Vicious/Vengeful slipcase

The complete Villains series, including prequel short story, 'Warm Up' and ExtraOrdinary artcard. Discover the gripping and gritty story of superpowers, jealousy, vengeance and redemption, from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Shades of Magic, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Gallant.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates―brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who discover that, under the right conditions, someone can develop extraordinary abilities – become ExtraOrdinary.

Vicious

Ten years after they turned on each other, Victor has escaped from prison and wants revenge on the man who put him there. Eli is hunting down and killing every EO he can find, convinced that they are a crime against God. All except his sidekick, a woman whose power is persuasion and whom he cannot defy. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the arch-nemeses have set a course for revenge.

Vengeful

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 newfound 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 once more.

With Marcella’s rise, new enmities create opportunity―and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning.

Read the complete Villains fiction, containing Vicious, Vengeful, the prequel short story,Warm Up.



Careful and sinewy plotting, which reveals in chilling detail who gets to make art, and who gets subsumed in the process. – New York Times Book Review

Dark Things I Adore combines suspense and mystery with the art world in a dynamic and atmospheric debut. – New York Journal of Books

A smart, nuanced exploration of victims and villains, inspiration and theft, and the intersection of these things, in every artist. Pay attention to Katie Lattari. She's the real deal. – Sarah Langan, author of Good Neighbors

I felt like I was being physically pulled into a dark forest while reading this psychological cat-and-mouse game, always aware that more danger lay ahead. With a constant sense of foreboding and lush imagery, Dark Things I Adore is a haunting, mesmerizing tour de force, everything about it a brutal sort of beauty. – Zoje Stage, USA Today and internationally bestselling author of Baby Teeth

Gorgeous and absorbing, Dark Things I Adore is a stunningly executed tale of art, trauma and revenge. At once propulsive in plot and lyrical in style, it's the kind of novel you'll want to savor every sentence of―dark and deeply satisfying. – Katie Lowe, author of The Furies

"A riveting revenge thriller.” – The Guardian

"A sly, cynical treat." – Financial Times

"Schwab brings a sharp turn of phrase and pitch-perfect pacing." – The Skinny

"Dangerous and surprising." – SFX

"Supremely plotted and incredibly well-written." – The Independent

"You beg to know what happens next." – Starburst Magazine

“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."—Mira Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of "Blackout"

“A fun, morally-flexible revenge tale... "Vicious" methodically ratchets up the tension as Victor and Eli circle each other for the inevitable kill. —Daniel H. Wilson, NYT bestselling author of "Robopocalypse"

“"Vicious" is dark and intricate and daring, twisting back and forth through time and morality and life and death until you can't turn the pages fast enough. I loved it.” —Dan Wells, author of "I Am Not a Serial Killer"

“An epic collision of super-powered nemeses. The writing and storycraft is Schwab's own superpower as this tale leaps off the page in all its dark, four-color comic-book glory.” —Chuck Wendig, author of "Blackbirds"

“A noirish cross between the X-Men and 'The Count of Monte Cristo.' You won't be able to stop turning the pages.” —Alex Bledsoe, author of "The Hum and the Shiver"

“V.E. Schwab writes with the fiendish ingenuity, sardonic wit, and twisted imagination of a true supervillian.” —Greg Cox, New York Times bestselling author

“I’ve been saying for some time that the most interesting and original fantastic fiction these days is being written by women, and I’ll now add V.E. Schwab to that list. Vicious is something new under the sun as Schwab gathers all the superhero/supervillain tropes and turns them on their sundry heads. I approached Vicious with frank skepticism (surprise) but found myself so fully engaged with the characters and the story that I could not put it down. She makes it work, folks. And best of all, not a shred of spandex in sight.” —F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of the "Repairman Jack" series

“Utterly brilliant. Schwab takes the notion of superhero fiction and bashes it on its head. If you like it dark, then prepare to be thoroughly entertained.” —Jackie Kessler, coauthor of "Black and White"

“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 Zero