Fight Me

<b>THE THRILLING, ACERBIC AND HILARIOUS NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE</b><p><br>'<b><i>The Avengers</i> meets <i>The Breakfast Club… </i>wry and engaging</b>' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of <i>Nomad</i><br><br>'<b>A spiky, fierce, erudite riff on the wonderful world of silver age superheroes</b>' Charles Stross, bestselling author of <i>The Atrocity Archives</i><br><br>----<br><br><b>Middle-aged English professor Dr Rick Tower has a secret.</b><br><br>As a teen he was Prodigy – a kickass superhero.<br>He was given and wielded mysterious powers.<br><br>And as part of a superteam, he beat up bad guys.<br>They were gods – worshipped and feared.<br><br>Naturally, the government shut them down.<br><br>Now Rick’s in hiding, supposedly living a normal life.<br>Promising to never use his powers again.<br><br>Forgotten. Washed up. A no one.<br><br>Until the summons puts the gang back together –<br>to solve a disappearance from their past.<br><br>For superbeings, it should be easy.<br><br>But when have gods ever followed orders . . .<br><br>----<br><br>'Hugely enjoyable… kept me up till 3am' Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestselling author of <i>Lion</i><br><br><b>‘Combining a coming-of-age story with costume thrills . . . </b>it has sly, smart things to say’ <i>Herald</i><br><br>'<i>Fight Me</i> embraces the fun of the genre, while treating its<b> battle-weary characters with heart and empathy.</b> A noir-tinged<i> Big Chill</i> for the superhero set' Bob Proehl, author of <i>The Nobody People</i><br><br>‘A treasure that manages to be <b>sad, funny, and hilariously fun at all once</b>. A thrilling adventure but also a searing, intimate look at what it would really cost to have such incredible power, and yet still be human’ Peng Shepherd<i>, </i>bestselling author of <i>The Cartographers</i><br><br>'There is <b>a vibrancy to the writing, and a beating heart,</b> reminiscent of my favourite coming-of-age novels' Nick Cutter<br><br><b>'A sucker-punch of sheer delight, </b>and couldn't be happier to be on the receiving end' Adam Christopher<br></p>