Vicious
Reeks: Villains
V. E. Schwab
- V.
- E.
- Schwab's
- New
- York
- Times
- bestseller
- Vicious
- is
- 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."A
- dynamic
- and
- original
- twist
- on
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- a
- hero
- and
- a
- villain.
- A
- killer
- from
- page
- one…highly
- recommended!"
- —Jonathan
- Maberry,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Marvel
- Universe
- vs
- The
- Avengers
- and
- Patient
- ZeroOne
- of
- Publishers
- Weekly's
- Best
- Fantasy
- Books
- of
- 2013At
- the
- Publisher's
- request,
- this
- title
- is
- being
- sold
- without
- Digital
- Rights
- Management
- Software
- (DRM) applied.
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