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With truths being revealed about the vigilante’s targets casting a new light on who they’re up against, will Eddie and Maria be able to work together to track down the vigilante? Find out in the penultimate episode of The Street Rat season one!

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When he returns to the crime scene, will Eddie find the answers he’s looking for? Or will he just be confronted by new questions beyond anything he’s previously encountered as The Street Rat? Find out in this week’s episode at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s billionaire supervillain, Matthew Fox, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of villains like X-Men’s Magneto, Young Justice’s Ra’s al Ghul, Black Panther’s Erik Killmonger, or Renegade’s Ace Anarchy, you might find a new favorite villain in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s billionaire supervillain, Matthew Fox, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of villains like Smallville’s Lionel Luthor, the Arrowverse Malcolm Merlyn, Titans’ Deathstroke, or Justice League’s Lex Luthor, you might find a new favorite villain in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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You can’t take something like that back. Join Eddie as he tries to make his community safer by finding Sanders’ vigilante so he can put an end to the killings in this week’s episode of The Street Rat at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s childhood best friend, Gwen Queen, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of characters like Arthurian Legend’s Guinevere, Little Women’s Meg March, The Princess Bride’s Buttercup, or A Cinderella Story’s Sam Montgomery, you might find a new favorite character in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s future Pulitzer winner, Hailey Hall, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of characters like Lois Lane, Flash’s Iris West, if YoungJustice’s Raquel Ervin/Rocket, you might find a new favorite character in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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The Norman Medieval Fair was earlier this month. Ten years ago this April, while I was in college, I went to the 2014 Medieval Fair and bought this (very cheap) sword to get smoke much needed extra credit in my Latín class. That same weekend, the idea behind The White Knight started to come together in my mind. Almost exactly a decade later and my debut comes out in a week and a half. Having something tangible like this from where the journey started makes the achievement of finally putting it out in the world feel so much more real and special.

For more about how The White Knight came into existence, buy the book and keep reading through the acknowledgements!

For more about how to buy the book, go to KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s man behind the curtain, Taylor Jansen, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of characters like Young Justice’s Dick Grayson/Robin or Barbara Gordon/Oracle, the Arrowverse Felicity Smoak, Flash’s Caitlin Snow, or Ocean’s 11’s Livingston Dell, you might find a new favorite character in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s titular hero, Lance Locke, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of characters like Will Thatcher, Shawn Spencer, Lancelot, or William Marshall, you might find a new favorite character in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at link in bio!

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Let me introduce you to The White Knight’s partner-in-crime-fighting, Jason Morgan, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of characters like Young Justice’s Mal Duncan/Guardian, the Arrowverse John Diggle/Spartan, Flash’s Cisco Ramon/Vibe, or Renegade’s Nova Artino/Nightmare/Insomnia, you might find a new favorite character in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Will Eddie still have this superpower after being forced to reckon with how bleak Sanders can get? Or will this be a breaking point for his optimism?

Find out in The Street Rat 108!

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🚨🚨It’s The White Knight’s release day! 🚨🚨

Like superheroes? Reading? Found family? College settings? Fast-paced, action driven books? If you answered yes to one or more of those options, check out The White Knight - available now!

Learn more and find links to buy at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Let me introduce you to the White Knight’s titular hero, Lance Locke, through similar characters/character inspirations!

If you’re a fan of characters like Percy Jackson, Adrian Everhart/Sentinel, Westley/Dread Pirate Roberts, or Jack Swift, you might find a new favorite character in The White Knight!

The White Knight is available for pre-order right now! Learn more at KirtleyBooks.com!

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Find out how the stakes are being raised for Eddie in the second half of season one of The Street Rat in episodes 107 at the KirtleyBooks.com!

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Friday marks one month until The White Knight's release day! To celebrate and show my appreciation for the support so far, l'm going to do a giveaway of these sword bookmarks I've made! To enter, all you need to do is, by Friday, March 15th, 1) like the pinned giveaway post on Instagram at @kbkirtley 2) share that post to your story and 3) make sure you're following me. That's it! You'll be entered to win one of five White Knight sword bookmarks!

Want to guarantee you get a bookmark? I will send one of these sword bookmarks to anyone that messages me on Instagram with proof of a pre-order by next Friday, March 15! If you haven't already, you can find the pre-order links at KirtleyBooks.com)!

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Part 5 of my favorite superheroes: Villains

Without villains, there are no superhero stories. My favorite villains to read/watch (and write!) are villains who think they’re doing something for the greater good and, despite their means, have a motivation that could be argued for. Here are some of my favorite villains!

1. Lex Luthor - comics, animation, live action on the big and small screen - No supervillain is more compelling to me than Lex Luthor. Each version of him is different, but in almost every universe you can expect Lex to be the smartest person in any room and ruthless in getting his desired outcome. A perfect foil for Superman.

2. Vandal Savage - Vandal wants the best for mankind. Coincidentally, what he believes is best is for mankind to follow his immortal rule. There are a lot of villains in Young Justice, but I’d probably consider him the main villain in that which gets him this high.

3. Ra’s al Ghul - Ra’s is a man with a strict moral code that just happens to not say anything against killing. Like Lex, Ra’s can change a lot from one version to the next, but you’ll have a hard time finding a more honorable assassin.

4. Poison Ivy - An ecoterrorist with some points. Depending on the version of the character, you might be dealing with one of the most terrifying villains or a morally gray character that is closer to some of the vigilantes on the heroes side than the other supervillains. Regardless, you can expect Ivy to be a genius with a mission to save the natural world.

5. Ace Anarchy - the one non-DC villain on the list comes from Marissa Meyer’s Renegades trilogy. Ace is an even more militant version of Magneto. Fighting to create a world where prodigies can use their powers without fear of oppression., Ace instead creates a world of chaos and instability after failing to install himself as a new leader for Gatlon City.