Yesterday's Heroes [Kindle Edition]

Heather Long (Author)

Book Description

Aurora "Rory" Graystone
Codename: Halo
Abilities: superior reflexes, I.Q. and aptitude for calculating probabilities
Mission: find missing teammates

Rory knows she's being watched, and she's not about to let the hunter catch her in his trap. She'll confront her stalker, a man she suspects is involved in the disappearances of other superheroes—if she can ignore the sensual heat that fills her every time he's near...

Michael Hunter
Codename: Hard Target
Abilities: expert tracker and sniper
Mission: kill Rory Graystone

One of five desperate men sent back in time to save the future, Michael believes eliminating Rory is the key to his mission. But even as he takes aim, a split second of doubt causes him to miss his shot.

Drawn together by passion, and on a collision course with fate, can Rory and Michael work together to change the future? Or have they set in motion the horrific history the time travelers are trying to prevent?

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Product Details

• File Size: 219 KB
• Print Length: 82 pages
• Publisher: Carina Press (September 17, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B008JGWAPK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Not Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #652,459 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected! October 12, 2012

By Mad

Format:Kindle Edition

Concoction of a Review

The Mad Scientist feels that I should point out there that Yesterday's Heroes is a bit on the shorter side.

Of course, once again I had no clue what I was jumping into with this one. The superhero cover makes me think YA. Oh, boy I was wrong! Surprise, this ebook was Adult! Picture spandex costumes, action, and powers! This book was a bit exciting! Even better then even what I could

For Michael Hunter was apart of a 5 person team, Boomers, who are from the future of year 2115. There mission became their life... They were sent to stop certain key events from happening to impede the darkness of the future from happening.

Halo, is the hero they are targeting at the moment, believing that she is vital to stopping the next event from happening. Michael is all stalker sniper on top of the building across the way from Halo's favorite coffee shop has some inner monologue war over his desire for Halo and the mission needing her dead.

~If Yesterday's Heroes is the beginning of a new series the Mad Scientist is eagerly awaiting the next.

~If Yesterday's Heroes is a stand alone... Then I must say that I was engaged all the way to the end. However, with it being so short the end was very abrupt. So many questions have left my Mad brain even Madder. I do wish for more!

** Thanks to NetGalley & Carina Press for the ability to read & review this book which so ever did not influence or bend my thoughts in any manner. All Mad thoughts are presented in the right mind of a twisted brain of the Mad Scientist!**

4.2 Blasts ---> Most Desirable

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic superhero tale October 9, 2012

By AngelaC.

Format:Kindle Edition

First of all, I hope there is more to come from these characters and this world Heather Long has created. When I started reading, I was given a much different story than I expected. It was full of almost nonstop action, it was smart, and each of the characters had chemistry and were engaging. Rory and Michael's relationship started a little unorthodox -- he was trying to kill her, after all -- but then the attraction between them took over. The secondary characters were just as intriguing as the two main ones, and my only complaint is that I was left with too many questions at the end. I can only assume and hope more stories from this universe are on the way. As a fan of superheroes, I loved this story. Can't recommend it highly enough!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Superheroes, time-travel and romance. Absolutely awesome! September 22, 2012

By Marlene @ Reading Reality

Format:Kindle Edition

Tomorrow is yesterday.

It is for Michael Hunter and the men of his Bio-Mechanical Recon Unit. The Boomers. In 2115 this group of men with forbidden superpowers is sent back in time, in order to prevent the future that has branded them worse than outlaws.

In 1969 they start over as sleeper agents, blending in and waiting. Hoping to prevent the key events that their future believes will make a better tomorrow. In addition to the superpowers they were born with, they've been given a chemical cocktail to help them heal and survive the 150 years of waiting...while they change the future. Or is it the past.

Telepath, shapechanger, bioweapon, supersoldier, and tactician. A team. With instructions about the key points and people that should make the timeline shift in favor of less retrictions on supers. Heck, less restrictions on everyone.

9/11 was one of those key points. That's a chilling thought. And it grounds the story in the real. The only problem is that the Boomers weren't successful in derailing the train to future nightmare city.

Forty plus years after their insertion point, things aren't going so well. They've missed their targets. The bad future is still on course. That's when the story begins, and the future changes.

The Boomers know who the bad guy is in 2115. Their plan is to wipe him out before he takes power. In order to bring Hans Geiger out of the shadows, the plan is to assassinate his daughter, Aurora Greystone.

But the data is faulty. Aurora Greystone is a super. Just like the Boomers. She thinks they're responsible for the disappearance of two of her teammates. So instead of a planned hit, this is a game of cat and mouse. Her super ability to sense the probabilities cancels out his tactical skills.

Michael Hunter has to confront the only person he's ever shot at, and missed. He's followed her for weeks, and she tempts him beyond all reason. This confrontation, it shouldn't happen, but he can't resist.

Rory knows she's being stalked, and she's let it happen. She's told herself it's to find out what happened to her teammates, but that's not all it is. She wants to hunt the hunter. He tempts her beyond all sense.

Their confrontation is explosive in a way that neither of them imagined. They should kill each other. Instead, they claim each other. To the point that Michael turns on one of his own to protect Rory.

And his implant, silent for twenty years, comes back to life. Rory might bring the future back on track. Or destroy it.

If they can figure out which before it's too late.

Escape Rating A-: Mix the Terminator with the X-Men, and add some werewolf fated mate trope for flavor, and you've got something like Yesterday's Heroes. But there's more.

The idea of traveling back in time to fix the present is definitely Terminator-esque, but what I liked about the way that it gets handled in Yesterday's Heroes was that knife-in-the-gut twist, that the Boomers might have created the bad history they want to prevent by going back in time.

There's also the heartbreak that one of the Boomers had a life in the future he wanted to get back to, one way or another. Once Rory and Michael change the path, the future that the Boomers came from will not be the one they live to see, if they manage to live to see it. For Rex, there's a ton of pain in the new future. His story would be a three-hankie special.

I ended up with some questions. Who is/was Hans Geiger? In the future, he's the dictator. He's supposed to be Rory's father. She says he's not. She's being honest, but that may mean that she doesn't know that he's her father. Or, since in the future he's the big bad (he's also immortal) the whole Boomer project may have been designed to bring about his reign of terror. The whole thing could be a conspiracy.

I'd also have liked a bit more explanation of why Michael and Rory literally had the instant chemistry. And it seemed to be actual chemistry. It was necessary for the plot to work, but it never got explained. Was it something about them both being supers? Did it have to do with the chemicals used on the Boomers, and if so, why did it also affect Rory? Or was it part of Rory's talent for finding the only avenue to survival, and if so, why did it work on Michael?

Too many possibilities, and no way to get answers until the next book. I want the next book!

Originally published at Reading Reality.

I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

More About the Author

Heather Long lives in North Texas with her husband, daughter and their menagerie of animals. As a child, Heather skipped picture books and enjoyed the Harlequin romance novels by Penny Jordan and Nora Roberts that her grandmother read to her. Heather believes that laughter is as important to life as breathing and that the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are very real. In the meanwhile, she is hard at work on her next novel.