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The Fifth Hero

The Fifth Hero #1: The Race to Erase

An interactive adventure series about climate superheroes in which YOU get to help save the planet by choosing which story line you think is the right one!

CHOOSE YOUR PATH. CHANGE THE STORY. SAVE THE EARTH.

The Calamity Corporation is determined to end life on Earth as we know it. The company has built hotels that orbit Earth and small cities on the moon and has plans to move the human population to Mars. The sinister corporation is determined to ruin Earth so that people have no choice but to leave it.

Not so fast! Four kids who secretly possess the powers of land, air, sea, and creatures are about to change the course of history. These kids may not be the likeliest of heroes, but they are determined to stop Calamity Corporation from destroying Earth. And they have a secret weapon: a fifth hero. YOU!

Throughout the book, there are three chances for you to help change the course of the story alongside our fearless team. Choose incorrectly and it’s game over. But choose wisely and you might save the planet!

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The Author

Bill Doyle

With over 2,000,000 books in print and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Bill has been working in kids media for decades. His publishers include Penguin Random House (The 5th Hero series, Escape This Book series, Magic for Hire series, and The Prizewinners of Piedmont Place series), Scholastic (Behind Enemy Lines series, Scream Team series, Space University series and Mystery Comp Cliffhangers series), Chronicle (the Choose Your Own Adventure Worst Case Scenario: Everest) and Little Brown (the 6-book Crime Through Time series). Writing as W.H. Doyle, Bill published a YA in 2019 with the intrigue-filled Tudor Rose series.

He’s co-founder of Crab Hill Press, publisher of award-winning interactive storybooks, and he’s the developer of digital storytelling experiences for cultural institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bill’s served as editor at Sesame Workshop, TIME For Kids, Sports Illustrated Kids and LeapFrog.

Visit Bill online at BillDoyleWritingHub.com.

Bill is represented by Chelsea Eberly.

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