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

“Trickster!” Sam parried another slash of the villain’s kopis. “What did you do to Marcus Flint?!” 


“Why don’t you just call him by his real name?” The Trickster challenged, cackling afterward. 


“Shut up!” Sam growled. “And who said you could dress like me?” 


“Do you like it?” Trickster stepped back from Sam’s attack just so he could twirl around and show off his knockoff suit. “Got it on sale. Meaning I only had to kill three people to cobble this together.” 


Sam’s brow furrowed. “You didn’t need to do that… Your plan to pin the crime on me failed. So, this suit’s purpose is moot.” 


“Well, that whole bit with blaming you for Crow-Man’s abduction was just a bonus,” the Trickster admitted. “This suit’s real purpose is to piss you off… and I say it’s working perfectly.” 


“Trickster!” Sam charged forward with his sword raised high. 


They exchanged one, two, and then three slashes, none of which managed to cut the other. 


Super Massive Black Hole, Part 2