You've heard of superheroes, seen them flying across the sky, destroying great swaths of cities and ending countless innocent lives in order to defeat great evils and world-spanning threats and sell lots of sponsorships and merchandising opportunities.
This is a story about the guy that kills those heroes. A supervillain in a world where making the right friends and political contacts is what separates the good guys from the bad.
The Alchemyst is a story about a normal guy in a crazy world that spends his time trying to follow his dreams and conscience, working on new potions, thinking about girls, and lifting heavy shit, while trying to stay under the radar of the superheroes, supervillains, and governments that want what he can do.
And occasionally turning them into makeshift melee weapons.
If you enjoy The Boys, the Aberrant roleplaying game, Mystery Men, Trashy romances, Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, or SAW you may enjoy this book.
Please note that this book has extremely graphic and sometimes gross fight scenes, heroes as villains, villains as heroes, opinionated and often politically incorrect characters, some graphic sex scenes, dad jokes, dirty jokes, realistic depictions of romance and flirting, bondage and dominance themes, and more than a few cuss words when they are really appropriate.
This is NOT a superhero genre deconstruction. Many heroes truly are heroes, and they don't all need to be destroyed to make a good story, but it does look into the dark side of superpowers and the unreasonable and often contradictory demands placed on exceptional people.
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 26 | Chapter 26. Epilogue for book 1 | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 25 | Chapter 25. Whack-A-Mole | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 24 | Chapter 24. | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 24 | Chapter 24. Vengeance is a dish best served with ketchup | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 23 | Chapter 23. Dream a little Dream | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 22 | Chapter 22. What's love got to do with it? | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 21 | Chapter 21. Proteus sucks | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 20 | Chapter 20. Detroit Rock City | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 19 | Chapter 19. The DMA sucks | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 18 | Chapter 18. Lucas gets a girlfriend | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 17 | Chapter 17. Clues to the past | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 16 | Chapter 16. Its a brand new Ballclub | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 15 | Chapter 15. 27-year-old (mostly) virgin | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 14 | Chapter 14. Panty Raid | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 13 | Chapter 13. It's my time to fly. | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 12 | Chapter 12. Take me down, in the Paradise City | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 11 | Chapter 11. Messy Melee Weapons | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 10 | Chapter 10. 3 wishes | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 9 | Chapter 9. Voodoo, You do. Do what? Remind me of the babe. | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 8 | Chapter 8. A ridiculous costume | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 8 | Chapter 8. A ridiculous costume | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 7 | Chapter 7. All men like barbecue. | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 6 | Chapter 6. The great glass escalator | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 5 | Chapter 5. Keep it in the family | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 4 | Chapter 4. More Human than Human | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 3 | Chapter 3. Better living through chemistry | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 2 | Chapter 2. Gotta keep 'em separated | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | 1 | Chapter 1. Lifting Heavy Shit | RoyalRoadL |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | Antonia | RoyalRoadL | |
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The Alchemyst book 1 | 1 | Sif | RoyalRoadL |