*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *2018 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION
CATEGORY* *Entertainment Weekly 's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now*
A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions-V. E. Schwab returns
with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious . Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor.
Sydney and Serena Clarke. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Great partnerships-now soured on the
vine. But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death she's gained the
control she always sought-and will use her newfound power to bring the city of Merit to its
knees. She'll do whatever it takes from taking over the mob to collecting her own sidekicks
and even leveraging the two most infamous EOs Victor Vale and Eli Ever in a dangerous game of
cat and mouse. With Marcella's rise new enmities create surprising opportunity-and the stage
of Merit will once again be set for a final terrible reckoning. "In Vengeful V.E. Schwab
is at the top of her game with twisty action oddball family pairings and unexpected
antiheroes you can't help but root for." - Washington Post "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
