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    The Powers That Flee
    The Powers That Flee
    The Powers That Flee
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    The Powers That Flee

    By Brian Clopper

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    It’s October 1985, and sixteen-year-old comic book nerd Darin Forrester is given a special arcade token by a cute but mysterious girl. He soon finds himself granted super powers with a catch—they don’t stick around. With a revolving door of abilities, Darin must fight off a deranged villain on a power grab himself. 

    Brian Clopper delivers a sincere trip back to the 1980s where hair was big, music videos reigned supreme, comic book reading was resigned to social outcasts, and young science fiction geeks traveled at warp speed to track down the newest issue of Starlog.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Clopper
    Release dateJun 25, 2017
    ISBN9781386499626
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