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Andrew Seiple
Tales of the Teslaverse: Doctor Dire
No memory, no resources, no secret lair, and no time to find her feet; this is the story of a self-made villain, and her fall into strife. Fleeing from unknown enemies and an early death, she emerges into a city gone dark in the aftermath of a complete systems failure. Hounded by heroes, menaced by gangs, and helped by the most unlikely of allies, she claws her way up from weakness to strength and works to build a better future for those who deserve it.
To survive, she'll need strength to stand toe-to-toe against secretly supernatural foes, compassion to work with the dregs and outcasts of a broken society, and cunning to outwit intelligences beyond human ken.
The challenge is great... but she is Dire.
And Icon City will never be the same again.
This is the first novel from the "Tales from the Teslaverse" project.
Doctor Dire, now a full-fledged supervillain, returns to Icon City with two goals: Find her friends, and obtain enough money to afford the next part of her sinister master plan.
Only thing is, not everyone she cares about is so easily located, and she must contend with gangsters, shadowy intrigues from dubious employers, and rival supervillains. Oh, and heroes, too. Can't forget them, they're everywhere. From civil-minded super-speedsters to incompetent time-travelers, all of them want to see Dire brought down for her crimes.
And when a cargo of hijacked experimental flowers turns out to be far more sinister than anticipated, she's pushed to the limit not only to survive, but also to save the world itself from a horrible fate. For a profit, of course. Villain, remember?
This is the second full novel of the Tales from the Teslaverse project.
Destroying city blocks, battling heroes, and working towards a sinister master plan... all part and parcel of Doctor Dire's day. But when unexpected interference from a time-travelling enemy throws her back in time, she finds herself up against an evil more vile than she could ever be. It's Dire versus the Third Reich, and the poor Nazi bastards have no idea what they're in for!
Meanwhile, back in present day, Dire's friends and allies must scramble to fend off both heroes and villains, while trying to assemble the means to return Dire to her proper time. Can the motley team of society's rejects withstand the stress without Dire to aid them?
The Doctor and her teammates have a hard road to travel, and before it's done, the darkest secrets of Doctor Dire shall finally be revealed... with fatal consequences.
This is the third novel from the "Tales from the Teslaverse" project.
Supervillains never get to have good vacations.
During Doctor Dire's undercover stay in a quiet banana republic, revolution interrupts her sinister master plan. Forced into action to once again prevent genocide, she ends up taking on far more responsibility than she ever wanted. With the fate of an entire nation in her hands, and the enemies against her both hidden and blatant, she'll be hard-pressed to give her adopted country a happy ending.
But she is Dire, and her enemies will fear her before all is done.
This is the fourth book in the Dire Saga, and the fourth full novel of the Tales from the Teslaverse series.
How do you fight a villain who's convinced the world he doesn't exist?
Dire has done the unthinkable, and forged an alliance with a hero to bring the fight to the Murder Maestro, in the heart of Britain itself. But the sinister mind manipulator's roots run deep here, and Dire will find herself up against both new faces and old foes... not all of them human.
Her travels will take her to worlds beyond, and places most would tremble to venture. But she is Dire, and all shall tremble before her!
This is the fifth novel from the Tales from the Teslaverse project.
Hell. The final destination for many a villain.
Brought to this infernal realm by villainous shenanigans, Doctor Dire still lives, and fights to free herself and her companions from eternal torment. But the odds are long, and she must struggle to glean resources, recruit Damned souls, and fend off demons and fallen angels. It's a one-way trip down, to find the center of Hell and pass out and back to Creation. But Hell's master may have other plans for Dire.
But she is Dire, and none shall stand in her way! It's fallen angels versus ascending supervillain, in a clash that shall change Hell for all eternity!
Tales of the Teslaverse: Side Stories
Developed and expanded from a short story that won Sufficientvelocity.com's best Summer 2015 short science-fiction award!
Agent Kingsley and Agent Coleman work for the MRB, a government agency that polices heroes, villains, and supernatural creatures. They work the Icon City beat, running in costumed supers who break the law and making sure the things that go bump in the night are obeying local noise ordinances. They're highly trained and experienced, and have a few powers of their own; she's infused with angelic essence, he's got a shard of a demon buried in his soul. Together, they fight crime!
A routine checkup on a 910 call (Possible undead manifestation) turns into something more convoluted; someone is bringing dreams to life, and they aren't the good kind of dreams. Can Kingsley and Coleman stave off nightmarish zombie hordes while shepherding a rookie, dealing with supervillains, and hunting down rogue deities? Even more importantly, will they have to skip their morning coffee run?
Grim's a simple supervillain. Do the job, get paid, go home and drink beer; it's a formula that works for him. But when a heist gets messy, he ends up having to deal with an unexpected guest and old memories of better times. His regeneration can mend any physical wound, but nostalgia leaves scars that never heal...
This is a short story from the "Tales from the Teslaverse" project.
