THE VINDICO

The Breakfast Club meets X-Men: The story of morally-questionable teens who are forced to become the ruthless and supernaturally powerful proteges of the world's deadliest supervillains.

Led by the sinister Baron, the Vindico are a group of super villains who have been fighting against the League of Heroes for as long as they can remember. Realizing they will soon be too old to fight their foes, the Vindico decide to kidnap a group of teenagers and train them to be the next generation after all, how hard can it be to train a bunch of angsty teenagers to be evil?

Mysteriously arriving at the Baron's mansion together, James, Lana, Hayden, Emily and Sam are forced to train with their mentors and given powers beyond their wildest dreams, including super-strength, advanced telekinesis and sophisticated computer hacking skills. While struggling to uncover the motives of this evil group, the teens learn to trust each other and even form friendships where they least expect them. They plan to rebel against their mentors as soon as they are deemed ready to fight against the League of Heroes, but then they learn that things may not be as cut-and-dry as they seem: both in their new roles and in their outside lives.

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.