For this cyborg, power is just an upgrade away.
Emmett was used to being caught between college and his engineering internship, but when he gets caught between a powerful hero and an even stronger villain, he becomes collateral damage. Instead of dying, he wakes up a cyborg. Turns out his boss wasn't just an eccentric inventor, and the old man just gave him a shining opportunity to be a hero.
Except that's just the beginning, and things are about to get a lot more complicated.
His boss has his own agenda. The boss's daughter has her own power armor. His roommate works for an evil corporation.
And Emmett is small fry. Just a Class 1 hero.
Superheroes aren't just masks-some work for corporations, or for the government and the military, and even as mercenaries in wars. Shadowy cabals pull the strings of hero and villain alike. The city of Belport might be peaceful for now, but most of the world is in turmoil. If Emmett is going to have any chance at making a difference, he needs to get stronger. A lot stronger.
How much of his humanity will he hold onto and how much will he trade away?
If you're a fan of Cyborg, Winter Soldier, Iron Man, or Batman Beyond, then you don't want to miss this series!
What to expect: Superhero Sci-fi Progression Fantasy
STUB NOTES:
You can find books 1-5 on Amazon: Initialize, Execute, Flux, Delta, and Threads.
New chapters will continue to be released here MON, WED, and FRI, each being roughly 1.5-2.3k words.
Read up to 30 chapters ahead on Patreon, with goals up to 50 advanced chapters.
Stop by the Discord and get release notifications at RealityLocked Worlds.
|| ONC2023 SHORTLISTER x 5 FEATURED || "𝙰 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎."
Denizen is Blank Slate, the number one villain in the region-except he doesn't remember it. With only a cryptic note telling him his eight rules, he sets out to discover just exactly who he is and what he did to become the number one villain.
When his first lead takes him straight into the heroes' hands, Denizen struggles to keep his villain alias secret and play the confused and innocent citizen, all the while digging deeper for answers. But as he gets closer to the truth-and the heroes get hotter on his tail--two questions become painfully loud: Is he good? And should he let the heroes catch him?
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An ONC 2023 Novella
|| Round 2 Winner 25/04/2023
|| ONC's Ambassadors' Pick 25/04/2023
|| ONC 2023 Longlister 19/05/2023
|| ONC 2023 Shortlister 31/05/2023
|| Featured by Mystery on Curiouser & Curiouser 25/08/2023
|| Featured by ScienceFiction on Parallel Worlds 31/10/2023
|| Featured by ScienceFiction on Sci-Fantasy 7/9/2024
|| Featured by ScienceFiction on Ambassadors' Pick 25/3/2025
|| Featured by Science Fiction on Superheroes 25/9/2025
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