Welcome to Utopia: Book One of the Utopian Dreams Series

by Alan Michael Atkinson, Karen Buckeridge (Editor)

Overview

As a gay superhero in the deep South, Jericho Hansen wants to go professional, but knows he doesn't have the public awareness to do this in Savannah, Georgia. So when his application to join Force Majeure (America's most prestigious superhero team) is answered with an invitation to an interview, it seems his dreams have come true.

But this is only the beginning. It's bad enough that his boyfriend doesn't want him to go, but once he gets to Utopia City (an ultra-tech metropolis in the middle of Kansas, and home of Force Majeure) events spiral rapidly out of control.

He must deal with pain and suffering, loss and betrayal. Are his new allies actually on his side, or are they furthering their own agendas? Does he, in the end, really want to join Force Majeure?

Welcome to Utopia, where the first thing you learn is that nothing is truly as it seems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780648729600
Publisher:	Words on Paper (Ink)
Publication date:	02/01/2020
Series:	Utopian Dreams , #1
Pages:	518
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

Alan Michael Atkinson is from North Queensland, Australia. He grew up on a remote cattle property and attended boarding school for his higher education. Now living in the largest city north of Brisbane, he has been by turns a Chinese food delivery driver, a taxi driver and a security guard. He likes to read, and plays tabletop roleplaying games when he can. He's met both Felicia Day (Buffy, Dollhouse, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) and Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Castle, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog), and has the photos to prove it. He also has a replica of Sting (the Lord of the Rings sword, not the singer) hanging on his wall.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

Prologue One: Discovery

Prologue Two: Runaway Superhero

Prologue Three: Passport to Opportunity

Prologue Four: Appeal from the Heart

1 – Jericho

2 – Stephen

3 – Luke

4 – Madness

5 – Platform

6 – Challenger

7 – Minotaur

8 – Origin

9 – Revelation

10 – Reaction

11 – Bobbi

12 – Politics

13 – Powers

14 – Utopia

15 – New Arrivals

16 – Friendly Face

17 – Air Taxi

18 – Police Stop

19 – Checking In

20 – Home Comforts

21 – Personal Issues

22 – Rooftop Encounter

23 – Night Patrol

24 – Learning Experience

25 – Survival Mode

26 – Changing Plans

27 – South Side

28 – Post Mortem

29 – Worst Case

30 – Presumption of Innocence

31 – Clearing the Air

32 – Coming to Grips

33 – The Ugly Truth

34 – From the Shadows

35 – Making the Calls

36 – Sharing a Cab

37 – Sense of Wonder

38 – Within the Spire

39 – Interviewing, Superhero Style

40 – Passing the Torch

41 – Best Laid Plans

42 – Leroy in Utopia

43 – Reclamation and Identification

44 – Test of Wills

45 – One Small Step

46 – An Unintended Consequence

47 – To Remember the Departed

48 – Where the Heart Is

49 – Of Mice and Men

50 – This, Too, Shall Pass

51 – Holding Back the Tide

52 – Drama in the Park

53 – Gone, But Not Forgotten

54 – Enforcing Law and Order

55 – Running Away, Running Toward

56 – A Hard-Earned Perspective

57 – Exercising Shock and Awe

58 – Out of the Blue

59 – Putting the Pieces Together

60 – A Most Unexpected Development

61 – “If You Love Something …”

62 – Welcome to Force Majeure

Epilogue One: Homecoming

Epilogue Two: The Villains

Epilogue Three: Manhattan Justice Recruiting

Epilogue Four: A New Question Revealed

Glossary

Dramatis Personae

Timeline of Events

Enabled Teams and Others

Acknowledgments

Author’s Recommendations

About the Author

About Welcome to Utopia