In a world where the gods gift a chosen few with great powers, Sam Shepard could be counted among the weakest of the weak. His crappy healing ability can’t even cure minor injuries without having to drain Sam’s own life force to do it. Hero society doesn't think Sam's useful, and after failing to heal those he was tasked to save, Sam couldn't help but agree. But it turns out that giving up the hero's life isn’t easy. Not when one’s caught in the machinations of the gods themselves.

After Sam gets pulled into rescuing the hero Thunder, he inherits a strange ability from her: the training system that taught Thunder how to become a top hero. Triple-A apparently holds the secret to leveling up one's power, a feat previously thought to be impossible. Not that it'll be easy to achieve...

A series of challenging missions and the occasional hero lesson from the system’s creator guarantee a lot of cuts and bruises in Sam's immediate future. But at least he finally gets the chance to go from zero to hero. Oh, yeah, there are also ghastly horrors and megalomaniac supervillains to contend with on Sam’s path to becoming the symbol of hope that humanity needs.

Level UP Hero

Author's Note: To celebrate the start of Volume II: Rising, it's Double release day! Also, you can get the full volume I as an e-book on Kindle/Amazon if you're interested. Just type in Level Up Hero Volume 1: Rebirth on Amazon. XD 


“Excuse me!” Sam Shepard apologized as he slipped his way into the back of the crowd. “Media coming through!” 


‘Media’ was a stretch nowadays as Sam hadn’t written an article for New York’s number one newspaper since he left the city to go on a road trip across North America with Thunder and Farsight. 


In the near distance, the thunderous boom of metal crashing on metal rang in his ears, drowning out the police sirens and terrified screams around him. 


Sam sighed. “This isn’t how I thought my first day in Philly would go.” 


'What, you thought we were rolling into town and nothing bad would happen?' Chiron’s disembodied voice asked sarcastically. 'When were you ever that lucky?' 


Brave New World, Part 1