Teresa, codename Trance, used to have powers. Fifteen years
ago, something happened to make all of the people with
paranormal abilities, mostly kids on the "good guy" side
and adults on the "bad guy" side, lose their abilities.
They went from comic book action characters to reviled
enemies---both sides---in an instant. In a moment of
agonizing pain, Teresa has powers back, but they aren't
hers, and they seem to be killing her. She groups up with a
few of the other former kids, the ones who aren't dead or
being killed, and tries to figure out what's going on.
She's thrilled to meet up with Gage, on whom she had a
major crush, but neither Gage nor Teresa are used to
sharing secrets, space, or anything with anyone anymore,
and they aren't likely to succeed in whatever they were
born to do if they don't get their acts together and figure
out who the real enemy is. Secrets abound, and they cannot
trust anyone, not even themselves.
This is a phenomenal
work. I could see people saying, "oh, right, The
Incredibles; wasn't that a few years ago?" No. The
Incredibles is a cute movie that depicts supers being
relegated to gray suburbia; this work demonstrates how
society really can fear and isolate those who are different
as well as how perspective matters in every situation. This
is an excellently well-crafted work.
The first in a new series by popular urban fantasy author
Kelly Meding, featuring an X-Men -like group of young people
with superpowers who must find a way to work together After
years of bouncing aimlessly from one dead-end job to
another, Teresa ;Trance ; West's superpowers return in a
moment of blinding pain and panic. Inexplicably stolen at
the climax of the devastating Meta War, the handful of
surviving Rangers had been powerless for fifteen yearsonly
Teresa's powers came back wrong. She used to be an average
telepath. Now, her eyes are purple, her hair is streaked
violet, and she can create powerful energy orbs by snapping
her fingers. Plagued by headaches, cramps, and violent
energy bursts, Teresa seems to be allergic to her new
powersand if that's not bad enough, now there's a killer
after her&.
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