Catalyst (Chain Reaction #1)

W ill McMahon had dreamed of being a superhero since he’d been six years old, idealistic and young and thinking that his dad and his older brother were heroes.

Twenty-two years later, he hadn’t been pushed into a vat of toxic waste—not for lack of trying, of course—and hadn’t managed to gain any superpowers other ways, but he was still idealistic, and he still thought they were heroes.

At times like this, when he was in full tactical gear as a Tactical Operations Unit officer, on his way to arrest drug traffickers and making the world just that bit safer, he felt closer to reaching that status himself.

The team’s sniper, Roy, humming “Eye of the Tiger” next to him, took some of the fantasy out of it, though.