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

“Slow down, will you,” Jackboot’s fingers gripped the edge of his seat, “or we’re going to crash!” 


“Not while I’m on the wheel,” Farsight shot back at him. “So, stop trying to backseat drive and just enjoy the ride!” 


This so-called enjoyable ride led them straight through the glass wall of the brand-new building beside Asbury Plaza, through construction materials and unfinished fixtures, and out to the street on the other side of it all while Sam and Jackboot screamed their lungs out. Yes, it was just the boys. The women of this new team were made of sturdier stuff, a fact that Farsight would use as fuel for future teasing. 


Once their drive stopped feeling like a high-speed rollercoaster ride, Jackboot finally got to complain. “We’re you trying to get us killed or are you just this bad at driving?!” 


Chasing Liberty, Part 2