Description
Book SynopsisAlex must balance becoming a superhero tasked with defeating Kaiju, making it as a journalism student, and navigating life as a gay man in modern Europe. Nine years after a mysterious ecological disaster, journalism students Alex and Rosalia investigate the strange company that rebuilt their city and turned it into a vision of the future—that is, until Alex’s world is turned upside down by a chance encounter with a gigantic monster from another world, a Kaiju, and the mysterious masked hero fighting it! Inheriting the masked hero’s power,
Alex must now take on these powerful Kaiju when he transforms into the hero Blaze.
As a gay man, Alex never imagined his cozy college life becoming deadly, but that’s just what happens as his battles uncover an unholy connection between his city, the most powerful company in Europe, and the Kaiju. Can he uncover the secret before it’s too late?
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Trade Review
"A riveting superhero story that feels familiar and original..." * Kirkus Reviews, starred review *
"Undeniably a shonen title with its ample action sequences and fights." * School Library Journal *
"...a great purchase for library shelves serving teens where readers are fans of action stories and the tokusatsu genre." * Booklist *
"Original, fun, and highly recommended..." * Midwest Book Review *
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: ENCOUNTER
CHAPTER FIVE: PLACEMENT
CHAPTER TWO: KAIJU
CHAPTER SIX: OMINOUS
CHAPTER THREE: PHOENIX RISING
CHAPTER SEVEN: PRESSURE
CHAPTER NINE: BRAWL
CHAPTER FOUR: MY RESOLVE
CHAPTER EIGHT: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
CHAPTER TEN: BLAZE
