LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

Saturday – The other pivotal character is Genie. Not only is she pivotal to the book, she is at the center of it, even more so than our superheroes. This is because of their strange introduction over the Internet (kiddies don't try this at home), the age she gives herself compared to the knowledge she possesses, and her ability to design and create these supersuits themselves. All in all, she is one fantastic character. I'm not sure I've seen a more unusual charater written into any story. Genie says she's seven years old. Fine, makes sense, after all she was on KidChat and sounds like a girl, plus has a little animated girlie icon. Yet how many kids that age don't know about people, particularly parents? How many little girls do you know that have literally no social interaction outside the Internet? And how many seven year old girls could comprehend the techno-heroes, assimilate their concepts into design and actually build these supersuits? Not many I bet. I mean, this little girl has to have a grasp on quantum physics way beyond what even most current scientists have. Yet is she simply a computer that talks? It begins to baffle you when you find out that if she is a computer, how is it she experiences emotions? Computers can do basically one of three things. They can validate something or invalidate something or pass the information around for another check. That's it. Yes or no, or check it out again. That is all a computer can do. Yet Genie is absorbed into the fantasy world of these geeks so that she helps fulfill their fantasy. She can cry as well as laugh. She can show compassion as well as anger. If this isn't a computer, it must be one very special girl. Or is it something else we haven't even thought of? I'll let you find out for yourselves. I enjoyed having this mystery over my head for most of the book. It gave it a persona that is rare today. So what are you waiting for, go out and buy the book already? - David Brollier


This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon

LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

Friday – Seems like everyone has a younger sibling to contend with, well, at least one in this story. I have a younger brother and can remember some really trying times, but Brian and I forged a bond that only brothers and sisters can understand. I’ve said that I have the divine right to pick on my brother, but heaven help the guy who tries to pick on him. The same is true with Clarice Peters and her brother Allen. She has one superpower, being a nuisance, if you can call that a superpower. I don’t think it qualifies because first of all younger brothers and sisters seem to have this as a genetic trait. Secondly, at least at first glance there seems to be nothing positive they can do with that. It does, however, foster perseverance, which may, in some small way qualify them for superhood. Clarice is the thorn in everyone’s side that gets the ball rolling. To really understand this story you need to get into her head and understand how all these events are affecting her. She is pivotal to the story, even if she is a nuisance.


This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon

LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

Thursday – Tom Reilly narrates the story for us, using some interesting linguistics like, “No scratch that.” In other words, rather than write everything down in perfect English you get to hear what goes on in his head, the imperfect copy of what he will later write. Tom is a language geek, and somehow feels left out. Still the Mad Scientist Club accepts him and his ways with the same appreciation it shows the other 3 members. His superhero is also a bit of a biographical statement. Thinking that he is all but invisible to the world around him, Tom wants to actually have that ability, the ability of Darklight, to go anywhere undetected. He’s even able to go through walls. The ultimate invisibility cloak, however, produces a lot of heat, so he found out early it’s best to use that only when absolutely necessary. His other cloaking tools work just fine, as does his jets, an upgrade from Titan. They have a whisper mode (Titan gets the upgrade too) and he can fly without waking the neighborhood. That’s also good, because what’s the use of being invisible if people can hear you?


This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon

LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

Wednesday – What would any respectable superhero novel about geeks be without a computer hacker. Enter Allen Peters. Allen is the one everyone goes to for just about everything computer related, and it is Allen that Caprice goes to so Genie can talk to her outside of KidChat. His superhero is Tachyon, where he is able to adjust time. If I understand this correctly, Allen, in his Tachyon suit,could slow down time around him while he travels at normal speed, giving the impression of zipping around the Flash or Superman. This solved several problems that you will find mentioned in the book. (Hey, I'm not going to tell you the whole story or anything. You have to read it yourself. Besides, it's more fun that way.) Yet, even though his hero is quite impressive he remains constantly impressed by Genie’s improvisions to their supersuits. Something shared by them all. Allen is one of those practical thinkers and not quite as impulsive as Rod Davies, which is good. Being a teen with a supersuit is tough enough without getting carried away.


This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon

LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

Tuesday – Practically the exact opposite of Rod Davies is Charlie Taylor. Charlie had expressed a desire to be a medical doctor, but as for as the Mad Scientists Club went, his hero was someone names “Micromegas”. Micromegas had the uncanny ability of changing size. While Charlie thought it impractical to increase in size he could spout off all kinds of reasons for shrinking in size. This reminds me of “Giant Man” also known as “Ant-Man” (as Dr. Henry Pym). On the outside growing large seemed to have more appeal, yet Charlie was quick to realize the true power of being small. As a “doctor wannabee” Charlie no doubt had visions of shrinking himself down to atomic levels so that he could safely perform intricate surgery and even remove tumors in a most affective way. The rest of the now League of Superheroes didn’t have the vision that Charlie had, and as such little understanding of his fascination with miniaturization. Later on the technology that helped him shrink became invaluable. Charlie is also the most patient in the group, and sometimes the most levelheaded, which just drives the rest of the group crazy. Remember we are talking about teenagers. One of the neat things we find Charlie doing is reading to Genie online. It forms a bond between the group and Genie that hadn’t been there previously.


