What happens when you recognize a piece of yourself in someone else? In the glimmer of their eyes, in their stance, you see the same dark edge that also hides in you and you feel the bond only to discover that the connection isn't a blessing but a burden and in time the seat of vengeance.
Eli and Victor are not two sides of a coin, they are superimposed shades of each other which has brought them to the edge of the abyss and where one leads the other follows in a successful experiment where a near death experience will create a power based on their last moments. Their growing competitiveness is now a rift between them as Victor's decision not to let Eli leave him behind sets off a chain reaction that will set the now enemies on a collision course. One incapable of being wounded, the other capable of absorbing pain or releasing it. One knows that he is not completely human but still worthy of living, the other thinks he has been given a chance to exterminate others like him to protect humanity. Even if he must take lives to do so.
This is a tangled tango of two monsters who take powers onto themselves that are beyond anything we could comprehend outside of comic books. As we travel along and meet others like them, it is Eli and Victor that grip you and make you question which side you want to be on. There are no good guys here, only the demons within come out to play. The only thing you have to decide is what resides in your soul. An addictive read which will make you all ask yourselves, if I had super powers would I use them for good or evil? Would I even care?
This is the first in a series and well written. There are a few hiccups but quite frankly you will be too invested in seeing who comes out on top to care. So pick this book up and decide which monster appeals to your inner nature. Be prepared to read into the early morning hours.
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