The Obliteration Machine — Pat Flewwelling

All Sheldon Webb wanted was a shot at anonymity, an escape from his criminal past, a new life. Now he doesn't know if he's dead or alive. To save the life of his new boss, industrialist Linda Vie Kaine, Webb jumps between her and the full blast of a malfunctioning Obliteration Machine. When he reappears, he's weak, exhausted, and nothing about him is the same. Even renowned scientist Dr. Timothy Ulster is at a loss to explain why Webb weighs less than sixty pounds...or how he loses his molecular density to become a ghostly, creeping fog. With his old gang on the hunt for the Obliteration Machine blueprints, with his molecular stability on the fritz, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, Sheldon Webb must learn to control his newfound powers and destroy the plans before anyone can rebuild Dr. Zanx's infernal invention. Set in 1947, this dieselpunk / film-noir style novel is the first in a series that is sure to thrill and inspire! All profits of the sale of "The Fog of Dockside City: The Obliteration Machine" will go toward literacy programs.