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Homeland by CoryDoctorow
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- In Cory Doctorow’s wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state. A few years later, California's economy collapses, but Marcus’s hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon his former nemesis Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It’s incendiary stuff—and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier. Marcus can leak the archive Masha gave him—but he can’t admit to being the leaker, because that will cost his employer the election. He’s surrounded by friends who remember what he did a few years ago and regard him as a hacker hero. He can’t even attend a demonstration without being dragged onstage and handed a mike. He’s not at all sure that just dumping the archive onto the Internet, before he’s gone through its millions of words, is the right thing to do. Meanwhile, people are beginning to shadow him, people who look like they’re used to inflicting pain until they get the answers they want. Fast-moving, passionate, and as current as next week, Homeland is every bit the equal of Little Brother—a paean to activism, to courage, to the drive to make the world a better place.
Lady Lightning by JuneValentine
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Millicent is a strictly normal teenage girl whose only two vices in life are the tendency to drink too much coffee and be a little bit too in love with wifi. Unfortunately for her, a strange man by the name of Loki knocks on her door to turn her life upside in the tiny window of a few hours. He's in search for a lightning-wielding weapon named Mjollnir, which seems to have found its home in the body of the teenager. Millicent will never be strictly normal again.
Techno by Hero-N
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When an accident aboard a technologically-advanced space station leaves her with mysterious powers, Ellie Jobs must find a way to manage her new-found abilities. Everyone around her is afraid, the doctors are skeptical, and nothing will ever be the same. So, it is perfectly natural that Ellie would be...excited? After living a boring, normal, life Ellie is ecstatic at the possibility of being special. She can do things no one else can do, accomplish tasks deemed too impossible, and even save the world. She can be...a hero. This is the third story in a continuing series called: The Age of Heroes. Cover Credit: Lamestuff
Thunder by kyleemuy
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Kyleigh Everson's life is changed completely when she wakes up in the hospital and discovers that she was struck by lightning and her only scar is an unusual white streak in her hair. Strange things begin happening and Kyleigh soon discovers she has developed super powers. She struggles to create a balance between being a part time superhero and being a regular teenager. Kyleigh never would have guessed that being hit by lightning would change her life so drastically, but that's exactly what happened. #13 in Science Fiction 5-1-16 #2 in Thunder 3-1-19
Not your ordinary superhero by Ajdoescrime
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This version is being discontinued! What can I say, it sucked. But I did have a lot of readers that I owe so much to so I've decided to rewrite it. Thank you all so much for supporting me! You can skip to the last chapter for more information New version out now!
Fallen Heroes by tasting_stars
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The official-unofficial sequel to THE SUPERVILLAIN AND ME! (SPOILERS inside for those who haven't read the first book! The first 5 chapters of book 1 can be found on my profile, as well as links to order a finished copy from any of your favorite retailers!)
Superhero Legends - White Hawk by ShortyElle
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You've heard the tales of Spiderman. You've heard the tales of Superman and Batman. You know all about their romances and struggles. But I bet you've never heard the tale about White Hawk. Now I'm not White Hawk, no I'm far from it, I don't have powers and I'm nothing special but I do know a thing or too about him. I also know that I'm completely in love with him. Even though I have no idea who he actually is. This is my story about love, superheros and silly fan girls on the side. The first book in the Superhero Legends Series.
True Sidekick - *Sequel to Hero by Day by YourAverageNerd_
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Aden Dashner is thinking that he just might have superpowers. After an accident a week ago, he now seems to be stronger than he was before - like, superhuman strong. Aden's long-time bully, Dylan Danvers, was also in the same accident, and he seemed to get off clean with no powers, until a mysterious new super villain shows up in DC with fire at his fingertips and sticky fingers. And after finding out that Oliver Storm himself is DC's own savior in spandex, White Lightning, and that he wants Aden to be his sidekick, Aden didn't think his life could get any weirder. Not to mention that Oliver is dealing with his own problems. His best friend/super conspiracy theorist, Ian Thompson is getting suspicious of Oliver. Could he know his secret identity? On top of that, his girlfriend, Elise Howerton, has just seemed to figure out said secret identity. And the infamous villain, Andromeda, has finally seemed to have disappeared from Oliver's life. Well, that is until she decides to get close to one of Oliver's friends. What could this notorious villain want with Mary Thompson?
The Accidental Superheroes by billabong1973
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Ben is a nerd. Claire might as well be legally insane. Angie seems to be perfect. Jack is an obnoxious jock. Alex has serious anger issues. What have they all got in common? Nothing, apart from the fact that they've been recruited by a ruthless, top secret government agency to use their amzing ablities to fight crime. Like superheroes. Only problem is, they all hate each other. Can they defeat the crazy maniacs who want to take over the world, without killing each other in the process?