ARCHETYPE (Slowburn Superhero Progression)

ARCHETYPE (Slowburn Superhero Progression)
SUMMARY
Archetype isn’t your typical superhero tale. It’s something stranger and darker. The story follows Burgess, a boy thrust into a world of mystery, danger, and eldritch power, where survival takes precedence over heroics. What begins with a government-led evacuation of teenagers at risk of exploding from a strange otherwordly energy, leads to life at a research facility steeped in conspiracy, experimentation, and body-horror.
Power here doesn’t come neatly packaged in levels or systems; it’s unpredictable, disorienting, and as much a curse as a gift. Burgess and others like him are wrestling not only with monstrous abilities they don’t understand but also with the trauma and injustice of their own lives being torn apart.
Archetype blends elements of horror, thriller, and mystery with the slow promise of power progression, but always keeps survival and psychological depth at its core. It’s for readers who want something atmospheric, unsettling, and deeply human, where heroism exists, but only as a fragile light against overwhelming darkness. You can also read this novel here: Read free novels online
Chapter list
- 1. Operation Pied Piper's Return
- 2. Should I Stay or Should I Go Now
- 3. Car Emissions and Wet Concrete
- 4. Like The Thunder That Follows Lightning
- 5. A Walking Bomb Among Other Walking Bombs
- 6. Like a Zombie
- 7. Rain Splattered Window
- 8. Red Robin (Bobbing Along)
- 9. The Severn Bridge
- 10. Green Light. Orange Light. Red Light.
- 11. Like A Silver Rubix Cube Monstrosity
- 12. Treadmill Torment
- 13. Treadmill Torment II
- 14. Treadmill Torment III
- 15. Treadmill Torment IV
- 16. Sunburn
- 17. Dying for a Smoke
- 18. The Offer
- 19. The Elevator
- 20. Croissant
- 21. Flight
- 22. Silent Disco
- 23. Maze
- 24. Polystyrene Cup
- 25. Policy
- 26. Curry
- 27. My Bunk
- 28. Toastie
- 29. Espresso
- 30. Coil Spring
- 31. One Must Imagine the Hamster on the Wheel Happy.
- 32. Shhh.
- 33. A Change in the Contract
- 34. Boomerang-ting!
- 35. Worldshakers
- 36. Can't stop
- 37. Chewing Gum
- 38. Spill
- 39. Emerald Unlocking
- 40. Ruff Rover
- 41. Cardboard Box
- 42. Obsession
- 43. Many Eyes
- 44. Open Fire
- 45. I Can Still Do More!
- 46. Black Hair
- 47. Mice Like You
- 48. Lightbulb Hands
- 49. Panic
- 50. Booky bruv. BOOKY.