The Powers

Elena Bello has spent her entire life being told that people from the lower sectors do not become heroes.Now, after years of relentless training, her lightning power has earned her a place at Traughtly, the Center Sector's most prestigious hero academy. It is everything Elena has ever wanted: elite training, powerful classmates, and the chance to learn from Warren Park, the beloved leader of the Hero Corps. But on Elena's first day, the city's most notorious criminal returns.Hidden behind a white mask, Night Vale leads a band of vigilantes who rob the wealthy, expose government corruption, and vanish before the heroes can stop them. The Hero Corps calls them dangerous. The lower sectors call them saviors. Elena knows which side she is supposed to believe.Then the questions begin.Why does brilliant, bitter Mason Hale seem to know more about Night Vale than he admits? And why does Warren-the greatest hero alive-appear afraid of the very organization he leads? As Elena is drawn deeper into the world she fought so hard to enter, she discovers that the Hero Corps was built upon a buried massacre, a stolen identity, and seven powers the government has spent generations trying to control.The heroes have protected their secrets for years. Night Vale has returned to drag every one of them into the light.