from the globe-spanning Trutopian organization led, unknown to them, by their enemy Victor Cross and his accomplice Yvonne. The pair have begun to plant the seeds of a dark shadow game that will manipulate the heroes into a series of actions that threaten to throw the world into war. If the planet is to survive, the new heroes will have to fight harder than they have ever have before. Plot summary The lives of the teenagers have been changed forever, and they decide to proactively use their powers of their own free will, in order to better the world. Collin does not know that the Trutopians are led by Victor Cross and he soon finds himself under the spell of Yvonne's mind-control. Unable to resist Yvonne's orders Collin soon finds himself turned against his fellow heroes, fighting on the side of the very people he had vowed to bring to justice. US Title In the United States, Absolute Power, the third book in the series, is published under the title The Reckoning. (, June 2010) Superhuman Superhuman is a collection of short stories set in the New Heroes universe. One story is long enough to be considered a novella, however. The author released the book exclusively through the New Heroes website in December 2007, and each one is signed and numbered. It is limited to 1,000 copies. Stories Below is a list of the individual stories contained in the book. The book also contains a number of articles, and has a foreword written by Michael Scott. "A Decade Without Heroes" "What I Did on My Holidays" "The Offer" "Pressure" "The Footsoldiers" "Out of Sight" "Flesh and Blood" "Scholarship Boy" "A Million" Super Human A prequel to the events of the New Heroes trilogy called Super Human was released on the official New Heroes website. It was released May 13, 2010. Plot summary A mysterious group is trying to bring Krodin, a four-thousand-year-old super human, forward in time to control the modern world. The story begins with Abby, a seemingly average girl with the power of superhuman strength, but only with metal. She is in the middle of working at a dinner when a television report comes on about a siege at a nearby warehouse that a terrorist group is using to hold hostages. Abby rushes to the scene, along with a mysterious and quiet boy that would come to the