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Superworld 3: An Alternate Reality Fantasy

Superworld, Book 3

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Superworld 3: An Alternate Reality Fantasy

By: Benjamin Keyworth
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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After saving the world, a reluctant young hero finds himself targeted for not having powers, in the third book of this action-packed superhero series.

The Black Death is dead. After hiding in plain sight for more than a decade under the guise of Captain Dawn, the most powerful empathic mimic who ever lived stepped out from the shadows once more to unleash terror and destruction upon the world. But in his moment of apparent triumph, when all hope seemed lost, the Black Death was defeated by Matt Callaghan and Jane Walker, now known to everyone as Matt the Human and Lady Dawn.

Following their victory, Matt and Jane have become the ultimate celebrity couple. But with fame and fans come enemies. The US government wants to use a sample of Matt's powerless DNA to discover a way to strip people of their powers. But there are those who'd rather see Matt dead before that happens. Meanwhile, Jane and the other young superheroes of Morningstar Academy have taken up the mantle of the legendary Legion of Heroes, but the world isn't black and white—and it's not always clear how to help or who needs saving.

Cults and governments, superheroes and killers; all have plans for Matt, who's now stuck at home under permanent, smothering protection. And all are afraid of Jane, out there changing the world with her phenomenal powers. Though power alone may not be enough . . .

In the shadows, unseen forces lurk. And when the reality-hopping Time Child returns with a dire warning, Jane will have to choose between protecting humanity and saving the man she loves.

The third volume of the hit alternate-history series—with more than a million views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

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I enjoyed the book very much. It was very entertaining and fun to listen to.

The cliffhanger at the end.

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I'll preface by saying it was an overall enjoyable book, with a lot of future plots set up, and I will be reading the next one. This feels more like a prologue to the next chapter than an actual installment though, I have some criticism that will take up a lot of words and make this look negative, I don't hate the book but I want to put my thoughts out there.

While still a good story, it doesn't seem like the same world anymore. Matt's predicament is very understandable, but his character has been whittled down. His strength of will and constant effort to use the hard earned skills he has to survive in a world of supers is still there, but has been massively underutilized in favor of scenes of him sitting at home alone to try to prove how sad his situation is as a foil to Jane's new life of her dreams. And it happened fast, we should have seen a slow decline into isolation rather than the one event in the beginning that immediately has him confined. We needed more of that 6 months we missed between books before they were on high alert to give us proper perspective. He feels more like a secondary PoV character, and despite his mid-book revelation he doesn't seem to do much with it until the ending drops a hint in his lap.

And Janes character goes both too far and not far enough. She seems to be simultaneously the pure hero of justice and the abusive, insecure girlfriend. There should have been more visible overlap between the two, rather than two effectively seperate characters. The few times she reacts truly Jane-like while in hero mode are some of my favorite parts because it feels RIGHT. She was an angry, violent, unsociable and scared person last time we saw her. Saying she's the best at being the World's Hero without showing us the initial struggle for acceptance and appropriate social grace once she was revealed to the world seems cheap, especially considering her life as an Empath and the major issue of her infamy in book 2. Not to mention empaths in general don't come up in this book, which is wild since it was the driving point of the first two. I'm sure it will come up again but the complete absence of acknowledgement in this book was jarring. Did her becoming Lady Dawn as an Empath seriously not have an effect on the anti-empath laws? And did she not try to say anything about their treatment now that she has the world's ear?

Honestly most of these problems would have been solved if Jane had Matt in her ear the whole time over radio. He'd be the conscious and be allowed to show us his wit and skill while still being isolated, she'd be the muscle and the face enjoying newfound adoration, trying to do right but needing help to do it properly, neither would be alone or out of character, and it would mirror Captain Dawns dependency on his wife by having them be a cooperative team, which would be better than just standard abusive codependency.

This one also jumps around way too much. I know what they were trying to do, and it does eventually pay off, but having so many long chapters that are tedious to read by virtue of being purposely vague and confusing or not having any payoff until much later were just a slog to get through, with me actually skipping the last one after it went on too long. There should have been half as many, focus in on the exucutioner storyline and skip the computer logs, spec Ops missions, and shorten the crime boss one. There were way too many and some went on way too long.

Also, F time travel. I rarely find it to be a good addition to a story. Especially such unrestrained time travel as we seem to have here. There's nothing engaging about things just happening because, and the potential chaos of Jane actively trying to block the Wanderers time travel mischief or at least passively prevent it in her sphere by virtue of mutual threat is not explored. I'm sure it will be but again, these things should be built up, not used only once as a dues ex machina. We did that in book 2 and we shouldn't do it again in 4.

Weakest entry so far, but lots of potential set up for the future

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Spoilers: it doesn’t seem that Jane has learned anything, it seems that she is still the same angry, hateful woman that she always has been, and I’m not very happy that the story is essentially saying that her toxic and abusive behavior is ok. I feel very sorry for Matt.

I don’t like how it condones abusive relationships

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Love this book I love this series and I need more 12 hours is not enough 😩 I feel like im addicted 🤓.

I need moreeeee!!!!

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Wondery crafted tale. The author takes 2 books to resolve a plot, and the weaving and unravelling of the tale and the surprises are an absolute joy.

I never expected surprises from the superhero genre and boy, does he deliver surprises. I really enjoyed the first 3 books and have yet to listen to the fourth (just finished 3 last night).

Luke Daniels is having a fun with the voice work. Each character is fully imagined and easily discernable as they are introduced, appear, and reappear.

I have always enjoyed his work, but don't recall it being this expressive before. Great work!

Exceptional writing, Exceptional voice acting.

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