Even worse, the powerful antisuperhero group known as Everyman has taken advantage of the chaos to fan the flames of prejudice against all superpowered men and women. Now these heroes have turned against New Chicago, ransacking the city they once protected. Because nothing is as simple as Black and White.ĪFTER THE FALL OF NIGHT Jet and Iridium best friends turned bitter enemies teamed up to foil the evil plans of the rogue superhero known as Night, but in defeating him they inadvertently destroyed the secret Corp Co transmitter whose frequency kept the metapowered heroes of the Squadron in line. And Iridium, teaming with the mysterious vigilante called Taser, uncovers an insidious plot that s been a decade in the making a plot in which Jet is key. As Jet works with Bruce Hunter a normal man with an extraordinary ability to make her weak in the knees she becomes convinced that Iridium is involved in a scheme that will level the power structure of America itself.

Separately Jet and Iridium uncover clues that point to a looming evil, one that is entwined within the Academy. For the past five years the two have played an elaborate, and frustrating, game of cat and mouse. Iridium, with her mastery of light, runs the city’s underworld. Jet is a by the book hero, using her Shadow power to protect the citizens of New Chicago.

They were best friends at an elite academy for superheroes in training, but now Callie Bradford, code name Iridium, and Joannie Greene, code name Jet, are mortal enemies. It’s the ultimate battle of good versus good.

Shades of Gray by Jackie Kessler