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Rising Stars : Born In Fire by J. Michael Straczynski
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Rising Stars : Born In Fire

by J. Michael Straczynski

Series: Rising Stars (Book 1)

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Over twenty years ago a comet struck outside the town of Pederson, Illinois. The children who were in utero when the comet struck, all 113 of them, gained super-powers when they were born.

When one dies the others gain in power, some of the superheroes are trying to live normal lives, but someone is hunting them for their powers and things will never be normal again.

Interesting but I need to read the rest of the series to decide what I really think. ( )
  wyvernfriend | Aug 1, 2009 |
Kearsten says: 113 people, the "Specials", were all endowed with superpowers after a meteor of some sort hit in Illinois while all of the 'specials' were in utero. Thirty or so years later, one of them begins killing the others... Excellent, awesome, amazing. I adored it! ( )
  59Square | Mar 4, 2009 |
113 people, the "Specials", were all endowed with superpowers after a meteor of some sort hit in Illinois while all of the 'specials' were in utero. Thirty or so years later, one of them begins killing the others... Excellent, awesome, amazing. I adored it! ( )
  kayceel | Feb 19, 2009 |
A comet over the town of Pederson has an extraordinary effect. All the children conceived at that time are 'Special'. They have strange abilities and powers.

Educated together by the government, and tested by a scientist, problems begin to arise. It is not even possible to work out what they can all do.

Later, when grown, it seems a murdered stalks the Specials.

http://graphicsf.blogspot.com/2006/11... ( )
  bluetyson | Nov 16, 2006 |
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Over twenty years ago, a comet struck the Earth just outside the town of Pederson, Illinois. There were 113 children in utero when the flash hit, and every one of them was affected, gaining extraordinary super-powers as they grew older.

The people of the world, initially worried by what the children might become when they reached adulthood, now fear what they will do with the powers they¹ve gained?and who might suffer should the "rising stars" start to think they could run the world better.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:13 -0400)

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