Story)

DON’T BE A HERO

Originally published by Cheeky Minion 2012

Copyright © 2012 Chris Strange

Kindle Edition

Version 1.0

Cover art by Kitty Gunn

All rights reserved.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, and locales are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living, dead, or in a healing coma) is entirely coincidental.