The Vindico - by Wesley King (Paperback)

About the Book

Supervillains known as The Vindico have been fighting the League of Heroes for years. Realizing they're no longer young, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of teenagers to take over for them. Held captive, five teens receive superpowers beyond their wildest dreams. Struggling to uncover the motives of The Vindico, the teens must trust each other to plot their escape.

Book Synopsis

Five ordinary teens are given the chance of a lifetime. An offer to have any super-power imaginable with only one condition . . . they must pledge allegiance to a league of notorious supervillains.

"A healthy dose of clever one-liners, snappy dialogue, and plenty of chases and explosions."--School Library Journal

Kidnapped from their everyday lives, five teens are given the chance to change their fate forever. Imagine being promised the super strength to take down the school bully, the power to read your best friend's mind, or the ability to make dishes wash themselves. But to earn these gifts, the teens must go against everything they've been taught their whole lives and join a league of the world's most notorious villains: the Vindico.

Held captive in a remote mansion while being forced to train with evil mentors, the teens plot their escape. But when it becomes clear that returning to their normal lives is no longer an option, their only choice is to fight.

Review Quotes

"Here's a debut that will knock...superhero fans on their butts. A fresh twist...kids are going to gobble this up."--Booklist"King brilliantly combines teenage points of view and emotions with comic book excitement."-- VOYA, starred review

"[King] never loses his knack for humorous--teen-friendly--dialogue."--The Horn Book

"Where many action/adventure novels sacrifice character development for the sake of quick pacing, this is a nonissue for King: his teens are vivid, funny, and relatable, but their growth never comes at the expense of story or plot development. Add in descriptions of cool weaponry and superpowers, a healthy dose of clever one-liners and snappy dialogue, and plenty of chases and explosions, and you've got all the ingredients for a hit series that teens will love. King is definitely an author to watch."--SLJ

About the Author

Wesley King lives in suburban Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where he spends most of his time in imagined universes of superpowered children, dying stars, and dystopian fantasy realms. This is his first novel.