Power Play (Anti-Heroes Book IV)

By Louise Bohmer

Power Play (Anti-Heroes Book IV) by Louise Bohmer & K.H. Koehler: In ANTI-HEROES BOOK IV: POWER PLAY, the looming threat of the mysterious Devil Man and his horde of gargoyles draws near Sky City, and the kids learn they need to work together, both Supers and Geeks alike, if they have a hope in hell of defeating their enemy. But that's only if they can keep from killing each other first!

Anti-Heroes is a serialized young adult novel about teen superheroes and teen supervillains. Watch for new episodes regularly!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Louise Bohmer
• Release date: Feb 24, 2013

Louise Bohmer

Louise Bohmer has over eight years experience in editing and publishing. She edits for Permuted Press, and has edited for many publishers and authors in a variety of genres including general interest, romance, erotica, mystery, horror, and speculative. Her writing experience extends across fiction, ghost writing, ad copy, web content, SEO copy, and press releases. Her latest release is the Anti-Heroes serial written with K.H. Koehler (Anti-Heroes Press) and you can read her short fiction in Detritus (Omnium Gatherum), The Red Penny Papers, and Old School. Plus her debut novel, The Black Act, is now available once again in serial form. She offers freelance services in editing, book cover design, ghost writing, and ebook as well as print formatting. She loves to hear from her readers via email and reviews. Her home base is New Brunswick, Canada, where she lives with a tattooed giant. You can pay her a visit at http://www.louisebohmer.com or email her at [e-mail]

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ANTI-HEROES

Book IV

Power Play

By

Louise Bohmer & K.H. Koehler

Copyright © 2013 Louise Bohmer & K.H. Koehler

Smashwords Edition

Published by Anti-Hero Press

http://antiheroesbook.blogspot.ca/

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be distributed, shared, resold, posted online, or reproduced in any electronic or hard copy form.

This book is a work of fiction. Any similarities between actual persons or events is entirely coincidental.

Cover art design by K.H. Koehler

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ANTIHEROES

Book IV

Power Play

What the hell is this? Jinx said, ripping a sign off the frosted door of their Superhero 101 class. On a sheet of yellow parchment were the words inked in calligraphy: GO TO THE REAR ENTRANCE.

Isaac tore it out of Jinx’s hands and looked it over while the rest of their crew crowded at their backs. The Supers lagged behind at an acceptable distance, everyone dragging their feet on this, their first day returning to Superhero Mentoring 101—with a new teacher none of them had ever met, no less.

Not a one among them was in the mood. The Geeks were still shaken from their encounter with the gargoyles in Witch World the day before, and the Supers were pissed that Mr. Snodgrass was forcing them to return to class alongside their nemeses.

Serena and Nikki jostled each other to see the note while Isaac smirked. Hey, Blaine, it’s for you, man, he said, and flung it at the smaller boy standing a few paces away.

Blaine plucked nervously at the long, retro-style 80’s rocker coat he wore. He claimed it was part of his Super costume, but Isaac was pretty sure Elton John had worn a similar coat on one of his tours. He picked up the note, read it, and muttered a few detention-getting words that Isaac didn’t even know the boy knew the definitions of. Creep, I’m gonna sink your sorry ass, he said, raising one booted foot menacingly as he prepared to open a sinkhole beneath them all.

Amber shoved to the front and snatched the paper away. Give it here, shortcake. She bunted Blaine away with a professionally executed hip throw, then looked it over. The hell does this mean?

Zack knows, Zoe informed them all as she dogged Amber, precariously carrying a tall stack of books in her arms. They were partly hers and partly Amber’s. When in a bad mood—which was to say all the time—Amber used Zoe as a beast of burden, seeing how the little half-alien girl could carry ten times her own weight.

Zack flinched noticeably at the sound of his name, his feelers drooping despondently. He thought a moment. There’s a bus waiting in the parking lot to take us to the Sky City Training Facility.

"The Sky City Training Facility?" Amber croaked with excitement.

How does he know that? Jinx said, looking bemused.

Amber looked smug. That’s his power. Zack can predict things a few minutes before they happen. And Zoe reads minds.

Jinx looked at Amber and blinked at the twins. Lame. He headed down the hallway toward the rear entrance, his crew in tow.

True to what Zack had said, a school bus was indeed waiting for them, parked at the curb with the door open and the motor running.

Field trip! Nikki cried excitedly, clapping her hands and jumping up and down like a game show contestant. The rest of the kids piled in at a more sedate rate, many muttering less enthusiastic things under their breath.

They were