Against Superheroes

Call him Sinister, for that is what the world chose. Where he came from and what his future holds were neither their choice or his.A product of unknown ancient technologies, Sinister emerges from the explorations of an academic archaeologist to become a despot, a worship junkie, and a sexual sadist. He rightly refuses the title of superhero when he later learns to control his inner demons, but just as his humanity begins to reassert its moral voice, he is captured by a government bent on weaponizing his talents. His relationship with his controllers is as tempestuous as his personal bonds, constantly rent by the complexities of an almost unimaginable power. But the future soon crumbles for Sinister and the entire world. Destiny seems as painful as history.Against Superheroes is an adult assault on the pervasive superhero genre, taking aim at the underdeveloped characters and sophomoric pathos that dominates movies and graphic novels.In Against Superheroes we live through an origin odyssey, waking beside Sinister as he tries to balance his godlike capacities and urges against lingering doubts. We fly with him as he unearths an intensified understanding of the world and the networks of myths that once governed it. And we finally begin to sleep away into nothingness as the world ends.The book combines a scholarly lens on ancient myths with epic science fiction and the sensibilities of contemporary literature.