It’s the first book I have read by this author and it will not be the last.įifteen-year-old Danny went shopping. People get hurt, sometimes badly―sometimes killed, and it’s this willingness to highlight the fact that standing up doesn’t come without real cost that gives Dreadnought its real heart.2017’s Dreadnought is the first novel in April Daniels’ Nemesis series. “ Dreadnought is a coming-of-age story: it’s all about Danny coming to terms with her own power and her own agency, not just as a superhero, but as a person (and as a person who chooses to be a superhero), and it’s one that doesn’t shy away from consequences, either. “I’m not normally a fan of superhero narratives, and then I find an exception that grabs me by the throat and makes me love it. “This first title in the series offers a rich, unusual mix of subjects and themes for fantasy fans.” “…A fascinating exploration of gender identity in a fantastical setting." “A thoroughly enjoyable, emotionally rich, action-packed story with the most exciting new superheroes in decades. Dreadnought is the superhero adventure we all need right now.”Ĭharlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky “I didn’t know how much I needed this brave, thrilling book until it rocked my world. If Danny can’t sort through the confusion of coming out, master her powers, and stop Utopia in time, humanity faces extinction. Dreadnought’s murderer―a cyborg named Utopia―still haunts the streets of New Port City, threatening destruction. Between her father’s dangerous obsession with “curing” her girlhood, her best friend suddenly acting like he’s entitled to date her, and her fellow superheroes arguing over her place in their ranks, Danny feels like she’s in over her head. It should be the happiest time of her life, but Danny’s first weeks finally living in a body that fits her are more difficult and complicated than she could have imagined. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it should be.
Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. Dreadnought is the superhero adventure we all need right now.”―Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Skyĭanny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero.
An action-packed series-starter perfect for fans of The Heroine Complex and Not Your Sidekick.
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