Aegis
by R.L. Arenz III
Not all shields are unbreakable. Some shatter.
All 16 year old Kyle Ross ever wanted to be was a superhero, one of the Warriors. Any injury healed faster, each fight made him stronger, and every wound was never replicated. Like the mythological shield of the gods, Kyle became Aegis, a shield against evil. Journey with Kyle 'Aegis' Ross through triumph and failure, with allies against super powered foes, and the emotional upheaval of love and loss. The story of a hero deconstructed, then built back up.
A journey's discovery of who he is, and who he wants to be, against the backdrop of fantastical battles as every step brings him closer to a destiny he isn't aware of. A fate his enemy already knows.
Join Aegis as he laces up his boots for adventure and answers the age old question: what is a hero?
by R.L. Arenz III
Not all shields are unbreakable. Some shatter.
All 16 year old Kyle Ross ever wanted to be was a superhero, one of the Warriors. Any injury healed faster, each fight made him stronger, and every wound was never replicated. Like the mythological shield of the gods, Kyle became Aegis, a shield against evil. Journey with Kyle 'Aegis' Ross through triumph and failure, with allies against super powered foes, and the emotional upheaval of love and loss. The story of a hero deconstructed, then built back up.
A journey's discovery of who he is, and who he wants to be, against the backdrop of fantastical battles as every step brings him closer to a destiny he isn't aware of. A fate his enemy already knows.
Join Aegis as he laces up his boots for adventure and answers the age old question: what is a hero?
by R.L. Arenz III
Not all shields are unbreakable. Some shatter.
All 16 year old Kyle Ross ever wanted to be was a superhero, one of the Warriors. Any injury healed faster, each fight made him stronger, and every wound was never replicated. Like the mythological shield of the gods, Kyle became Aegis, a shield against evil. Journey with Kyle 'Aegis' Ross through triumph and failure, with allies against super powered foes, and the emotional upheaval of love and loss. The story of a hero deconstructed, then built back up.
A journey's discovery of who he is, and who he wants to be, against the backdrop of fantastical battles as every step brings him closer to a destiny he isn't aware of. A fate his enemy already knows.
Join Aegis as he laces up his boots for adventure and answers the age old question: what is a hero?
R.L. Arenz III crashes onto the literary scene with a character-driven super-heroic sci-fi adventure. Aegis is relevant. A masculine hero both emotionally available and strong. Kyle Ross weathers loss, destruction and his own conscience to push through damage with his boots on. To conquer not only the draconic evil which threatens from the shadows, but his own inner pain.
Not all shields are unbreakable. Some shatter. Time for Aegis to reforge. Originally based on short stories written for MacroMicroCosm Lit Journal, R.L. Arenz III expanded his world in time for Winter 2020.
ISBN 978-1-988034-13-3 / 978-988034-12-6
Editions Paperback, eBook (Kindle, Kobo, Nook)
Publication Date December 2020
Genre: Superhero Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Mythpunk
