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The Ascension: a Super Human Clash Hardcover – June 30, 2011

by Michael Carroll (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 138 ratings
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They'd done it. Not only had Roz, Abby, Lance, and Thunder survived their first battle with a super villain, they'd defeated him. Krodin was dead, and they had saved the world. Now everything could go back to normal-good old, boring normal. School. Parents. Friends.

But three weeks later, the world suddenly changes. The United States is under martial law, the people are little more than drones, and where Central Park should be there now stands a massive glass-and-steel building, home to the all-powerful Chancellor.

In Michael Carroll's follow-up to the acclaimed Super Human, the world has been remade in the Chancellor's image, and it's about to get much much worse. Only this young band of heroes has a chance of stopping him, but can they return the world to what it was, or will they be stranded in this alternate world forever?
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 15 years
  2. Book 5 of 7
    The New Heroes/Quantum Prophecy series
  3. Print length
    384 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Lexile measure
    680L
  7. Dimensions
    5.8 x 1.25 x 8.6 inches
  8. Publisher
    Philomel Books
  9. Publication date
    June 30, 2011
  10. ISBN-10
    0399256245
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0399256240
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Michael Carroll lives in Ireland.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Philomel Books; 1st edition (June 30, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399256245
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399256240
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 15 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 680L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.11 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.25 x 8.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 138 ratings

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Michael Owen Carroll

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Michael Carroll is the author of forty(ish) novels, including the acclaimed New Heroes / Super Human series of superhero novels for the Young Adult market. He currently writes Judge Dredd, Dreadnoughts, Mayflies and Proteus Vex for 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine. Other works include Jennifer Blood for Dynamite Entertainment, contributions to the Titan Books edition of John Higgins' Razorjack graphic novel and a bunch of Judge Dredd-related novels for Abaddon Books. A former Herald of Galactus, Mike lives in Dublin, Ireland with his wife Leonia and their twin imaginary children Tesseract and Pineapple. He is over half-a-hundred years old and some days it really shows.

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  • Laquan atwater
    5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Superhero saga EVER!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2012
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    i fell in love with super human because it was a well-crafted book with characters i could read about and enjoy Ascension completely blows it out of the water. it takes everything i loved abouth the first book and just adds to it. the one thing i really love is the fact that the story's climax has a character have to make one of the toughest choices in superhero stories where does the greater good become worth losing the things that you want most. I would and have reccommended this book to everyone i could
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  • Stanislav Stach
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome story
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2016
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    Another awesome entry in the series. While young adult books are a dime a dozen these days only a few of them are truly interesting and fun and the superhuman series is one of them. I strongly recommend the series to anyone who enjoys young adult fiction with a strong plot fantastic developed characters and that's just a rollicking good time!
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  • K. Harris
    4.0 out of 5 stars best one yet
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
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    This is, by far, the best book in the whole series. I do hope this is the standard going forward.
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  • Bethel999
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great for a reluctant reader
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020
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    My teen nephew is a reluctant reader, but he loves these books.
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  • Laura Mazza
    5.0 out of 5 stars action packed at every page
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2013
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    I was astounded at how I couldn't put my kindle down! Every page was intense and fun and made you want to know more! I would recommend this book to anyone that is intrigued by action and fun.
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  • Riss
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
    Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2014
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    Best book ever so good so worth it. You won't regret buying this. Make sure to also read the first book and the third and the other ones.
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  • it
    3.0 out of 5 stars forced to finish
    Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2012
    i had to force myself to finish this. it started with an interesting prose but started going downhill. i apologise if this seems a bit critical but i read series books to see if its a series that i can follow and im giving up here. abby was the worst character in the entire book. her dialogue and actions were all just stupid and made me want to scream at my book. plus all of the boys seem to like her for whatever reason. of all of the main characters she is against killing the most and yet carries a sword in the first book and a bow with metal arrows in the second book. overall shes just annoying to read. second worst character goes to slaughter who was completely out of character the entire book ands seemed to e a throw away character. now for best characters... krodin was awesome just plain and simple though his ending i saw coming a mile away. daedelus was awesome as well accept two things, he was too gunho once he joined the good guys. he was supposed to be a neutral character but all of a sudden ready to fight the world. and then he kept attacking his teammates. its one thing to attack when they are in the way but if he was so smart he couldve let them act as a distraction or something i mean jeez. and finally his ending was terrible so sudden and like really? overall this book wouldve been better shorter and it just felt lifeless to me. it had a few humorous moments but they were few and far between. coming from someone who reads a ton this was a disappointment. glad i didn't buy it. if you arent looking for anything special pick this up and you might enjoy it... maybe
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  • JEH
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book a bit lengthy though
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2013
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    This book deserved 5 stars but due to its lengthyand rhetorical plot has earned 4... i personally enjoyed it but towards the end it became a forced read..
    Decent series though!
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  • Paul Tomlinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Remember How Good the Future Used to Be?
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2016
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    The Ascension is a direct sequel to the author's novel Super Human, picking up the action with barely a pause.

    Having set-up the characters and their world already, Michael Carroll keeps things fresh and exciting by having he teenage superheroes transported into an alternate version of their own world. Most things look the same, but certain things are disturbingly different.

    How did they end up in this version of reality? And more importantly, can they ever get back home? In the meantime, they have to learn about, and adapt to, this strange new world.

    The United States of America is being governed by a ruthless dictator, 'the Chancellor.' It has closed its borders and built up walls to 'protect' its people. Meanwhile, the rest of the world have united in fear of what the dictator may do next in his pursuit of power. The only people in the USA who dare oppose the Chancellor are a group of underground rebels lead by the enigmatic 'Daedalus.'

    Paragon, Lance McKendrick and the teen superheroes form an unlikely alliance with the superhuman Brawn - imagine a blue, teenage Incredible Hulk with a sense of humour - and others who may (or may not) be the 'good' versions of supervillains from their own timeline.

    Parallel timelines and mirror-versions of characters make this all sound much more complicated that it really is. It is a tale of superheroes versus supervillains, with both the fate of the world, and a chance to return to their own version of reality, at state for the heroes.

    Author Michael Carroll has fun creating a dystopian version of America that has us willing the heroes on in their attempts to restore things to normality. Five years ago, when this was originally published, having a huge wall along the border between the USA and Mexico was a tongue-in-cheek reference: in 2016 it doesn't seem quite so far-fetched!

    If you're familiar with this world of superheroes, you'll enjoy seeing this dark mirrored version. If you haven't encountered Michael Carroll's work before, pick up Super Human before this one - it's a fantastic read, and the two books together make up one of the best stories in the genre.

    I've been careful not to reveal any of the twists and surprises in this story - are there are plenty of them - but I will say that the climactic battle in the villain's lair above a Louisiana swamp is worthy of any James Bond movie.

    Underlying this, and the previous books, are hints of a mystery that - presumably - we'll learn more about in later books in the series. Namely, the nature of the mysterious blue energy that seems to cause the mutation that makes humans into super humans. I'm looking forward to finding out more about that.

    In the meantime, I'm off to spend more time with the twelve-foot blue superhuman, Brawn, in the next novel in the series, Stronger.
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  • kim johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2015
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    spot on
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