Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper

Thomas Malloy has just witnessed the worst trauma a child can suffer. With nowhere to turn he seeks out the only man he feels can help him, The Scarlet Scrapper! The trouble is that Frank Hodge is no kind of hero, he just plays one on the radio. Hodge, a veteran who drinks too much, is dealing with his own inner demons. Now he must decide if he will continue down the disastrous path he has been on since returning from the war, or if he can become the hero Thomas needs him to be. A story of action, adventure and heart, where hero and villain collide in a showdown for an innocent boy’s life.

Leonard Apa teaches high school English in New Jersey. His short fiction has been published in CAPED: An Anthology of Superhero Tales, Deadman’s Tome Campfire Tales Book One, the first issue of Creepy Campfire Quarterly, and The Good Fight 5: The Good Fight. He was also featured in the ＂ Reject a Hit＂ segment of Writer’s Digest. Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper is his first novel. He is currently hard at work on a new adventure of the Scarlet Scrapper.