Lee has the power to freeze time. S/he (I haven't decided yet if the protagonist is male or female, thus the androgynous name) simply strolls up the the bad guy and plucks the bullet out of mid-air, or snatches the child out of the way of the oncoming car, whatever. I also don't know whether Lee is a superhero or alien being come to Earth with amazing advanced technology, whatever. AN-y-way...Lee has spent 50 years fighting chaos, protecting the innocent, and righting wrongs, but now, the all those adventures are taking their toll. His/her body is showing the effects of the abuse and age, s/he is weaker and slower than at his/her prime. Although Lee could stop time in the service of others, s/he can't stop the ravages of time on his/her own self, and can only hope to have gained wisdom enough to compensate for the diminishment of physical strength and superpowers...just in time to face the greatest threat of his/her career. S/he assembles a band to help, including a sentient bird and another superhero/alien whose power/technology is being able to shrink himself to less than an inch tall, and back to his normal 7 foot height, at will. The book is filled with philosophical insights on the nature of power and time and change, and ends happily.
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Have you taken steps to make this story come to life? You may kill me for pointing this out but November is also NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). ;)
Aaack! I have no idea what insights into the nature of power and change, etc, the book would have ... that's why I want to read it, so I can learn something LOL
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