HyperVigilanté
Book 1 of 3
Set in western Russia, HyperVigilanté follows Vlad, an enormous young man, bouncing between various Russian cities doing construction work as he runs from past trauma. His world is rocked when he meets a beautiful Russian Army vet named Svetlana, who is struggling with memories of questionable orders she'd followed while in the service.
In a basement in a Pripyat building near the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, Vlad discovers a radioactive energy drink stash that temporarily gives him superpowers. Svetlana first meets him as he is unconscious and in peril in the wake of his discovery. Even though a stranger, she chooses to guard him, ultimately saving his life. The two quickly bond, and in less than a year fall in love and get married.
The superpower from the energy drink is available to both Vlad and Svetlana and both are strongly guided by their morality, so it's a no-brainer to use the superpower to become vigilante superheroes. Together and apart, both battle evil enemies with and without using their finite supply of the energy drink.
On a trip to England, Svetlana steps up to the plate and saves London from a coordinated terrorist attack she stumbled onto, while back in Russia Vlad battles the Russian mafia. There he encounters a superpowered mob boss who would later kidnap Svetlana, causing Vlad to race to his wife's rescue along with help from a couple friends.
In a basement in a Pripyat building near the Chernobyl reactor meltdown, Vlad discovers a radioactive energy drink stash that temporarily gives him superpowers. Svetlana first meets him as he is unconscious and in peril in the wake of his discovery. Even though a stranger, she chooses to guard him, ultimately saving his life. The two quickly bond, and in less than a year fall in love and get married.
The superpower from the energy drink is available to both Vlad and Svetlana and both are strongly guided by their morality, so it's a no-brainer to use the superpower to become vigilante superheroes. Together and apart, both battle evil enemies with and without using their finite supply of the energy drink.
On a trip to England, Svetlana steps up to the plate and saves London from a coordinated terrorist attack she stumbled onto, while back in Russia Vlad battles the Russian mafia. There he encounters a superpowered mob boss who would later kidnap Svetlana, causing Vlad to race to his wife's rescue along with help from a couple friends.
The Fukushima Connection
Book 2 of 3
In The Fukushima Connection: HyperVigilanté II, karate expert and nurse, Hideo Okamoto, persuades his wife Jen to join him on a Pacific Ocean excursion. The tranquil day is shattered when their boat sinks. After mysteriously surviving, both are shocked to learn that something deep in the frigid saltwater imbued them with superpowers. Weeks later, a knock at their door introduces an enigmatic stranger who knows too much about that day…
While the duo struggles to balance their 9-to-5s with incognito superhero missions, "Mr. Danger" and "The Texan" are as comfortable rescuing pets and busting minor league goons in their hometown as they are battling supervillains’ diabolical schemes. Diving deeper, Hideo wages an inner spiritual battle as Jen embraces the physicality of saving lives beside her husband. During a final fiery showdown atop Mount Fuji, the authenticity of Hideo’s spiritual conversion comes to light.
The Fukushima Connection expands the HV-verse beyond Russia’s Vlad and Svetlana to Japan’s Okamotos. Befitting a book in the series, the couples assist each other in their superheroics. This second adventure juxtaposes the innocence of a freshly bitten Spiderman against the evil plotting of James Bond villains and adds a hint of Star Trek’s interstellar awe. Styled similarly to HyperVigilanté, this page-turner contains another helping of nerdy Easter eggs.
While the duo struggles to balance their 9-to-5s with incognito superhero missions, "Mr. Danger" and "The Texan" are as comfortable rescuing pets and busting minor league goons in their hometown as they are battling supervillains’ diabolical schemes. Diving deeper, Hideo wages an inner spiritual battle as Jen embraces the physicality of saving lives beside her husband. During a final fiery showdown atop Mount Fuji, the authenticity of Hideo’s spiritual conversion comes to light.
The Fukushima Connection expands the HV-verse beyond Russia’s Vlad and Svetlana to Japan’s Okamotos. Befitting a book in the series, the couples assist each other in their superheroics. This second adventure juxtaposes the innocence of a freshly bitten Spiderman against the evil plotting of James Bond villains and adds a hint of Star Trek’s interstellar awe. Styled similarly to HyperVigilanté, this page-turner contains another helping of nerdy Easter eggs.
The Redacted Chapters
Book 3 of 3 (coming soon)
The Redacted Chapters: HyperVigilanté III is written and will undergo several rounds of editing. Hopefully I can publish it in late 2026 or early 2027, now that HyperVigilanté and The Fukushima Connection are published.
This is the moment you have been waiting for. The moment that was hinted at in the first two books. Exactly how did Russia's superheroes Vlad and Svetlana meet Japan's superheroes Jen and Hideo? And what did the four of them do together? The Redacted Chapters provides an explosive and satisfying end to the trilogy.
Please: Buy it. Read it. Enjoy it. Review it. Then tell a friend. If I get enough fans who love my writing to make this profitable for me, I can pick this right back up, and write more stories in the HV-verse. However, if that doesn't happen, the trilogy is complete. I will not have left you with any obvious cliff-hangers, never to be resolved. I hate that when TV shows do that to us. So I won't intentionally do that to my readers!
This is the moment you have been waiting for. The moment that was hinted at in the first two books. Exactly how did Russia's superheroes Vlad and Svetlana meet Japan's superheroes Jen and Hideo? And what did the four of them do together? The Redacted Chapters provides an explosive and satisfying end to the trilogy.
Please: Buy it. Read it. Enjoy it. Review it. Then tell a friend. If I get enough fans who love my writing to make this profitable for me, I can pick this right back up, and write more stories in the HV-verse. However, if that doesn't happen, the trilogy is complete. I will not have left you with any obvious cliff-hangers, never to be resolved. I hate that when TV shows do that to us. So I won't intentionally do that to my readers!
