That is the sort of thing that's going to linger with me...

Thanks! I don't know that I've seen it before, and that was part of the appeal.

Paladins of Power is a team-centric LitRPG adventure with friendship, banter, armor summoning, and plenty of danger. If you enjoy the found-family dynamic of superhero teams, RPG-inspired mechanics, and escalating stakes, I think you’ll have fun with this one.

But the Nexus didn’t come here by accident, and neither did the Corruption Beyond.

Now Pablo, Sasha, Zoe, Warren, Eden, and Mark must level up fast if they want to survive revenant beasts, undead warlords, and cosmic forces that see Earth as just another battleground.

Six friends head out for a simple weekend camping trip in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. What they find instead is an ancient alien system waiting to recruit new defenders. Drawn into the legacy of the Paladins of Power, they’re granted elemental powers, sci-fi armor, and game-like HUDs.

You can even request them from your local library (if they have Overdrive or the Libby app).

www.justinmonroeauthor.com/zee-locked-in

To be clear, Zee has always been progressive. Politics are inherent in a series where corrupt Mega Corps are the primary antagonists. The part I think is triggering them in Book 3? A character exists with they/them pronouns. That's not a political statement y'all. That's just reality and respect.