A madman. A sarcastic teen. Two people thrown into a situation they never dreamed of. One must prevail.
Captain Jackhammer. A man of many chains. He's a recently divorced, insanely strong madman. "Armed" with a jackhammer, he finds a sort of peace killing people. But one day, he hears of a vigilante about town. He makes it his mission to tear apart the life of The Ghost. Dragging along his assistant, Shotgun Wizard, he kills to survive in a world of people who are against him.
John Boxal. A kid trying to lay low in a world of powers and popularity. A villain tries killing innocent people just to find joy. John can't take it. Armed with his new, absurd powers, the media dubs this hero The Ghost. But, out of spite and whimsy, John calls himself Ping Pong Fella. His paddle and wit, plus a friend or two, are all he has to defeat Captain Jackhammer.
Paddle and Hammer. Brain and Brawn. Ping Pong Fella and Captain Jackhammer. And soon enough... Winner and Loser.
"Just and average day. Robberies, a cold front coming in, war breaking out in some country, jackhammer killing, president gave a speech- wait, did that say it was gonna be cold?"
"And he felt this sense... a sense that he hadn't felt before. He realized that he needed to help."
"John paced around his room a few times, sometimes posing in the mirror to see if he looked like a superhero. He did not."
"John looked down at his paddle. Yeah, it was burned and only had rubber on one side, but there weren't a lot of ping pong paddles that shot lasers and gave people superpowers."
Jay West used to be an ordinary guy, hanging out with his friends, worrying about college, and having teenage problems. Then, on his sixteenth birthday, everything changed. He could suddenly do things that he never could before, and somehow, his blood had been replaced by a glowing blue liquid. He had to change schools and go to a new one for metas like him.
Then, Jay's family is attacked...and he fails to protect them. Now, his old life gone, he tries to avenge his parents. But when he discovers that the attack on his family was part of a bigger plot to kill him, will he be able to do what he couldn't before?
***This is Book 1 of the Power series***