This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon

LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

Monday – Some of the great things that Stephen Rice does in LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES is he creates some realistic characters, with some very enjoyable flaws. He has them unified in Christ, although from different churches and doctrines. He uses humor in ways I'd never thought you could use humor. He reaches beyond the possible to the probable in future technologies. Most of all, however, he enables you to see this. One of the great rules of writing is to "show, not tell". Steve does this in an awesome way. You can picture a group of teens trying to have a secret club away from their other peers and being interrupted by a kid sister. You can see the disbelief of these kids when introduced by a "girl" on the internet who knows more than they do. (How dare she!) You can see these adolescents bumbling around, as teens often do as they try to fit in, only here it is magnified with the introduction of supersuits. Action, adventure, humor, sorrow, disbelief, knowledge, faith, love and compassion all are acted out, seen and experienced, rather than explained to the reader. Not only that, but he does this with such skill that it is incredible.

Tomorrow we will continue to take a look at these incredible characters. I was supposed to put this preface up front and start today with the charcters, but I forgot to double check myself. Look around, as I have, and find the great posts on the other sites. And whatever you do, have fun. This may be a book tour, but we believe in having fun. We believe in laughter. If you haven't had your daily dose of laughter for the day I'd advise you to find something, perhaps the first chapter of his book, to lighten your spirit.


This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon

LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, by Stephen, Leon Rice

It seems to me that this particular tour does not fall on December 7th by accident. Growing up I learned about WWII, Pearl Harbor, the war in both Europe and the Pacific, and I learned something else. I learned that people were willing to give their lives for a cause, to protect what was theirs. Today we honor them, as we should. Most of us did not live through Dec. 7, 1941, but we did live through 9/11/01. The differences I see here are that the Japanese were honorable as an enemy (they retreated from their attack on Pearl Harbor after learning that they had struck before the president received a declaration of war). The enemy we are engaging now is cowardly, hiding behind the skirts of women and children, slithering off to caves and shadows, but they still are puppets of the real enemy, the enemy of our soul. For the Bible says that Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus waged that battle for us by dying on the cross in your place and mine. I owe a deep gratitude to those who have and are in our military, fighting for our freedoms, to those who have given their lives for me. However, I owe a deeper debt of gratitude to the One who came down from Above and died for a lowly sinner like me. This is a day to remember our heroes. Those especially in the military on hostile lands, and of course Jesus, but also that neighbor down the street who rushed into a fire to rescue a baby from a fire, or that teen who stood his ground against peer pressure and said, "No, I will not pollute my body with drugs." It is a time to remember that each of us can become a hero of sorts, just by allowing the love of God to shine through us to the world around us. May we honor those who have shed their blood for us by being willing to do so for those around us today. So before we take a light, often humorous look at Stephen Rice's book, LEAGUE OF SUPERHEROES, let us pause for a moment, and remember those who have bought our freedom with their blood. Then pray that God would give us the strength to be like Him and do the same for those around us. As President Abraham Lincoln put it, "But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Amen Abe. Amen. - David


Monday – The Mad Scientists Club is what they were first called, and they consist of four mid-teens, with the occasional intrusion of one of the boy’s little sister, who is not a member of the group. Today I’d like to talk to you about a tall “bean pole” kid named Rod Davies. The MSC members are into techno-superheroes and Rod’s favorite is “Titan”. I get the idea of Voltron meets Iron-man concept. The suit Rod eventually gets makes him look like a human tank. That fits, you know. I mean a skinny kid wanting to become strong muscle types has been around as long as their have been comic books. (Captain America, aka Steve Rogers, was originally a 98 lb. weakling until an injection turned him into one of Marvel Comics top superheroes). Unlike Steve Rogers, however, Rod is a bit impatient. He reminds me of the Apostle Peter. “Hey Lord, it’s good to be here. Let’s build three tabernacles. One for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” If anyone was going to put their foot in their mouth you could count on Peter to do that. Rod’s the same way. And like Peter he has the same depth of character and compassion. Being the “math and physics genius” he’s also very competitive. So how would you like this adolescent, impatient, skinny and brilliant kid to all of a sudden get a hold of a techno-supersuit? Makes for an interesting combination, and Steve Rice gives us the full brunt of Rod’s imperfections as well as his insight and compassion.

This is a Tag Team Tour. So if you want to learn more about this book, find out who is going to post today, or any day during this week, you have been "tagged". The buton links below are the places you can go to find these things out. Happy hunting. Oh, and if you end up in a site that has not yet posted, you might want to look around anyway. Some of these members have some really great sites and some fantastic things to say.






Now I'm sure you want to find out just where you can buy this fantastic book, so I'm pleased to help you out in that are. First though, you may want to check out Stephen Rice's site (button link below) and see what he's up to. Trust me, he's not telling you everything. I have grown to appreciate Steve in the short time I've known him. He can be brutally honest, but his compassion, as well as his humor, is practically legendary. Besides, if you want some of the background on the Techno-heroes and their geek counter parts, he's been posting that for over a week now. You'll get a great heads up on what is in his book just by visiting his site.


Now for further information and where to buy this wonderful book you can go to the source itself,

Writer's Cafe Press

or visit the League of Superhero the Series site

and of course Amazon