Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One: 1 (Nemesis, 1)

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Many of Massie's portraits are quite nice. For instance, I find Lord Grey remarkable and very sympathetic. He spent as much free time as he possibly could at his small country cottage with his wife, and waxed poetic about communing with nature while he fished the streams by his home. On Sundays, he would often spend the day reading with his wife: "He was a serious reader and quoted with approval the story of a man happy in his country home when unexpected visitors were announced. The man greeted his visitors, declared that he was delighted to see them, and then said, "And now what would you like to do? We are reading." An unlikely Prime Minister. Cast from Hit Points: One of the Mantle's powers is kinetic redirection. Sounds great, right? Except doing so means putting that energy somewhere. Like your bones.

Everyone Can See It: The Danny/Sarah pairing in Sovereign before their Relationship Upgrade. If the passage quoted in Oblivious to Love below is any indication, it's not hard to see how. There's a good deal more, obviously, not least of which is the discussion of naval planning, technology, logistics, etc. Daniels' first book, Dreadnought, introduces a girl named Danny Tozer who inherits the mantle of her world's foremost superhero [6]—the eponymous Dreadnought—which gives her powers like flight and the feminine body she has wanted ever since she realized she was transgender, [3] [7] and thrusts her into confrontation with a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) witch and other supervillains. [1] [2] [5] [8] It was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. [9] Character Title: Dreadnought is named after the hero that gives Danny her powers, whose role Danny takes on. Abusive Parents: Danny's father is bigoted and extremely verbally abusive, to the point where she has permanent hearing damage from always being screamed at. Her mother is either unable or unwilling to intervene, and tries to "buy off" Danny by way of apology after particularly bad outbursts.Shooting Superman: While caping with Calamity, Danny gets shot by a liquor store robber, who empties a whole SMG magazine at her. Her only response is "Dude! Not cool!". Meta Origin: The second book reveals that all superpowers, hypertech, and magic are derived from a meteor comprised of exotic matter in a 3,000 year orbit around the earth, named The Nemesis Telling a teenager with incredible superpowers to not go caping under any circumstances. Exactly what did they expect to happen?

Before dying Dreadnought, the world's greatest superhero, passes on his powers to a young closeted trans girl named Danny Tozer. As a byproduct of the transfer Danny is transformed into her ideal self, making it impossible to hide her gender anymore. After her father has one of his patented screaming fits, Danny's mother typically takes her out to buy something nice, despite the budget. It doesn't take Danny long to see it for the bribe it is, once she's out of her shell. Gendercide: Graywytch's ultimate plan is to kill all men. It comes disturbingly close to succeeding, resulting in the deaths of millions of people, including many trans women and intersex individuals as well as numerous cis women who were killed in the resulting chaos. The total death toll was in the millions. Paper-Thin Disguise: Sarah is very obviously Calamity, and Danny figures it out on their third meeting. Artistic License – Physics: Notably Averted, for the most part. While superpowers are basically magic, their interaction with the real world pays attention to physical realities: flyers need to worry about wind resistance and atmospheric oxygen levels (as well as G forces when they're carrying baseline humans), metahumans that can shrug off artillery shells will still suffer significant injuries when hit with space debris at orbital velocities, etc.

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a b c d Carolyn, Cox (June 21, 2016). "Exclusive Cover Reveal: YA Novel Dreadnought". The Mary Sue.