Victorious is a dark urban fantasy novel by V.E. Schwab, and it serves as the epic and highly anticipated third instalment and conclusion to her acclaimed Villains trilogy. Picking up a few weeks after the bloody climax of Vengeful, it brings the decade-long saga of arch-rivals Victor Vale and Eli Ever to a final, definitive end.

The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena.

But when EON-and its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries-begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a terrifying agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch and the rest into the enemy’s lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.

Against all the years, the betrayals, and the odds-the arch nemeses and their allies will meet for a final time, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didn’t expect.