Authors: Tera Lynn Childs,Tracy Deebs
Powerless (24 page)
You Decide.
RACHEL “REBEL” MALONE
Punk-rock edge, soft gooey heart, loves anything that pisses off her dad.
KNOWN POWER(S): TELEKINESIS
RILEY MALONE
Boy-next-door perfect, naive, loyal, aspires to be a hero with a capital H-E-R-O.
KNOWN POWER(S): FLYING
REX MALONE
Hero League President, perfect at anything and everything, expects to be obeyed.
KNOWN POWER(S): SUPER HEARING
JEREMY ABERNATHY
Tech genius, Kenna’s ex, addicted to video games, conspiracy theories, and chocolate milk.
KNOWN POWER(S): TECHNOPATH
KENNA SWIFT
Smart, snarky, capable, believes in doing the right thing, determined to find a way to create her own powers.
KNOWN POWER(S): NONE
JEANINE SWIFT
Brilliant scientist and inventor, obsessive, absent-minded, fiercely protective of family.
KNOWN POWER(S): NONE
DRAVEN COLE
Dark, dangerous, devoted, full of secrets, with a massive hero-sized chip on his shoulder.
KNOWN POWER(S): MEMORY CONTROL
DANTE COLE
Rash, leads with his heart, puts family and friends first, head over heels in love with a hero.
KNOWN POWER(S): WIND
DEACON COLE
Kind, level-headed, thinks things through, believes in the innate goodness of people.
KNOWN POWER(S): WATER
ANTON COLE
Villain leader, charismatic, wanted for unthinkable crimes, feared by every hero everywhere.
KNOWN POWER(S):
NICHOLAS “NITRO” WILLOUGHBY
Makes bad decisions, loyal to a fault, easily flustered, extremely flammable.
KNOWN POWER(S): FIREBALLS
WILLIAM “QUAKE” WILLOUGHBY
Gruff, big as a truck, muscles on top of muscles, inked up, brewmaster.
KNOWN POWER(S): EARTHQUAKES
A powerful thank you to…
…our agents, Jenny Bent and Emily Sylvan Kim, for the tireless and dogged support for this project from the very beginning, and for all the emails, phone calls, and text messages that remind us that we’re not in this alone. We love you and are grateful for you every day of our lives!!!!!
…our editor, Annette Pollert-Morgan, for loving this world and these characters as much as we do, for tightening the boat into racing shape, and, most importantly, for the stick figures, doodles, and swoony hearts. Your enthusiasm is so, so appreciated.
…the entire team at Sourcebooks Fire for giving us a chance to tell our story the way we needed to tell it. Our baby is in excellent hands.
…our friends, Shana Galen, Andy Hertzenberg, Sophie Jordan, Emily McKay, Alison Packard, Crystal Perkins, Shellee Roberts, and Sherry Thomas, because you make this writing thing so much more fun than if we were doing it alone.
…and our many inspirations: Jacob Appelbaum, Suzanne Collins, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Glenn Greenwald, Stan Lee, Laura Poitras, Aaron Sorkin, Rob Thomas, Edward Snowden, and Joss Whedon, for telling amazing and important stories…and inspiring us to try to do the same.
TERA LYNN CHILDS
is the super author of stories for teens about mermaids in love (
Forgive
My
Fins
), mythology gone modern (
Oh. My. Gods.
), monster-hunting descendants of Medusa (
Sweet
Venom
), and dark fae princes (
When
Magic
Sleeps
). Among her many powers are conspicuous caffeine consumption, obsessive planning (see: round the world travel, color-coded organizing, and future writing projects), and baking vegan cupcakes that shock her omnivorous friends. Twitter and Instagram are her writing kryptonites, along with box sets of
Firefly
and
Veronica
Mars
. To safeguard her secret identity, she never lives in one place for very long. She currently calls Las Vegas home, where she is never far from a coffee shop, a comfy chair, and her latest writing playlist. Read about all her adventures at
teralynnchilds.com
.
TRACY DEEBS
is the villainous teen author who proudly claims responsibility for cyberarmageddon (
Doomed
), mermaid wars in the Pacific (
Tempest
Rising
), and kissing competitions (
The
International
Kissing
Club
). Her plans to take over the world include (but aren’t limited to) spray painting at local graffiti parks, belly dancing, writing under four different pseudonyms, and watching too many movies. Her writing kryptonites are Internet quizzes and obsessing over One Direction, and her favorite power is her ability to choose the perfect shade of lipstick for everyone she knows. To hide her dastardly intentions, she masquerades as a writing professor in her hometown of Austin, Texas and spends her free time baking cookies, attending her sons’ sporting events, and volunteering at local charities. Read about all her villainous plots at
tracy-deebs.blogspot.com
.
Find out more about TLC, Tracy, the world of
Powerless
, and how you can become a part of it at
heroagenda.com
.
Thank you for reading
!
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