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BRAND NEW SERIES expands deeper into the world of Schwab's critically acclaimed novels Vicious and Vengeful. Set in the years between VICIOUS and VENGEFUL, "ExtraOrdinary" follows a teenage girl named Charlotte Tills who survives a bus crash and becomes EO – ExtraOrdinary – gaining the ability to see people's deaths in reflective surfaces.However, things quickly become more complicated when Tills witnesses her own death... at the hands
...Hot-headed, arrogant, and untested, Maxim found himself in Verose, better known as the Blood Coast, and up to his neck in trouble. Determined to make a name for himself and assert the power of the crown in this insalubrious backwater, he fell in with the local garrison, and was taken under the wing of Isra, an experienced if battle weary soldier.
Skilled in the illegal art of bone magic, Arisa rules the Verose with a violent fist. Isra is both
...ExtraOrdinary, or EO: a person who has survived a near-death experience and returned with superpowers. These powers are the product not only of how the person nearly died, but their final thoughts at the moment of death. Incredibly rare, and potentially dangerous to themselves and others, few people know about the existence of ExtraOrdinaries, and an organization called EON is determined to keep it that way.Set in the worlds of Vicious and Vengeful
...Through Isra's guidance, Prince Maxim Maresh has entered the Night of Knives, a mysterious magical tournament, to prove his mettle and win the respect of his soldiers. Under the gaze of the Verose garrison and its population, Maxim had successfully survived the first challenge – a blizzard of magical shards when, while walking along a tightrope of magic steel rope, he was struck by a deadly bolt and sent plunging into the abyss...
V.E.
...Led by the Antari magician Rowan, the Rebel Army's wave of chaos has surged along the Blood Coast, decimating everything in its path. With each conquest, they offer a simple choice: join, and choose the path of power and freedom from a cold and distant crown, or die.
With ranks bolstered by their conscripts, the Rebel Army mercilessly razed three cities, in a single night of terror and devastation. Now, a messenger has been sent ahead to Verose,
...Despite being battered and wounded, Prince Maxim Maresh has successfully bested the first three trials of the Night of Knives, using his wits and magical skills. However on the threshold of the fourth and final room, Maresh remembered the advice of his comrade Isra, and turned his back on the tournament. But before he could leave he was pulled into the doorway of the fourth trial by a powerful magical binding spell...
V.E. Schwab asserts the
...Welcome to the world of ExtraOrdinary.
ELI EVER identified school student CHARLOTTE TILL as a target person with EXTRAORDINARY abilities and made her his next target.
Haunted by visions of her death at the hands of Eli, Charlotte set out to kill him first.
She tracked him down to the town of Merit, unaware that Eli and EON knew she was coming and had laid a trap for her. Luckily, Charlotte was rescued by two fellow EOs, FELIX and MARSHALL,
...Decades after the worlds have come apart, Red London is peaceful and thriving under the Maresh Empire. Believing that one day the magic separating the different worlds would come undone, Prince Maxim is searching the land for powerful magicians who can travel between those realms. Frustrated by his son's negligence of their own kingdom, King Nokil banishes Maxim to Verose, also known as the Blood Coast, to redirect his focus. Upon his arrival,
...Prince Maxim Maresh has decided to enter a mysterious yearly magical tournament called the Night of Knives to prove his mettle. Open to anyone, soldier, pirate, thief or prince, the challenger must undergo four trials by magic designed to test – to the death – the strength, resolve, and heroism of the contestant. In all its history no one has ever succeeded in besting all four tasks, though many have tried and died...
V.E. Schwab
...Having vanquished the Pirate Queen, Prince Maxim Maresh has now been tasked with commanding the Verose military barracks. However, the young, headstrong prince finds it hard to be accepted by the regular soldiers billeted there who see him as nothing more than a spoiled royal playing at being a soldier, and he yearns to earn their respect and be judged for his skills as a warrior and leader and not because of the privilege of his royal title.
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...Acclaimed fantasy novel series Shades of Magic comes to comics, with a new story from award-winning creator and New York Times #1 bestseller V.E. Schwab!
SHADES OF MAGIC SERIES, all text, related characters and indicia thereof are ™ and © of V.E. Schwab, LLC and Tor Books, Inc. 2015–2018. All rights reserved.
The fleet of the Red Army, led by Anatari magician Rowan, has swept across the coastal towns of the Blood Coast like a tsunami, putting to the sword all who refuse to swear allegiance and join his army. Now the only town that stands in his way is the garrison town of Verose, led by the Prince Regent, Maxim Maresh.Together with its people, Maxim and his men unite to defend the honor of the Maxim Empire against the threat of Rowan and his Red Army.
...Twelve years ago, Eli Cardale and his college friend, Victor Vale, developed ExtraOrdinary abilities after experimenting with near-death experiences. When Victor accidentally killed Eli's girlfriend after his ExtraOrdinary abilities span out of control, he fled the scene and disappeared. Eli swore his revenge and for ten years he hunted for Victor before finally tracking him down and attacking him, for which he was promptly arrested.
But instead
...Twelve years ago, ELI EVER and his college friend, VICTOR VALE, developed ExtraOrdinary abilities after experimenting with near-death experiences. However, Victor accidentally killed Eli's girlfriend after his abilities spun out of control. Eli swore revenge against anyone with ExtraOrdinary abilites and set out to kill as many as he could. Eventually he was arrested and conscripted by the mysterious EON organization to continue his crusade against
...16) ExtraOrdinary
Welcome to the world of ExtraOrdinary.
When high school student Charlotte Tills is revived from a fatal bus crash, she awakens with ExtraOrdinary powers. Incredibly rare and potentially dangerous to themselves and others, few people know about the existence of ExtraOrdinaries, and an organizing called EON is determined to keep it that way, hunting and killing all they can find.
Reborn and renewed with the ExtraOrdinary ability to see how people
...Exiled by his father to the coastal garrison town of Verose, hot-headed, arrogant, and untested Crown Prince Maxim Maresh went on to prove his worth by defeating the pirate queen Arisa, with the help of a new-found ally Isra, a member of the Arnesian garrison and a gifted solider and fighter in her own right.
Following his victory, Maxim ignored his father's subsequent invitation to return home and chose to remain in Verose, determined to prove
...Troubles arise for Prince Maxim when the notorious ship, the Iron Grip, docks at the Blood Coast. He discovers that in the past, Arisa, the Pirate Queen, has sadistically assaulted the local royal soldiery, leading to the demise of any troops that opposed her, and leaving only Isra alive. Maxim further learns that not only is Arisa a wielder of powerful forbidden bone magic, she is also Isra's aunt. Under the cover of night, Isra moves alone to
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