Rebecca Zander thinks she’s scored the career of a lifetime as an interdimensional hopping researcher. You know the pitch: see the multiverse and enjoy all seven seasons of Firefly while studying superhero physics. Maybe, if she bends the rules a bit, she can even have coffee with the O.G. masked crimefighter, Baron Steele. Unfortunately for Rebecca, New York City’s weather report didn’t mention a chance of giant robots falling from the sky.

Elsewhere, things aren’t much better for Tarim Yang and his team of Chinese special forces. They must, um, secure Rebecca to ensure China isn’t left behind in a new superhero arms race. Little things like breaking treaties and ripping through reality’s space-time fabric won’t stop Tarim from achieving his mission.

In the wake of their choices, Rebecca and Tarim must navigate betrayals, superpowered battles, and threats of cosmic annihilation–all while wrestling with the hope of finding home, love, and redemption in a universe where nothing is certain. Not even death itself.

The Complete Series

By The Author

Extra Content

MEGA MECH-APOCALYPSE IS HERE!

Brand new from Jaime Castle, CJ Valin, and a host of tremendous authors comes MEGA MECH-APOCALYPSE. Taking place before Sidekick, this collection of short stories tells report of an event orchestrated by Crosscircuit, an evil mastermind who’s desire to save the world from their inevitable doom wound up destroying major cities and landing him in the Trench.

If you’re looking forward to the new series, Harrier (which takes place almost immediately after the events of Scions), listen to this special audio-only performance from Soundbooth Theater. Hint, hint: Crosscircuit plays a bit of a role in the new series!

To listen, download Soundbooth Direct, a completely free listening platform including Mega Mech-Apocalypse and hundreds more amazing titles!

THE ENTIRE RAPTORS CAST AS IMAGINED BY THE AUTHORS (USING MIDJOURNEY)

A short note from Jaime Castle: While I have taken a hard stance against using AI art for any commercial reasons, I cannot deny the fun of it. It also has its uses. While I couldn’t justify the cost of hiring an artist to create more than 70 portraits, the cost-effectiveness of MidJourney has allowed these characters to come to life in a brand new way. I hope you enjoy them, despite the turmoil that surrounds artificially generated artwork (Synthography.) Due the to time it takes, this section will be a work in progress.

Sawyer William Vincent (Red Kite, Red Raptor, Black Harrier)

Sawyer (young)

Red Kite (v3)

Black Harrier (v3)

Sawyer (current)

Amy Chen (Osprey)

Amy Chen

Osprey (Flying Armor)

Osprey

Osprey

Alex Garner (Red Kite, Redhawk, Black Harrier v2)

Alex Garner

Red Kite (v1)

Black Harrier (v2)

Redhawk

Franklin Douglas III (Black Harrier v1)

Franklin Douglas

Black Harrier (classic)

Black Harrier

Black Harrier Battle Armor

The Neon Knights

Axe

Morningstar

Broadsword

Crossbow

Mace

Logan Andrews

Logan (Task Force)

Benji

Family And Friends

Mace

Luis Chen

Mayka Chen

Aiden

Allies

Bash

Neith

Red Kite v2 (Toby)

The Cricket

Javier Martinez (Cricket)

Doug

Adversaries

Paul Steele

Baron Steele

Book Details

Series
Publisher
AETHON
Page Count
416
Price Ebook
2.99
Price Paper
12.99
Isbn13
9798245060101
ASIN
B0GJ151HSQ
Publication Date
January 21, 2026