Book about Aspie super heroes in the works

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Many people have speculated about which super heroes have Asperger's Syndrome. But, no one knows for sure if any existing heroes are actually aspies. That is, until now. My book, "Unsung Heroes", is currently in the publication process at Westbow Press. These heroes aren't your stereotypical tight clad masked crusaders. These Heroes get in, beat up the bad guys, save the day, and get out before anyone can say so much as "Thank You". Interested? Ask questions, and I will answer.

"Yes, time travel is confusing."
- Caleb of the future and Caleb of the present

Any idea when and where it'll be available?

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The publishing process just started so it won't be available until the first half of next year. But, it will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, and of course at the publisher's, Westbow Press, website.
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"Sweet mother of Russia!"
-Dmitry

Cool beans!

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Final Edits Done! This took a LOT longer than I expected. Now I just have to wait for the illustrator to finish with the cover.
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- Caleb of the future

Who is the publisher, and what media forms will it be published in, kindle, trade paperback, hardback etc...?

I love superhero stuff. Not as much as some of my friends do. Most of my fiction that I write for my own entertainment is superhero or has elements of it. This is pretty cool that there will be Superheroes with AS.

The publisher is a company called Westbow Press. It will be available in paperback, hardback, and e-book format including the kindle.
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"This is weirding me out. Please, go back to you're own time."
- Daniel Grantson to future Caleb
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By the way, all these quotes at the bottom of my post are actual quotes from the book. So y'all are getting a sneak peak of what's inside every time I reply to a message.

Wow! That sounds great! Will it be a known thing that the Superheroes are Aspies, or is it just how you wrote them? What is the target audience? Are there any girl superheroes in your book? I NEED to have that book; Super Heroes are one of my "things".

Finally! After almost two years of trying to get this book finished I'm finally getting a review copy in the mail soon! Once I check for any printing errors the book will be off to the presses!

By the way, I finally found an illustrator and she made an awesome cover. Thanks for the drawing, Mrs. Molas!

That's really great. I'm happy for you! I can't wait to read your book. Could you maybe give us a sneak peek? Like post a page or 2 from your book?

Could you also talk a little bit more about how you went about this from start to finish? I think your story could be very inspirational for other people on WP. I'm so happy to see fellow WPers achieve their dreams. I truly wish you success and happiness in this endeavor and the ones to come.

As to how I went about writing the book, it started as just something to do over the summer. My dad told me I had to do something rather play around on the computer all day so I wrote this book. Several months later, I was contacted by a self-publishing company. (I'm still not sure how they found out about me.) After I paid them to print the book, I asked my aunt to edit it for me. She happily agreed, and we went through . . . I think three rounds of editing before everything was settled. Finding an illustrator was the hardest part. My first illustrator never even started on the project. This is partially why it took so long to finish publishing. (The other part was a bit of laziness on my part .) My second illustrator, however, finished the cover art relatively quickly. After I sent it in the companies design team compiled the book and sent me pdf files of what they had for my approval. After a few minor changes, I signed off the forms giving them permission to print and I should receive the first printed copy in less than two weeks.

As for a preview of the book, here is the official preview. Enjoy! :

“Hey, ‘Mr. Sunglasses,’ I said to get on the floor,” the crook said.
“I was never on the floor,” Daniel retorted.
“Then get there.”
“Or what? Are you going to shoot me like that guy,” Daniel said as he pointed at the man with the wounded leg. “Speaking of which, why don’t you give me that gun before someone like you gets hurt?”
“Before I get hurt? Ha!” The robber raised his automatic rifle and leveled it at Daniel’s chest. “Now, lay down!”
“No,” Daniel said as he took a step forward.
“Strike one.”
The man with the wounded leg suddenly looked up. That was what the robber had told him before he had shot him. “Uh-oh,” he said quietly.
Daniel guessed what the thief was doing. “Actually, I played basketball,” he said as he took another step.
“Strike two.”
“He has the ball. He dribbles down the court.” Daniel took yet another step.
“Strike three.” The crook turned his gun to Daniel’s left leg and fired. It was set on semi-automatic, so it only fired one round. The bullet bounced off Daniel’s leg, flew across the room, ricocheted off a metal lamp stand, and then hit one of the other robbers in the back of his arm. He yelled as he dropped his gun and grabbed his wounded limb.
“What’s the big idea?” he shouted at the first man. Then he saw Daniel. “Isn’t he supposed to be on the floor?” he asked.
“Two points,” Daniel said. The first robber, who was stunned and angry, turned his weapon to fully automatic. He once again pointed it at Daniel’s chest and opened fire. Daniel ran at the man as the bullets flew away from him like birds from a dog. He grabbed the robber’s gun and bent it into a U-shape. He looked at the thief, but then quickly looked back at the mutilated weapon in his hands. “That’s new,” he said in a surprised voice. Out of the corner of his eye, Daniel saw the robber reach for a knife on his belt. Daniel suddenly used one hand to stop the robber from getting his knife, and then used his other hand to swing the gun like a club. Pieces of the shattered gun fell to the floor with the unconscious criminal.
The three uninjured robbers began to fire their automatic weapons at Daniel. He raised his hand in the shape of a pistol and tried to fire. Nothing happened. This puzzled Daniel, who was mainly annoyed by all of the bullets pinging off of him. He decided to try something. He went through the motions he would normally have gone through to reload a pistol. After that, his hand was once again able to shoot bullets. He proceeded to shoot the gun hands of the three criminals, so they could no longer shoot well. Daniel then began to finish the job he had started. He ran over to the crook with the wounded arm and banged his head against a teller’s desk. Then he ran up to the next man and punched him squarely in the jaw. Another criminal tried to come at him with a knife. Daniel grabbed him, threw him over the tellers’ windows and into the window at the bank’s drive-through. The criminal fell onto the desk there, too much in pain to move.
Daniel heard a scream behind him. He turned around to see the last thug holding one of the tellers by her neck with his bleeding gun hand, and with the other hand he had a drawn pistol pointed at the woman’s head. “If you take one step towards me, she gets it,” he snarled.

The book is finally out! Here are a few links where you can get it.

Amazon-Unsung_Heroes

Barnes_and_Nobles-Unsung_Heroes

E-book only:
Google_Books-Unsung_Heroes

I hope y'all enjoy!

I'll be starting a new thread for people who have read the book to talk about it. See y'all there!