Review: Interesting science fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Halfway Heroes by Dustin Martin is an interesting book.  It is almost like a comic book but not in that form.  It is definitely different from most of what I read; but I rather liked it once I got into it.Lydia loves to daydream that she has supernatural powers and is able to fly and help people.  This tends to land her in trouble in school.  She and her classmates go on a tour of the Rooke Pharmaceutical Company one day. Lydia and her best friend leave the others to try to find a storage room to explore, somewhere they aren’t supposed to go.  They are followed by Mark, the class bully.  They find their way into the storage room and in a pushing match with Mark, Lydia is doused with a mixture of chemicals from one of the storage boxes.  Mark also gets some on him.  The next thing she remembers is being in the hospital with something strange going on- she is stronger and her arms and legs have grown with that strength.  Things just keep happening when she gets home.  She is nearly hit by a car, which she bends and then she is hit by a bus.  The next thing she knows, she is whisked away from yet another hospital visit for a broken arm to the Cave where she is to learn to deal with her new state.  Lydia, ever the rebel, doesn’t like this one bit. Mark, who has discovered his own new power, is taken under the control of Mr. Rooke, head of the pharmaceutical company.  He is being used to try to replicate the chemicals that hit him and made him invincible.  Which side is the good side and which is the bad side?  Is this all a dream or is it really happening to Lydia?Dustin Martin tells a great tale in this book.  I really liked it and science fiction is not usually a favored genre of mine.  This would be good in graphic novel form too.