Being a superhero might just kill Ernest Smith. Unless his teenagers do it first.After getting his ass handed to him one time too many, aging superhero and father of two Ernest Smith must now confront a new enemy: retirement. But Ernest's first choice to take over superhero duties ends in spectacular betrayal. A new supervillain is unleashed, leaving a desperate Ernest with only one person to whom he can turn: his headstrong teenage son.Yet in the final clash with the city's new criminal mastermind, Ernest discovers that while only one of his kids has a superpower, both his kids may just have what it takes to be Super.This debut novel from Iowa Writers Workshop alum David Atchison is the story of parent-child relationships filtered through tropes of superhero fiction.