Hiding in Plain Sight: My Life and Adventures Protecting Celebrities by Thomas LeBrun follows the author’s journey as he pursues his childhood dream of becoming Superman. Readers encounter a real person who grew up playing Superman games and collecting Superman comics, with the desire to be like Superman one day. Young LeBrun’s bravery will eventually lead him to make a mistake that lands him in the hospital. He builds himself and his confidence by reading works of writers like Tony Robbins and books by business self-starter gurus Brian Tracy and Zig Ziglar. He shares his experiences of training every day, lifting weights and wrestling, to meeting people who played a part in his personal and professional growth. This book is the story of how he became an Advance Man, offering security to top celebrities and important personalities across the globe, fulfilling a dream he has had since childhood.

Hiding in Plain Sight is filled with adventure and, at times, it reads like fiction. The author’s journey takes readers to dangerous places, like the Whitney Houston Concert for a New South Africa Tour, where over 500 firearms were detected and seized from persons seeking to enter the concert grounds. The book captures the imminent danger and the pulsating action to protect the celebrity. Readers follow this author as he serves as an Advance man to people like Tony Robbins, Bill Gates, and many others. Thomas LeBrun’s story is one of courage and a young man’s persistence in following his dream, a story that shows readers how the quality and kind of exposure we have as kids can be the stuff on which we build the heroes of tomorrow. It is well-written, entertaining, and utterly inspiring. It is sprinkled with lessons on personal growth and pursuing dreams.

Thomas LeBrun’s autobiography, Hiding in Plain Sight: My Life and Adventures Protecting Celebrities, shows real-life superb episodes in the life of an Executive Close Protection. LeBrun takes you into a step-by-step story on his early beginnings and how much he had developed both as a person and as a professional. It is a personal story that demonstrates how the seed of a childhood dream, if cultivated with passion and hard work, can grow into something far more than what one expects. As a child, he told his dad that he wanted to fly around the world protecting people like Superman—and fly like the Man of Steel he did. From working as an Advance Man for the three-city Whitney Houston concert tour in South Africa to covering Bill Gates’ business trips, this autobiography showcases LeBrun’s impressive credentials in protecting some of the world’s influential personalities.

Hiding in Plain Sight is a story of a rewarding and fulfilling journey. Writing this autobiography was worth the effort, and it provides the rightful credits where they are due. Thomas LeBrun makes it clear that the path to his success would have not been possible if not for the people in his life who were instrumental in shaping and inspiring him. His experience working as security for Whitney Houston greatly reminds me of the film The Bodyguard, minus the romantic angle. LeBrun keeps his focus on the job. He continues to grow and further adds value to what he does best. Hiding in Plain Sight is a real-life story that is interesting enough to sustain your curiosity to keep reading, and be inspired to work on your own goals in the process.