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    Armor: A Superhero Story
    Armor: A Superhero Story
    Armor: A Superhero Story
    Ebook51 pages44 minutes

    Armor: A Superhero Story

    By Matthew Killorin

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    Meet Billy Bowman, a young man who is entrusted with a strange, high-tech suit that transforms him into one of the world's most powerful superheroes. The suit is both a blessing and a curse, as Billy discovers the incredible responsibility that a superhero must bear. - Length approximately 40 pages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatthew Killorin
    Release dateJul 9, 2012
    ISBN9781476318219
    Armor: A Superhero Story
    Author

    Matthew Killorin

    I was raised in Savannah, Georgia, where I spent many a childhood summer afternoon foraging through drugstore spinner racks for comic books. I graduated from Armstrong Atlantic State University with an undergraduate degree in Health Science and later earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of South Carolina.In 2005, I began writing fiction and non-fiction and was a member of the Chesterfield Writers Club in Chesterfield, Virginia. I currently reside in Richmond, Virginia.

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      Book preview

      Armor - Matthew Killorin

      Armor - A Superhero Story

      By Matthew Killorin

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2007 - 2012 Matthew Killorin

      Cover design by the author

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      Part 1 – The Gift

      Part 2 – Damage Control

      Bonus Article – Why ‘The Avengers’ is the Greatest Superhero Movie Ever

      Author's Note

      About the Author

      Armor - A Superhero Story

      Part 1 – The Gift

      Somewhere over Ohio

      The near future

      Time until intercept, six minutes, forty-five seconds.

      Understood, EXO. Continue audio alerts every sixty seconds.

      Acknowledged.

      Even though I’m still fifty kilometers away, the heat signature of the big Global Airlines scramjet appears as a glowing, orange and purple outline on my infrared scanner. As I approach from the south, I can imagine Veronica inside the plummeting aircraft, terrified, wondering if I was on the way. Yeah V, I’m almost there, but I’m about to attempt something that’s probably going to kill me, you, and everybody else aboard that plane. Somehow, I knew it was going to end like this. As I rocket over the snow-covered Ohio farmland, I think back to that day when my life changed forever. I can’t help sensing the wonder of it all- how one decision lead me down a path that I never imagined. I was given a gift that only a few people in history have been given, and I wonder if the world is any better for it.

      ***

      River City, Virginia

      One year earlier

      It was a normal Friday night. I got home from my job at the River City Health Department, brought in the mail, and set down the bag of groceries that I’d picked up on the way.

      I’m home, I shouted up the stairs to Veronica.

      Felix nearly tripped me, as usual, as he weaved in and out of my legs, purring. I glanced at the time displayed on the microwave. Seven-o-clock - just in time for my favorite CFN show.  Being the news junkie that I am, I turned on the countertop TV just in time to hear tonight’s big story.

      I’m Fox Hunter and you’re in the Crisis Room. Coming up, new video from Simon Savant, threatening a major attack if his demands are not met. Also after the break, I’ll have a live interview with The Wraith, on the response of the Super…

      Hey stranger, you’re home late. This is starting to become a habit.

      Veronica padded down the stairs, pulling on a River City University sweatshirt.  I hit the mute button on the remote as she leaned over my shoulder and kissed me.

      Yeah, I know. There was another TB scare at the high school. Every time a kid coughs I’m looking at a six hour investigation.

      Mmm, sounds like a fun way to spend the afternoon.

      "Yep, that drug resistant strain that’s going around is making my life pure hell. Leon and I spent all day interviewing students and teachers to see who might’ve been exposed. Days like this make me

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