Oh, and how did the vote go? Good question. Let me know what you decide.
—Michael Grant
Acknowledgments
During my decade and a half with Katherine Tegen Books, I’ve had the great luck to always have a strong team at my back. On this book, the team includes Katherine Tegen and Lerina Alvarez in editorial, Kathryn Silsand and Mark Rifkin in copyediting, David Curtis and Joel Tippie in design, Meghan Pettit and Allison Brown in production, Audrey Diestelkamp in marketing, and cover artist Matthew Griffin.
They have my gratitude.
Michael Grant
About the Author
MICHAEL GRANT is the internationally bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy for teens. He is the author of the Gone, Front Lines, Messenger of Fear, and Bzrk series. He lives in California with his wife, Katherine Applegate, with whom he cowrote the popular Animorphs series. You can follow him on Twitter @MichaelGrantBks.
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Plague
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Gone Series Complete Collection
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Hero
Messenger of Fear
The Snake: A Messenger of Fear Story
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Soldier Girls in Action: A Front Lines Novella
The Magnificent 12: The Call
The Magnificent 12: The Trap
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The Magnificent 12: The Power
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Katherine Tegen Books is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
HERO. Copyright © 2019 by Michael Grant. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Cover design by David Curtis
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Names: Grant, Michael, author.
Title: Hero / Michael Grant.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] | Summary: While the Rockborn Gang tries to outmaneuver a new supervillain created by meteorite shrapnel, Malik investigates the Dark Watchers and the possibility that their reality is advanced, elaborate simulation.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019000074 | ISBN 9780062467904 (hardcover)
Subjects: | CYAC: Superheroes—Fiction. | Supervillains—Fiction. | Good and evil—Fiction. | Science fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.G7671 He 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019000074
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Digital Edition NOVEMBER 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-246792-8
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-246790-4
1920212223PC/LSCH10987654321
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