Recommended Reading Paths
When diving into William D. Arand's Super Sales on Super Heroes, you have two primary options for how to approach the series. Because this story is part of an interconnected multiverse known as the Sovereign-Verse (or Runner-verse), the path you choose will determine how deeply you understand the cross-series references and cameos.
Path 1: The Core Series (Super Sales Only)
If you only want to follow Felix Campbell's specific journey and do not want to get bogged down by the author's other series, you can read the books in straight numerical order. However, be aware that from Book 3 onward, you will encounter characters and events from other series without much prior explanation.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes (2017)
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 2 (2017)
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 3 (2018)
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 4 (2022)
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 5 (2022)
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 6 (2023)
Path 2: The Sovereign-Verse Experience (Recommended)
To fully appreciate the world-building, multiverse stakes, and the deep character ties, the community highly recommends reading the series alongside its sibling books. The first two books of Super Sales on Super Heroes can be read independently, but before opening Book 3, you should ideally catch up on key parts of the Sovereign-Verse to understand the massive changes and crossovers that occur.
- Start with the Foundations: Read the Otherlife trilogy (Otherlife Dreams, Otherlife Nightmares, and Otherlife Awakenings) to establish the origin rules of the multiverse.
- Establish Sibling Context: Read the Dungeon Deposed series and Randi Darren's Fostering Faust series.
- The Critical Tie-In: Read the first three books of the Wild Wastes series. This is crucial because Vince (the protagonist of Wild Wastes) is the cousin of Felix Campbell, and their respective stories begin to collide directly starting in Super Sales on Super Heroes 3.
- Continue the Interleaved Order: Once these are complete, progress through the remaining Super Sales books while checking the fan-maintained wiki guidelines for real-time updates as new series are introduced.
Super Sales on Super Heroes Books in Publication Order
Here is the chronological publication list of the main series, highlighting the evolution of Felix's empire-building venture, Legion, in a superhero dystopia.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes (2017): Introduces Felix Campbell and his unique ability to modify owned items and people. He accidentally purchases three near-dead superheroes, setting off the creation of his corporate legion.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 2 (2017): Felix expands his operations to a new city, navigating deeper political schemes, corporate espionage, and a growing faction of allies.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 3 (2018): The world changes dramatically. The story shifts to a post-apocalyptic environment and merges elements with the Wild Wastes series.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 4 (2022): Felix deals with the fallout of the shifting multiverse, coordinating strategic moves across worlds.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 5 (2022): The scale of conflict elevates as external cosmic forces and rival pantheons threaten Legion's territory.
- Super Sales on Super Heroes 6 (2023): Ties up major narrative arcs, preparing the characters for the final stages of the Sovereign-Verse conflict.
What to Know Before You Start
Before jumping in, it is important to understand the author's publishing strategy. William D. Arand writes under two distinct names to separate the tone and content of his books. Works published under William D. Arand feature "Fade to Black" (FTB) romance, meaning explicit sexual content happens off-screen. Works published under his pen name, Randi Darren (such as Wild Wastes and Fostering Faust), feature explicit mature content.
Because the storylines overlap so heavily, readers who choose to skip the Randi Darren books to avoid explicit content may miss key details of the overarching plot. The narrative is a unique blend of LitRPG, superhero action, base-building, and harem fantasy, with a morally gray protagonist who treats superpowers as a business commodity.