Victor and Eli began as college roommates—two gifted, proud, and isolated young men who saw their own keen intellect and drive mirrored in one another. During their final year of study, a mutual fascination with adrenaline, brushes with death, and apparently supernatural phenomena uncovers a tantalizing theory: that, given the proper circumstances, a person might unlock extraordinary powers. Yet when their thesis crosses the line from theory into experiment, everything spirals into catastrophe.

A decade afterward, Victor escapes from prison, set on tracking down his former friend turned enemy. He’s helped by a quiet young girl whose subdued manner hides a remarkable gift. Eli, meanwhile, has devoted himself to hunting down and destroying every other superpowered individual he can locate—sparing only his sidekick, a mysterious woman of iron resolve. Wielding fearsome abilities on each side and fueled by betrayal and grief, the two rivals are racing toward vengeance—but who will still be standing when it ends?

With Vicious, V. E. Schwab conjures a raw, comic-book-flavored world through striking prose: a place where acquiring superpowers doesn’t guarantee heroism, and an era when loyalties can never be taken for granted.

More Information:
– ISBN: 9781783290215
– Binding: Paperback
– Subject: Dark Academia, Dark Fantasy
– Pages: 352
– Language: English
– Published Date: April 2019