The Sidekick's Severance Package
A Superhero Labor Novel

About this book:

Arthur Pendelton doesn't wear a cape. He wears a Kevlar-reinforced jumpsuit stenciled with *M-04*, clocks in at a subterranean lair beneath an abandoned dry-cleaner, and worries about OSHA compliance for the death-ray's cooling lines. Seven years as Dr. Destruction's senior henchman have taught him that villainy is just middle management with better benefits—until Vanguard smashes through the air intake, totals fourteen million dollars in infrastructure, and the HR department tries to classify a superhero attack as an "Act of God" to deny severance. Two weeks' base pay for seven years of plasma burns, concussion protocols, and a boss who threatens staff with magma chutes over bagel temperatures? Arthur's seen the contract fine print. He's calling a lawyer.

*The Sidekick's Severance Package* is a razor-sharp workplace satire where the real superpower is knowing your labor rights. Follow Arthur as he unionizes the henchmen, subpoenas the cape, and drags a megalomaniac before a municipal labor board—because even minions deserve a pension plan. Equal parts *The Office* and *Watchmen*, this debut novel turns the superhero genre inside out, asking the question nobody else dares: who pays for the collateral damage when the heroes go home?