Here’s the set-up for K.M. Johnson-Weider’s West Pacific Supers:  Rising Tide, just $2.99 on Kindle:

Imagine a world like our own but with superheroes. Would the superheroes change the world or would the world change the superheroes?

It’s 2013 and West Pacific Supers is the professional superhero team for the city of West Pacific in northern California. It’s hard to know what’s more dangerous for the members of West Pacific Supers: the supervillains out to destroy the city or the superazzi determined to uncover all of their dirty secrets. If juggling heroics and public relations weren’t hard enough, the 2013 Season begins with a shocking death. Now new team members must be recruited to counter two major threats: a scientist with an insane plan that threatens California and an enemy from within West Pacific Supers itself. The team will succeed only after taming their massive egos and getting help from unlikely sources. Unfortunately, just like winning fame and fortune, beating the bad guys always comes at a heavy price.

From the Author:

We have a lot of characters in Rising Tide, but each of them is distinct.  Each one sees the world in a different way and each has a distinctive voice. When we were writing the book, there were certain characters that either of us could write for, but there were others that resonated with one of us more than the other. We’re not going to say which, but yes, we do have favorites! Some of the key characters in West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide are as follows:

Seawolf is an obvious mutant who’s still struggling with the anti-mutant sentiments she faced as a child, even though times have changed and the non-mutant Coast Guard liaison to the team keeps trying to ask her out.

Blue Star is a four-time inductee in the Superhero Hall of Fame who can save the world but can’t salvage a relationship for the life of him. West Pacific Supers is his last chance to end his career on a high note.

Cosmic Kid is a cocky young super just coming on the team and looking to prove himself.

Camille’s decade-long marriage is threatened by her unilateral decision to return to the team that once kicked her off for refusing to wear a miniskirt costume.

Loren Polawsky isn’t a real superhero, just a real estate agent struggling to find time for vigilante heroics.

Dr. Noah Brandeis has a crazy plan to make geological history and, with the help of a few insane supervillains, he may just succeed.

From the reviewers:

I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun and easy book to read. It was X-Men meets baseball in regards to the the super heros. They were like real people with real problems like us everyday folks.  The West Pacific Supers (WPS) started with a solid team and then two of their major team members were killed. At least 1/2 of the team were put together from a combination of new members and former members. They did not get much time to get to know each other before they were forced to face a few crisis in a a years time.   –  Super

It kept me hooked, though (mostly because of the characters), and I would be interested to see where they (the authors and the heroes) go from here.  –  Scott Evans

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K.M. Johnson-Weider is the pen name of Kirk and Michelle Johnson-Weider, because after 14 years of marriage they have almost fused into one person.

K.M Johnson-Weider enjoys roleplaying, Bollywood movies, and writing fiction. What shards of original personality remain love quilting and multimedia collage (Michelle) and sharing his thoughts with anyone foolish enough to ask his opinion (Kirk).

When not writing as K.M. Johnson-Weider, Michelle is a legislative drafter for the United States Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel, working primarily in agricultural law, and Kirk attempts to maintain his sanity in a house with two active children and two old cats.

West Pacific Supers: Rising Tide is their first novel and they are currently working on a sequel, Victory at Any Cost, which will be released in late summer 2012.