![]() ![]() Now her father wants her to hide at home, her best friend is creeping on her, and the Legion Pacifica (think the Justice League) can’t agree on whether she should be allowed to keep her powers or pass them on to someone more “worthy.” But Danny knows the truth: She’s the most powerful metahuman on Earth, and no one can take that away. (For more summary and review, see my Tumblr.)Īfter we read Dreadnought, my friends and I speculated about why April Daniels decided to make Danny certain of her gender from a young age although that’s a common trope, most of us were in our late teens, 20s or 30s by the time we realized our gender(s). Danny is a normal, 15-year-old trans girl who isn’t out to anyone but herself… until the famed superhero Dreadnought dies at her feet and passes his powers on to her. Instantly, Danny’s body is transformed into her physical ideal (yay!), which outs her to everyone she knows (uh-oh). ![]() ![]() ![]() Nemesis is set in present-day New Port City (think Seattle meets NYC), in an alternative universe where superpowers are real. When Dreadnought and Sovereign - the first two books of April Daniels’ Nemesis trilogy - came out last year, they generated a lot of buzz. Readers loved the combination of action-packed plot with nuanced characterization, and trans readers especially felt that the book spoke to them. ![]()
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