The Stream Team: Battle Squad (Volume 1)

Never back down, never give up! Fortnite meets The Avengers in this epically awesome adventure. Thirteen-year-old Teddy Habib and his friends are recruited to join a league of other gamers to save the world from a huge bug that's infecting longtime gamers and beginners alike, from the creative brains of gaming star NickEh30 and New York Times bestselling author E. C. Myers!

Never back down, never give up!

“Teamwork’s the name of the game in this action-packed romp.” – Kirkus Reviews

Thirteen-year-old Teddy Habib dreams of being a pro gamer. He just never expected he'd end up in the big leagues. And no, not the big esports competitions, like NickEh30. Big leagues as in if he doesn't win this game, the world as we know it is doomed.

When a mysterious new game developer unleashes a bug that’s turning everyone into the “Glitched,” the government’s Special Division steps in. They recruit Teddy; his best friend, Stackz; Teddy’s loyal and surprisingly cuddly German shepherd, Rocco; the indomitable TeenyTerrorPlays; and the agile Keke_Klutch to infiltrate the game.

But if the Stream Team fails . . . well, it's GAME OVER.

• Inspired by NickEh30’s gaming community, family-friendly streaming culture, esports aspirations, subscriber chats, gaming slang, online collaboration, and the motto of never giving up are woven into the adventure.
• Communication, map knowledge, pattern recognition, persistence, resource management, and strategic teamwork give the heroes a chance against a threat that follows video-game rules
• Secret agents, alien technology, artificial intelligence, a mission inside a quarantined Cairo, and a final call to Brazil establish a larger continuing adventure
• Features a Dyslexia-friendly font that follows the guidelines laid out by Nothing Comic About Dyslexia. Text format appeals to neurodivergent and neurotypical readers alike

Grab your headset, assemble your squad, and join the Stream Team in the fight where logging out is not an option.

Nicholas Amyoony, better known online as Nick Eh 30, is a a Canadian-born professional gamer with over 28M followers, 6,000 wins, and is one of Fortnite’s top creators, maintaining the most family-friendly and positive community in gaming. As “YouTube’s top live-streamer” and “Twitch's fastest-growing streamer,” he has created a safe and supportive space where viewers enjoy instructional content, collabs, and playing alongside him during live community games. Nick is committed to giving back by hosting and participating in charity events, streams, and causes such as St. Jude Children's Hospital, Make-A-Wish, and cancer prevention. He is also an ambassador for health and fitness; his motto, "never back down, never give up," serves as a beacon of inspiration for fans worldwide by encouraging perseverance in gaming and life.
E.C. Myers (he/him) is a New York Times bestselling author. He won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for his first novel, Fair Coin, and is the author of the S0S Thriller series, RWBY young adult books, and Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Week Before. His short fiction has been published in various anthologies, including World of Warcraft: Folks & Fairy Tales of Azeroth and Overwatch 2: Heroes Ascendant. He has also cowritten several podcast serials, including The Sounds of Nightmares (from the world of Little Nightmares), Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, and CTRL+ALT+Destroy.

Ronaldo Barata is a Brazilian illustrator, graphic designer, and cartoonist with over 20 years of experience in character creation, illustration, concept art, advertising illustration, storyboarding, and comics. In 2000, he started working as a freelance illustrator and drawing teacher. Ronaldo has had the opportunity to work on many projects in different industries, including textbooks, games, magazines, advertising, websites, and many major book publishers. Ronaldo was the art director at Quanta Estúdio for over 10 years. There, he worked on illustrations, took care of art production and quality, and edited Sesi Quanta partnership comics from 2015 to 2018. In addition to his illustration work, he works as a freelance animator with companies such as Titmouse Inc. and Alopra Studio on character and scene design. Ronaldo is also the author of the Sobrenatural Social Clube, published by Sesi-SP, and the independent comic Divino Mundanismo. He also did the interior artwork for the Afro Unicorn graphic novels and a handful of covers for Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's.