Review: Action Packed Start to a New Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
To the 5th Power takes place in a Gotham/Metropolis-type city named Argopolis.Zola Noite is a retired superhero known as the Watcher. She's extremely damaged emotionally and wants nothing more than to escape her past. Dr. Arturo Forte`, however, has other plans.Dr. Forte` ~ aka Fort ~ is Zola's psychologist and in charge of super-powered psychiatric care. Fort also exhibits super-heightened sensitivity to emotion ~ an empath.When 3 villains escape the facility Fort is employed at, he seeks out Zola to help bring them back, all while bringing her the new that the 3 are after her. What Zola doesn't know is that Fort has an ulterior motive. Zola fights against Fort but when the villains each find her, there is no backing down or hiding from who she is or was."[Zola] wasn't completely well, but she'd been shattered by Scout's (her partner) death, and Fort has rebuilt her from the shards" (Dubbin, S., 2013, pg. 40).I found this short story to be a pretty good read. It's short, yes, but it packs a punch. Zola has been through a lot at superhero Watcher. She's still struggling with the death of her partner, Scout, since she was forced by her arch-nemesis to watch the slaying. Fort believes he's made significant headway with Zola in dealing with the Post Traumatic Stress but he's about to crank it up a notch. And what he has planned will either strengthen her or destroy her forever.Woven through the novella is some humor and sarcasm; just enough to lighten up things and not make the book a farce. There is also a light romantic element that we get to see between Zola and Fort that doesn't overpower the overall theme of the novella.Review Copy Courtesy Of: Entangled Publishing at no cost in exchange for an honest review.