Apostles

Apostles: Matters of the Heart is the first full-length novel set in the Vrontier Universe-a young superhero world still learning what heroism truly means. The Apostles, a rising team of powered individuals, are expected to protect a world that judges them for every success and every failure.
Their limits are pushed when a young girl named Seniyah is taken and exploited for her extraordinary abilities. The mission to rescue her forces the Apostles into a confrontation with organized crime, human trafficking, and their own unresolved trauma. For Zavier "Z-Force" Freeman, the mission becomes deeply personal-blurring the lines between duty, redemption, and the fear of repeating past mistakes.
As the team closes in on Seniyah's captors, long-buried secrets surface, loyalties are tested, and the emotional weight of their choices threatens to break them. In a world where power is dangerous and healing is harder than combat, the Apostles must face not only their enemies, but themselves.
A story of guilt, accountability, found family, and the fight to protect the vulnerable, Matters of the Heart asks one central question:
Can you save others if you haven't learned how to save yourself?