Real-world superhero Spectrum is running for president. Will he be able to do more good for the world as a politician than as a superhero? 

In Candidate Spectrum’s pre-dystopian world, author Brian Cato crafts a tale where humanity is headed towards a Dark Age of dissonance and mediocrity.

Having devoted his life to helping others, Spectrum won’t settle for a typical political career. After winning the Missouri governorship, he launches a 2020 presidential bid dedicated to fixing a country that Americans have consistently said is on the wrong track. But as he develops proposals for issues from a growing wealth gap to paralyzing partisanship, he realizes America’s troubles run deeper: a loss of individual agency and an increasing quantification of life that undermines morality and erodes humanity.

Meanwhile, his campaign is beset by problems. He never imagined how difficult it would be to run for president as an atheist immigrant from a destroyed planet who is honest and serious about the issues. His campaign must overcome him forgoing campaign events to rescue people in Bangladesh from a typhoon, and the public's fear of an alien takeover after a scientist offers to restart his race by cloning him. While Spectrum is eager to restore America to its place as a pioneer among nations, a failed campaign could mean the beginning of the end for the country.