Teen Superheroes

Teenagers with superpowers. A secret organization. Aliens on Earth. A weapon designed to destroy a city.Axel wakes up in a seedy hotel room with no memory of his past. A man lies dying on the floor next to him. Someone starts pounding at the door. Axel runs. While staying one step ahead of his pursuers, Axel begins to assemble the pieces of his life. He is the victim of an amazing experiment – he has been given incredible powers – and he is not alone.An organization known only as The Agency has modified other teenagers too. Brodie is a master of martial arts. Ebony can transmute one substance into another. Dan controls metals with his mind. Chad creates fire and ice from nothing.They have been handed incredible powers to help the human race in times of crisis – and one of those times is now.A terrorist organization intends to fire a nuclear weapon at an American city. Only this bunch of untried, untested teenage superheroes stands any chance of stopping it. Darrell Pitt is a Melbourne-based writer with a lifelong interest in public speaking and communication.As a long term member of Toastmasters International, he has achieved Toastmaster's highest educational recognition - the Distinguished Toastmaster award. In 2016 he was selected as the District 73 Toastmaster of the Year among a field of more than 3000 members.He has delivered hundreds of presentations, as well as being a winner of many public speaking contests.In addition to his interest in speaking, he is also an accomplished author. His thirteen novels include the 2015 CBCA Notable book, The Firebird Mystery, and the 2017 Russell Prize shortlisted novel, A Toaster on Mars.His most recent work is The Fast Guide to Public Speaking. A concise guide to the art and craft of public speaking, one reader recently described it as, 'An invaluable resource. I learnt more from it in a day than I'd learnt in the last forty years combined.'Together with his wife, Cleo, Darrell runs Speechly, a public speaking training company located in Melbourne, Australia. He is available for presentations on either speaking or writing, and can be reached through: www.speechly.com.au

A deadly virus. The return of an enemy. The most dangerous prison on Earth. Life is never boring when you're a superhero… Axel and the team get more than they bargained for when they settle into their new home outside Las Vegas. A surprise attack results in Brodie, Ebony, Dan and Ferdy being taken hostage and held in a secret location by cult leader, Jeremiah Stead.Stead wants their help in opening an encrypted device called Barricade. If they refuse, it'll cost them their lives, but agreeing to Stead's demands will mean handing over control of a deadly virus that could kill billions of people… Axel and Chad can find Stead, but it means they have to break his brother out of prison. And it's not just any prison. It's the world's most dangerous jail-Yodak prison in North Korea, a place filled with modified humans who have deadly powers. Getting in is easy. Survival is hard. Escape is impossible! Darrell Pitt is a Melbourne-based writer with a lifelong interest in public speaking and communication.As a long term member of Toastmasters International, he has achieved Toastmaster's highest educational recognition - the Distinguished Toastmaster award. In 2016 he was selected as the District 73 Toastmaster of the Year among a field of more than 3000 members.He has delivered hundreds of presentations, as well as being a winner of many public speaking contests.In addition to his interest in speaking, he is also an accomplished author. His thirteen novels include the 2015 CBCA Notable book, The Firebird Mystery, and the 2017 Russell Prize shortlisted novel, A Toaster on Mars.His most recent work is The Fast Guide to Public Speaking. A concise guide to the art and craft of public speaking, one reader recently described it as, 'An invaluable resource. I learnt more from it in a day than I'd learnt in the last forty years combined.'Together with his wife, Cleo, Darrell runs Speechly, a public speaking training company located in Melbourne, Australia. He is available for presentations on either speaking or writing, and can be reached through: www.speechly.com.au

Time traveling into the future. A devastated Earth. Loyalties stretched to breaking point. Eager for some rest and relaxation, the team seek refuge on a remote Pacific Island. But all does not go according to plan. A visitor appears from the future with a time-bending mission. They must kill a man by the name of James Price.If they don't, the world is doomed. Their refusal sends them forward forty years in time where they see the repercussions of letting James Price live. The Earth has been devastated and mankind is on the brink of extinction. They need to survive this terrible new world and return to the past. But is it right to kill an innocent man? Even when they know what his future will produce? And if changing history isn't difficult enough, it's what Axel and Brodie learn about themselves that will change their current relationship forever... Darrell Pitt is a Melbourne-based writer with a lifelong interest in public speaking and communication.As a long term member of Toastmasters International, he has achieved Toastmaster's highest educational recognition - the Distinguished Toastmaster award. In 2016 he was selected as the District 73 Toastmaster of the Year among a field of more than 3000 members.He has delivered hundreds of presentations, as well as being a winner of many public speaking contests.In addition to his interest in speaking, he is also an accomplished author. His thirteen novels include the 2015 CBCA Notable book, The Firebird Mystery, and the 2017 Russell Prize shortlisted novel, A Toaster on Mars.His most recent work is The Fast Guide to Public Speaking. A concise guide to the art and craft of public speaking, one reader recently described it as, 'An invaluable resource. I learnt more from it in a day than I'd learnt in the last forty years combined.'Together with his wife, Cleo, Darrell runs Speechly, a public speaking training company located in Melbourne, Australia. He is available for presentations on either speaking or writing, and can be reached through: www.speechly.com.au