Office drone Mikie's life is forever changed when top lady Hero Everyman is depowered in a battle with the superpowered enemy Lamprey and crash lands in her back garden. Forced into looking after the arrogant soldier of justice, Mikie finds that she jumps at the chance to learn martial arts and start on the path of a Hero. But she realises too late that it's not all costumes and hot bodies - in this world there are magicks and immortals beyond the dimensions of our minds, and to become a true warrior of light, a girl must break her heart.

He's a martial arts fanatic, Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast and insurance loss adjuster. She's a far left politician, professional musician and hardcore Pagan. And unfortunately for him, she's the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Over the course of five years, Tom will pursue Charlotte up and down the north and south of England, through anticapitalist demonstrations, Earth festivals and underground black metal gigs. But to him she will always be ELECTRA - the impossible woman of his dreams.