6/22/2023 0 Comments The Other Eight by Joseph R. Lallo![]() The Other Eight follows the exploits of the applicants deemed sane enough for consideration. The ultimate prize is a coveted spot on a government sanctioned super team. A sleazy PR officer knows publicity when he sees it and converts the secret program into a nationally broadcast competition with all of the dignity and grace of a reality show. A misfiring superpower leaks news of the recruitment effort to the public, attracting a flood of misfit meta-humans from around the nation, each hungry for heroic validation. This proves to be more easily said than done. The screening process is to be done with all possible secrecy. Adam Aiken, a psychologist specializing in the meta-human condition, to filter out the most dangerously unbalanced of the prospective super-soldiers. ![]() ![]() The head of the Army's current incarnation of the project hires Dr. Nonetheless, in hopes of finding enough functional meta-humans to form a squad, in 1965 the US military created The Guardian Project. To make matters worse, the gifted individuals tend to suffer from psychological issues. Instead, powers like photosynthesis or the ability to spontaneously change hair color seem to be the best the world can offer. ![]() Heat vision? Super strength? Flight? They are nowhere to be found. Superpowers have turned out to be a disappointment. ![]()
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