V. E. Schwab - Vicious (epub)

A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates--brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who
recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared
research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural
events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could
develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the
experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now
foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability.
Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he
can find--aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed
with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the
archnemeses have set a course for revenge--but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a
world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when
allegiances are called into question.

Title: Vicious
Author: V. E. Schwab
Published September 24, 2013 by Tor
ISBN-10: 0765335344
ISBN-13: 978-0765335340
Language: English
Length: 368 pages