It's been a year and a half since Purge. More than a year since Jack discovered his powers. A year and a half since Violet's death. Jack joined The Alliance shortly after the fall of Purge, fighting alongside some of the world's best heroes. But now a threat even bigger than Purge looms in the shadows, waiting to strike. Jack and his allies are the only ones who stand a chance at beating the ultimate evil, for the ultimate good.

Xander Mendez is living the dream. He has the most amazing girlfriend in the world and is a superhero. Life could literally not be better. Trevor Rossi has been the CEO of his father's company for three months now and he's only inches away from catching his father's killer. April has been interviewing the villain X for months now and she thinks she's finally understanding how he thinks while discovering herself in the process. Celeste is finding herself falling for her study partner while also fighting for her turf with a new villain in town after her prize. Mischief is what this new villain calls himself, and he's seeming to turn into their biggest threat yet. A non-super with an array of guns and other trinkets who seems to be way too interested in Momentum and Artic Frost. And with the growing shadow of the old villain X over the citizens of Kingdom City, the stakes get even higher. And it turns out maybe they're all connected more than they thought.

When 6 students are gifted superhuman abilities, it's up to them to prevent a bio-terrorist group from releasing a world-changing chemical into Earth's atmosphere. ***** While attending a party in the woods, six highschoolers are captured by international terrorist group Kismet. Kane, the leader of Kismet, reveals them all to be potential Primes (someone with superhuman abilities). In an attempt to escape, they are rescued by Atlas - a private military company - but in the process are exposed to the element Primonium which officially gives them their superhuman abilities. The six are taken to Atlas' headquarters where they learn of Kismet's plans to release Primonium into the planet's atmosphere, ending human life as we know it. In an effort to stop them, the six work alongside Atlas to try and stop them. Will they be able to utilize their newfound powers to save the world, or will they remain at the mercy of Kismet forever? [BOOK ONE IN THE PRIME ARCHIVES TRILOGY]