Fabulous in Tights
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- 29,00 kr
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- 29,00 kr
Publisher Description
Alec Archer isn’t just a superhero... he’s a survivor.
* He’s survived being harpooned by the megalomaniacal captain of a steampunk airship.
* He’s escaped being drowned by a sex-crazed mermaid.
* He’s narrowly avoided being reduced to a glowing pile of mush by a radioactive grandma.
* Even Kryptonite probably couldn’t hurt him.
(His inability to think before he opens his mouth, on the other hand, will probably get him killed.)
By day, Alec is the owner of a successful male escort service, living an idyllic life with a husband he adores. By night, Alec is the only man strong enough, fast enough, and svelte enough to reluctantly squeeze into the skintight turquoise mantle of the superhero known as the Whirlwind.
No matter how many supervillains choose Centerport to kick-off their crazy schemes of mass destruction and world domination, the Whirlwind will always be there to defeat them.
And he will always look fabulous in tights!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A gay superhero faces a new threat in this fun but predictable romp from Bodner (Bite Club). Alec Archer, aka the Whirlwind, oversees a thriving escort and sex work agency by day. His adoring husband, Peter, knows nothing about his superheroic alter-ego or indestructible body. When an explosion rocks a lab at Peter's work, Alec leaps into action, unaware the attack is a diversion by supervillain Thanatos to hide the abduction of scientist Bradley Harmon. Thanatos demands Bradley synthesize a disease that will infect crops and force people to only eat specially modified plants or die of starvation. Meanwhile, Thanatos's oddly specific ransom of $27 million sends Alec, together with his best friend and Centerport police chief, Gretchen Thatcher, and his father figure and gadget guru, Travis Buttrick, scrambling to figure out who Thanatos is. Bodner writes some thrilling fight scenes and the erotic tension between Thanatos and Whirlwind is a nice spin on a familiar dynamic, but the novel's humor often falls flat, as in jokes at the expense of Alec's effeminate secretary and an overweight rescue victim, and readers will likely guess Thanatos's identity long before the final reveal. The result is diverting but largely forgettable.
