The Vindico

Wesley King

Jun 2012 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

X-Men meets The Breakfast Club in this darkly humorous adventure

The Vindico are a group of supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes for as long as anyone can remember. Realizing they're not as young as they used to be, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of teenagers to take over for them when they retire--after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of angsty teens to be evil?

Held captive in a remote mansion, five teens train with their mentors and receive superpowers beyond their wildest dreams. Struggling to uncover the motives of the Vindico, the teens have to trust each other to plot their escape. But they quickly learn that the differences between good and evil are not as black and white as they seem, and they are left wondering whose side they should be fighting on after all . . .

With fast-paced action, punchy dialogue, and sarcastic humor, this high-stakes adventure from a talented new YA voice pulls you in from the first page.

Ratings and reviews

The beginning of the book was good. Everything was good except how they all turned on the people who showed them they had super powers. They beat them up, ask for help and get them caught by the league and yet they join the league. I find it dumb so I am with the vindico all the way.(btw, if u read all this, u are awesome.)

I read this book when it was first released last year and found it very difficult to put down. Definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in a refreshing take on the super hero genre

A got the Vindico from wesley king him self cause he came to school then when I was finished it is want to library and got the feros trues me his book are veryyyyyyy good

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.