Kevin Moore
3) The Unhealer
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Kelly has a compulsive eating disorder which has him bedridden. When his single mom witnesses a faith healer perform a miracle, she hires him to lay hands on Kelly. The healing ritual works, and Kelly gains unexpected supernatural powers; any pain inflicted on him is instead felt by his aggressor. When his lifelong tormentors run Kelly over in their car, his powers transfer the injuries to the driver. Kelly's bullies blame him for their friend's death...
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Pub. Date
[2013], c2011.
Description
As the twentieth century approaches, there is a need for a new kind of champion - adventurers not bound by the chaste order that characterizes the stagnant Victorian Era. The enigmatic Campion Bond of British Intelligence has begun a recruiting mission, collecting a menagerie of individuals who can be of value to his superiors due to ... activities that have forced them beyond the pale. But as Allan Quartermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry...
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League of extraordinary gentlemen. Main series volume 1
The League of extraordinary gentlemen volume Vol. 1
The League of extraordinary gentlemen volume Vol. 1
Pub. Date
c2000
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London 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of kstagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions. Allan Quatermain, Captian Nemo, Hawley Griffin, Dr. Henry Jekyll, Mr. Edward Hyde, and Mina Murray are thos champions, and together they comprise the League of Extraodinary Gentlemen.