Any school/college MLM books where the mc overcomes some sort of trauma?

Hi all! My goal with writing Typhonic was to create an original Superhero(ine) story that wasn't just the usual Marvel/DC storylines recycled and rebooted again and again. I also wanted to channel a bit of my own struggle in discovering myself over the years before I comfortably landed on being AroAce.

The idea for the setting unironically came to me in a lucid dream. It's a combination of 🏳️‍⚧️themes, nobledark overtones, intrigue similar to the World of Darkness, and some LitRPG-lite mechanics.

Part of me is a little nervous posting here due to this being my first explicitly LGBTQ+ focused novel. I've written inclusive characters in past books/projects, but never as the main focus outside a visual novel. I just hope my beta readers are right and that you will find this book to be as compelling and respectful as I aimed to be!

Dust Jacket:

Sometimes the strongest heroes come from the most villainous backgrounds.

Life for Morgan Axios seems idyllic to anyone else looking in. His family is one of the most affluent, superpowered crime families in Gravesea City. Whatever Morgan wants, he can get his hands on. Well, everything except love from his family and meaningful superpowers of his own. All he has to do in return is stay hidden away from the world and try not to be an even further embarrassment to the family name.

That all changes on the night of Morgan's 19th birthday. A chance encounter with one of the leading heroes of the city leads Morgan to receive a special serum designed for those individuals without true superpowers. In the process, he gains a brand new form: A draconic woman with abilities far in excess of his wildest dreams. Now he must navigate what it means to be a hero while keeping his female alter-ego a secret from the rest of the Axios family. The only problem is that his alter-ego forces him to confront the hardest foe imaginable: His own trauma and psyche!

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HG93JLM4

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