-Writer - Actor - Creative-
Richard Mendoza III
Books
Titan Project
Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Action Thriller
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Titan Project live on Royal Road! - (Superheroes, Cyberpunk, Dystopian)
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/106418/titan-project-superhero-cyberpunk-dystopian
Blurb:
My mother called me a monster, my father calls me a traitor; but I’ll prove to my brother that I can be a hero.
Evan and his adopted brother have hidden a dangerous secret from their family for their whole lives - that they have mutant powers. Evan can manipulate matter with devastating potential, something the Federation would do anything to be rid of. But no matter what they throw at him - he will never stop trying to be the hero.
After Evan accidentally exposes his powers, known as Affliction, his father sends a cyborg bounty hunter after him to cover up the truth. Branded as traitors, Evan and his brother are separated in a desperate bid for survival. Now, Evan must team up with mutant rebels on a mission to rescue his brother and defeat his father.
But the further he falls down the conspiracy, the more he fears he’ll prove his mother right - that he is a monster.
Book Teaser Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkMvpO-sMU&t=4s
Key Aspects:
This is a Cyberpunk mash up of X-men meets Mocking Jay. It is a thriller, with brutal deaths trickled throughout. There are consequences for the characters' actions, much as there would be for a crew of rebels in our world. There are some progression-lite aspects in the book, as the MC must learn to overcome his weaknesses and master his powers - as well as figure out how to be a hero in the dystopian Federation of America. This novel is written in a third-person close POV and follows Evan, a governor's kid turned rebel.
The Lost Few
Young Adult, Romance, Suspense
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Several decades ago, a former C.I.A. Agent, Mel Greenstone convinced high ranking U.S. officials to draft orphans and young criminals to become trained assassins. That worked until Agent Laura Black’s team fought back and destroyed them. It has been one year since they broke away from the evil clutches of the dark Secret Intelligence Unit (S.I.U.) and watched Greenstone go to prison. The team now has one desire—to live a normal life—and they could if they were not constantly looking over their shoulders. When Laura receives word there may still be another S.I.U. shell company nearby, they decided to break into their offices and steal Intel to work toward their goal. That decision will cause a chain of events that will cost lives and take them on a journey from Northern California to the United States Capitol—from heartache to new lives.