Valedictorian: An Origin Story - Softcover

Murlin, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798994576649

Verlag: Emory House, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

THE FORMULA IS ALWAYS THE SAME …

1. Tragic Backstory
2. Accidental Power
3. Symbolic Costume
4. Moral Test
5. Transformation

… THE OUTCOME IS NOT.

High schooler Jack Shaw never asked for greatness.
He never asked for his uncle’s comic book collection.
He never asked for the stories—or their rules—to bleed into his life and test him in ways he never imagined.
No … he never asked for any of it.

But now—it’s asking everything of him.

Part psychological mystery, part coming-of-age novel, Valedictorian: An Origin Story follows Jack Shaw, the perfect student with an extraordinary secret, as his carefully constructed high school life begins to unravel. Buried truths, fractured memories, and difficult choices challenge everything he believes about himself. During a Harvard admissions interview, Jack's story unfolds through a series of flashbacks that reveal the forgotten moments, painful truths, and defining experiences that shaped his transformation. Drawing on the conventions and reader expectations of comic book origin stories, the novel explores identity, memory, morality, and the choices that shape who we become. As the line between hero and villain slowly begins to blur, it asks a timeless question: Are villains born—or are they made?

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Emory House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798994576649
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 382
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