Great Power and No Responsibilities is a comedic, low-stakes, smutty, polyamorous, and light-hearted sci-fi novel by Elliott Kay, set in Los Angeles. It was published on June 28, 2024.
Publisher’s summary[]
Kyle Daveran always wanted to help people in need, yet his humanitarian career dreams are crumbling into the dumps of daily life. On a rainy delivery run, he meets Xinn: a psychic alien entity with sexy, ambitious vacation plans here on Earth. Xinn needs a warm-hearted human to serve as her vacation host—and to hide her from the feds!
Xinn’s people hold to strict rules against interference with humanity. She’s only here for fun, but Kyle knows her psychic powers and alien hyper intelligence could do incredible good. Escape from the grind is within reach, with lovely companions and the high life not far behind… as long as Kyle’s heroic impulses don’t ruin the party for everyone.
Publisher’s warning[]
WARNING: Great Power and No Responsibilities contains explicit sex, explicit language, polyamory, telepathy, frequent casual invasion of privacy, inherent power imbalances, alien ethics, post-breakup tension, gambling, kissing, hugging, trespassing, theft, lingerie, nudity, perfidy, reckless motorcycle riding, organized crime, disorganized criminals, arms trafficking, illegal immigration, quitting without two weeks’ notice, a bathroom brawl, conspicuous consumption, shameless pandering to tropes, dirty cops, reliance on police despite distrust of police and other compromises of life in a society, office sex, storage room sex, hotel sex, fitting room sex, elevator foreplay, misrepresentation of a military installation, an unreliable money laundering scheme (seriously, don’t try it), elitism, sexism, nepo baby dirtbags, obstruction of justice, theft of evidence, job frustrations, embezzlement, abuse of authority, attempted murder, ulterior motives, conflicts of interest, and the admittedly dubious premise of consent via telepathy in a sci-fi summer erotica vacation adventure.
(All characters depicted are fictional and over the age of 18.)
Appearances[]
Roughly in order of appearance.
Characters[]
- Kyle Daveran, a motorcycle courier
- Joe, a Navy gate guard
- Xinn, an alien hyperintelligence on the run
- Ted Anderson, an NSA agent
- Dr. Crowder, a xeno-scientist
- Kasumi Hirata, a lingerie shopper and LAPD officer
- Emily, a hotel clerk
- Angela Reyes, a receptionist and spokesmodel
- Jake, Angela’s boyfriend and a criminal
- Holden, an Orange County wannabe gangster
- Tucker, a criminal and Jake’s friend
- Rory, a California State Police detective
- Eddie, a criminal and Jake’s friend
- Josh, a criminal and Jake’s friend
- Tobias, an Orange County wannabe gangster
- Emmett, an Orange County wannabe gangster
- Gerald, a hotel guest
- Tammy, a hotel guest
- Jorge, kitchen staff
- Olivia, a hotel guest
- Moore, Anderson’s Navy liaison
- Alejandro, a building security supervisor
- Alice, a broker at Cypress Asset Management
- Frank, at Cypress Asset Management
- Tranh, at Cypress Asset Management
- Peter, at Cypress Asset Management
- Sonpreet, at Cypress Asset Management
- Susan, at Cypress Asset Management
- Harlow Lawson, a broker at Cypress Asset Management
- Ben, a financial compliance trainer
- Carla, receptionist at Cypress Asset Management
- Martin, a manager at Cypress Asset Management
- Elise, a lingerie shopper
- Choi, a Korean kidnapping victim
- Matt Ritter, an abusive LAPD officer
- George Teichert, an abusive LAPD officer
- Isaiah Howard, an LAPD sergeant[1][2]
- Melanie, Kyle’s ex-girlfriend
- Beade, an LAPD lieutenant
- Frank Smith, an LAPD officer
- Randall Sorenson, an entitled drunk driver
- Bradley, an LAPD sergeant
- Woodward, xeno-research project boss
- Susie, a hotel concierge
- Eduardo, a blackjack player
- Michael (Thomas) Griffin, a wealthy mercenary
- Shannon Griffin, Michael’s wife
- Antonio, a bartender
- Tim, a casino manager
- Derek, a casino game organizer
- Aaron, a meth distributor
- Larry, a stolen car delar
- Brody, a mob loan shark
- David Baker, a pro sports agent and blackmailer
- Tatsuo, a yakuza
- Emile, a stolen art and artifacts dealer
- Sarah, Aaron’s abused girlfriend
- Julie, Larry’s wife
- Wendy, Brody’s wife
- Yang, casino security
- Paul (Brad), casino security
- George, casino security
- Katie, professional escort
- Brooke, professional escort
- Baxter, an NSA agent and lawyer
- Marina, an ice cream parlor server
- Troy, a friend of Kyle’s (on the phone)
- Tanya, a friend of Kyle’s (on the phone)
- Dionte, a closeted pro basketball player (on the phone)
- Namika, Kasumi’s sister (mentioned only)
- Matt, a friend of Kyle’s and Tanya’s boyfriend (mentioned only)
- Lisa, a friend of Kyle’s (mentioned only)
- The Rock (mentioned only)
- Terry, ex to Harlow (mentioned only)
- Michelle, ex to Harlow (mentioned only)
- Abdi, ex to Harlow (mentioned only)
- Courtney, ex to Harlow (mentioned only)
- Ben, ex to Harlow (mentioned only)
- Shane, ex to Harlow (mentioned only)
- Dietrich, customer to Cypress Asset Management (mentioned only)
- Jonathan, broker at Cypress Asset Management (mentioned only)
- Mike, a bartender (mentioned only)
- and various Navy personnel, policemen, casino staffers, bystanders, and aliens.
Locations & organizations[]
- Los Angeles
- Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
- A four-star hotel in Long Beach
- Cypress Asset Management, Century City, a high-end financial office
- A police station
- Las Vegas
- Gala hotel and casino
- Euphoria hotel and casino
Trivia[]
- Harlow’s boss appears to be named both John and Martin. One possibility is that he is named John Martin.[3]
- When questioned by Anderson, Kyle says that he stopped to adjust his motorcycle chain after leaving the station, and Xinn commends him for sticking close to the truth. However Kyle never checked his chain in the published book as published. He did pretend to check it in the original draft, and the later statement is probably a vestigial remnant.
- Michael Griffin is named Thomas in one instance.[4]
- Larry’s wife is first called Julie and then called Sarah.[5]
Publication history[]
Great Power and No Responsibilities was published as an ebook on June 28, 2024.[6] A paperback was released a few days later. There are currently no firm plans for an audiobook release.[7]
In was originally serialized as a draft on Literotica between February 2017 and October 2020 as Alien Vacation.[8] The draft was heavily reworked as it was turned into Great Power and No Responsibilities.
References[]
- ↑ Great Power and No Responsibilities, chapter 9
- ↑ Great Power and No Responsibilities, chapter 11
- ↑ Great Power and No Responsibilities, chapter 8
- ↑ Great Power and No Responsibilities, chapter 12
- ↑ Great Power and No Responsibilities, chapter 13
- ↑ Amazon.com, June 19, 2024
- ↑ Preorder Now: GREAT POWER AND NO RESPONSIBILITIES!, June 19, 2024
- ↑ www.literotica.com/authors/wastelandwriter, June 22, 2024