Take a Chance

by C. E. Murphy, Ardian Syaf (Artist)

Overview

Driven to save lives after her son's murder, Frankie Kemp has spent years as a non-powered vigilante whom the police choose to overlook, but when a virus releases super-powered potential in much of the population, "Chance" is left to face her child's shadow-sliding killer with nothing more than her wits and experience. Her friend and police detective Darius Murkowski suspects Frankie is getting involved with things she shouldn't, but can't prove it yet, and Chance encounters "superhero" Tazer—a newly-powered man whose good intentions considerably outstrip his ability in a fight.

In the aftermath of fighting Shadowslide, Chance recognizes some of her own mistakes waiting to happen in Candy, a young woman with a drug problem. Saving the girl from an overdose leads to an encounter with the police that escalates out of control; as long as she keeps secrets from Murkowski, he can't help her.

Drug dealer China White unearths Chance's identity. Caught between protecting Candy and saving herself, Chance saves a police officer's life by killing China White and moves herself into the police's limelight. Horrified at having crossed the line into killing, Frankie struggles to keep her identity as Chance a secret, but when super-powered drug courier Crisscross comes after Frankie, she has no choice but to don the mask again. She goes to Tazer for help, but her life as Chance is coming unravelled--and her best friend Nila is about to pay the price. Drug kingpin Carrie Nation knows Frankie's secrets--but so does Detective Murkowski, and it may be his decision that lets Chance continue her work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909276628
Publisher:	Markosia Enterprises
Publication date:	10/03/2016
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

C. E. Murphy is the author of the epic fantasy series The Inheritors’ Cycle (comprising the novels The Queen’s Bastard and The Pretender’s Crown), as well as two urban fantasy series, The Walker Papers and The Negotiator Trilogy. She has also written action/romance titles under the pseudonym Cate Dermody. She lives in Ireland.

Ardian Syaf is a rising talent in the world of comic books. His previous projects include the graphic novel The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle, written by Jim Butcher, and the comic book Honor Among Thieves. Syaf lives in Indonesia.