The ongoing powered hero narrative is always something I have been fascinated by from the day I first watched Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends through years of massive comic purchasing and into my own writing. Prose fiction has never really experimented with the format as much as I think it should. With Lightweight I set out to change that with a new series of books chronicling the ongoing life of a young hero into his adulthood.
In these early adventures, Kevin Mathis goes from a guy with strange and mysterious dreams to a costumed hero, all while fighting giant robots, flame monsters and deadly assassins. Even with the aide and support of his friend Millie, he might not have enough to face down the mysterious forces that work against him!
Cover art by Brent Sprecher.