Trainee Superhero (Book One)

I was five when the saucers first attacked Earth, tearing up mountains and cities for reasons that we still don’t understand. The superheroes saved us, fighting back using technology stolen from the saucers.I was chosen to be a superhero on my seventeenth birthday.I may only be a trainee superhero but I’m going to end this year in a cape or a coffin.I was five when the saucers first attacked Earth, tearing up mountains and cities for reasons that we still don’t understand. There was nothing our military could do to break the aliens’ shields, and millions of people died. We thought it was the end for Earth.The superheroes saved us, fighting back using technology stolen from the saucers. It is dangerous work, but the superheroes are all that stand between humanity and extinction.Every kid wants to be a superhero, but less than a thousand people in the world have the ability.I was chosen to be a superhero on my seventeenth birthday. I may only be a trainee superhero but I’m going to end this year in a cape or a coffin.