![]() ![]() The American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association likewise awarded it the top fantasy book in their 2014 Reading List. Publishers Weekly also named Vicious one of its best books of 2013 for SF/Fantasy/Horror. It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called Schwab's characters "vital and real, never reduced to simple archetypes" and praised the book as "a rare superhero novel as epic and gripping as any classic comic". The Guardian called Vicious "a brilliant exploration of the superhero mythos and a riveting revenge thriller". 10 years later, Eli has started a crusade to kill every other super-powered person and Victor has broken out of jail. When Victor tries to create his abilities, things go wrong and people take a fall. Victor and Eli begin as college roommates and discover that near-death experiences, under the right conditions, can create superhuman abilities.
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