Book Review
Super Born - Seduction of Being
by Keith Kornell
About the Author
Writing has always been a passion for Keith Kornell, he has been writing since he was a twelve year old boy writing Secret Agent short stories in his room, imagining he was James Bond. Super Born was a work of pure inspiration that has created a new genre of novels...the super hero novel. Writing has reemerged in the last few years as the focus of Kornell’s life. His love for writing took a back seat to his career in business and his family for a number of years. Super Born: Seduction of Being is Kornell’s third novel and he has also published a children's book The Big Big Game in 2002.
Kornell is a graduate of John Carroll University. He lives with his wife and son in Chardon, Ohio and spends his limited spare time writing, sculpting and in creating video productions.
Book Description
Super Born: Seduction of Being, a fabulous new sci-fi, fantasy novel by Keith
Kornell follows a single mom in Scranton, PA who suddenly develops superpowers
and the journalist who discovers her heroic, high-flying antics. Follow her as
she struggles to balance her superpowers with her duties as a single mom,
questions morally and ethically the immensity of her new found skills, and
wrestles with whether or not to keep them a secret from her daughter. All while
dealing with those who wish to abuse her powers!
Book Review
I knew as soon as read the first couple of pages that I was going to enjoy reading this book. I'm not a huge fantasy reader but I have been persuaded by this one. Although I think a lot to do with my enjoyment of the book came from the authors writing style, a light hearted story, humorous, tongue in cheek in parts and weirdly or not slightly believable!! I also loved the way the book alternated between first hand accounts from both main characters.
The two main characters were both down to earth, you had the single mum turned super hero alongside the day to day reporter/journalist guy who loves his beer the other!! The story follows the after affects of epsilon radiation exposure in the town of Scranton, turning the men into morons known as RFD's, reduced functuality disorder and the opposite effect on the women, giving some of them super powers. One woman in particular, dressed in black, started to gain a lot of interest after villain after villain were being captured, crime after crime were being prevented, rescue after rescue were becoming an everyday occurrence, all followed by the hero dress in black sightings.
The reporter, who by now is besotted with the Super Born, teams up with a scientist try to find the identity of this particular 'Super Born', dressed all in black now known as the 'BIB'. From the scientists research narrowing this down to only eight women who were born during the Super Bowl, January 18th 1976. The BIB website was formed, quickly increasing its fans and sightings. Unfortunately they were not the only ones to be hunting her down, villains, crime lords and jealous inferior super women wanted her found as well. Who would find her first? What would happen to her?
A really enjoyable and amusing read. What I also love is the fact that the author has actually brought to life parts of the book, his website is bib.org the same as the book and he has also brought out the BIB t-shirts, brilliant!!
Our Rating
I love books that capture my attention right away. That usually means I will enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteOk, I have to say, as a single mom, this book sounds fun! I like the idea of it and your review only makes me want to read it more. =)
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ReplyDeleteLove that the super hero is a single mom :) Sounds interesting! Thanks for sharing!!
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