In the city of Riverport, epic showdowns between the superhumans known as Enigmas are commonplace events. Supervillains threaten citizens' daily lives, superheroes save the day. This is how things have been for years.
Julia Greene is no Enigma. She's just your ordinary senior at Riverport High. But trouble is headed her way. When Julia starts having mysterious visions and hearing a voice in the sky narrating everything that happens moments before it does, she knows something is up. But no worries. In a city brimming with superhuman battles, it's no issue at all becoming a thief to keep her struggling family afloat. She's living the high life, until she starts receiving mysterious and cryptic notes from an anonymous source. And to solve this mystery, she'll need someone's help.
Alex Andrews is perfectly content in his role as high school football star by day, crime-fighting hero by night. Sure, it's not always easy being the sidekick of the city's greatest hero, but ego has never been Alex's problem. In fact, he has a new problem, in the form of a petty thief who needs his help deciphering mysterious messages that might just mean the fate of Riverport. Oh, and the side effects of his powers are getting worse by the minute, while his relationship with his partner Luminess erodes almost as fast.
As their city, their world, their very story unravels at their feet, Julia and Alex must find a way to work together to stop a terrifying threat to the city before it's too late.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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