*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *2018 GOOD READS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION
CATEGORY* A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions-#1 New
York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious .
Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena
Clarke. Great partnerships now soured on the vine. But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush
from her brush with death she's finally gained the control she's always sought-and will use
her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She'll do whatever it takes
collecting her own sidekicks and leveraging the two most infamous EOs Victor Vale and Eli
Ever against each other. With Marcella's rise new enmities create opportunity--and the stage
of Merit City will once again be set for a final terrible reckoning. Entertainment Weekly
's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now "Readers won't be able to put
down this dark and riveting tale of power and revenge."- Kirkus Reviews starred Praise for
Vicious "Schwab's characters feel vital and real never reduced to simple archetypes...In a
genre that tends toward the flippant or pretentious this is a rare superhero novel as epic and
gripping as any classic comic. Schwab's tale of betrayal self-hatred and survival will
resonate with superhero fans as well as readers who have never heard of Charles Xavier or
Victor von Doom." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "V. E. Schwab's Vicious is the
superhero novel I've been waiting for: fresh merciless and yes vicious. Wow."-Mira Grant
New York Times bestselling author of Blackout Villians #1 Vicious #2 Vengeful "Warm Up"
(short story)
