The Unusual Heroes Bundle - Curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The best heroes are unexpected. In life and art, it's often the unassuming quiet person in the corner—not the square-jawed alpha male—who usually comes to the rescue.

If you look, you'll find a lot of unexpected heroes in the world around you. But fiction takes unexpected from that unassuming mousey person in the corner to an actual mouse. Who goes on adventures of his own. Or an actual square-jawed hero who got demoted and spends his life saving kittens. Or a menopausal demon hunter with one more fight left in her.

The werewolf on a train? He's not a predator. He's the hero. Or a woman with power over stone who somehow needs to control the weather. How does she step up?

This bundle skews toward SF and fantasy—some set in made-up universes, like my own Retrieval Artist (set on the Moon) to Anthea Sharp's beloved Feyland, while others toil in our world, like Dean Wesley Smith's popular hero Poker Boy and Annie Reed's wise guys trying to start over in Northern Idaho, far away (they think) from the violence of their youth.

Adventures. Good versus evil. And heroes. Whenever there are heroes—be they mice or men—there are victories. Hard-earned, yes. World-changing. Probably.

But definitely worth reading.

The great thing about about heroes? They give us all hope that everything will turn out all right in the end.

And hope allows us to move through our own dark world.

Of course, we couldn't march through this world without the real heroes. Folks like World Central Kitchen, who go to disaster zones everywhere. From tornado-ravaged communities in the United States to war-ravaged cities in the Middle East, World Central Kitchen is there, providing meals on the front lines.

WCK has served 450 million meals and counting.

That's heroic.

But for them to do their heroic work, they need financing. So as you pick up your bundle of unusual heroes, throw in some money for the actual heroes on the way out. Bring a little hope to the world, as you pick up some for yourself.

Thanks so much! – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.

• Recovery Man by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Mouse's Fight by T. Thorn Coyle
• Stowe Away by Mark Leslie

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $25, you get all three of the regular books, plus SEVEN more books, for a total of 10, including two StoryBundle exclusives!

• The Slots of Saturn by Dean Wesley Smith
• The Fates Trilogy by Kristine Grayson
• It Wants Us Alive by Rebecca Cantrell
• Queen of Sand and Stone by Leigh Saunders
• The Soulmate Junkie by David H. Hendrickson
• The Feyland Series: Books 1-3 by Anthea Sharp (StoryBundle Exclusive)
• Blast From the Past by Annie Reed (StoryBundle Exclusive)

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!

It's also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.

Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides.

• Get quality reads: We've chosen works from excellent authors to bundle together in one convenient package.
• Pay what you want (minimum $5): You decide how much these fantastic books are worth. If you can only spare a little, that's fine! You'll still get access to a batch of exceptional titles.
• Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog. Supporting authors who let you read their books on any device you want—restriction free—will show everyone there's nothing wrong with ditching DRM.
• Give to worthy causes: Bundle buyers have a chance to donate a portion of their proceeds to World Central Kitchen!
• Receive extra books: If you beat the bonus price, you'll get the bonus books!

StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.

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