New Graphic Novel from Denver, CO Author

Epilectra Book 1, the initial offering in the new Epilectra Graphic Novel Series by Denver
author Sue Seserman, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

The electrifying Epilectra series follows the remarkable journey of Eden Rivers, a 5th grade New York City social studies teacher, whose life takes a shocking turn when she's struck by lightning at a family dinner and develops epilepsy as a result. Eden's new disability soon reveals itself to be accompanied by a remarkable "superability." So, as Eden grapples with her new reality, she also becomes the city's newest superhero: Epilectra.

Eden/Epilectra, her younger brother, Logan, and their friend Angel Estoban, form a team for superheroes who, like Epilectra, have disabilities they transform into superabilities. They call it Team SEEZ, for Support & Empower Everyone Zealously. By the end of Epilectra Book 1 and 2, Team SEEZ members include Epilectra with epilepsy, Logan with paralysis, Insulator with type 1 diabetes, Aupticus with autism, C.P. with cerebral palsy, and Endo-Girl with endometriosis.

"The Epilectra series mission is twofold: Disability Empowerment and Stigma Elimination," stated Creator and Author, Sue Seserman. "CDC stats tell us 1 in 4 of us will be diagnosed with a disability in our lifetime. I wrote Epilectra so all these people with disabilities - especially youth - would see themselves as superheroes, too" Seserman has two invisible disabilities, epilepsy and type 1 diabetes, and was motivated to create Epilectra by the time she spent volunteering with hospitalized epilepsy patients."

"The patients I visited with, talked with me about giving up so much because of their disabilities," explained Seserman. "They'd given up on their education, their careers, their relationships, and their independence. I wanted to do something to change their mindset from one of 'I can't' to one of 'I can'."

Epilectra Book 1 is packed with three exciting adventures – Story 1: SEEZation, Epilectra's origin story and the formation of Team SEEZ; Story 2: Up on the Roof, an exploration of Eden's relationship with family and students that culminates with troublemaker Henry taking Epilectra's story nationwide; and Story 3: River Rager, a tale that spans from bottom of the Hudson River to the top of the Empire State Building and chronicles Epilectra's effort to keep half man/half shark, River Rager, from turning the city into his personal underwater playground.

For more information, visit the Epilectra website, www.Epilectra.com. The book can be purchased at www.Epilectra.com/buynow.

Epilectra Book 1 is a 172-page paperback with 4-color illustrations by former Disney artist, Jayme Brown. With a retail price of $34.95 (eBook $29.95). The ISBN is 979-8-89211-231-4. It is published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For members of the press, to request a review copy or author interview, please visit https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/pages/media-requests or to buy the book, visit our online bookstore at https://bookstore.dorrancepublishing.com/products/epilectra-book-1