The New Heroes: The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll

I came across this book by chance coz i was really trying hard to find an action book and eventually found this one. This is the first book of three in the whole series and I really enjoyed this book . :D The book's beggining is kinda confusing but exciting at the same time. I found it really confusing mainly coz the book starts with the sentence "Ten years earlier" , now what kind of book starts with that ?? I thought to myself. So i decided to keep on reading and i eventually figured out the real reason for the really confusing start and it also lead me to the plot of the story. :D I found the plot of the story really interesting as it links the past to the present AND the future which i thought was a really good touch by the author in terms of making the book exciting. Anyway, moving on this book is about superheroes (as you already know) and super villains (of course there has to be some villains :P) The story starts off in the past with ALL the superheroes and super villains' powers getting drained by a WMD and they all mysteriously disappear but the people think they just retired (which is what really happened) But a superhero named Renata Soliz a.k.a Diamond survived who actually retains her powers. She plays a MAJOR part in this book later on. In the present day, it follows the adventures of three best friends Colin Wagner, Danny Cooper and Brian (i really hate that name . LoL) however, the story focuses more on Danny and Colin. So one day Danny accidentally discovers his powers by saving Colin's little sister by getting run over by a bus and YES, Danny's power is super speed as you might think. BUT no , his power is actually slowing time down so it LOOKS like he moves faster but he's actually moving at normal speed (very interesting power) Typical best friend Colin, thinks about Danny's heroic move and realizes he has powers too which he finds out while lying down on his bed and figures out he has super hearing (yes, he can hear things up to like 10 km away . :D). When this happened i thought that that was over , like "is that it?" i know their powers now soo is that the end of the book ?? which i thought was realllyyyyy GAY !! . BUT , the author introduces another twist that made me keep reading the book . He immediately re-introduces the "past day" plot to LINK with the "present day" plot which i thought was VERY clever. :D So the best friends get into trouble which again, i thought was gay coz that's kinda expected in every superhero book movie . However, he has another way of making it interesting, he "splits" one plot into half !! which i have never heard before !! So by "split" the plot, he splits the "present day" plot into two; Colin's side and Danny's side . And yes , Colin did escape from the bad guys . :PP I found both "split" halves of the plot very interesting because it had very fast-paced action and mystery. BUT, the main reason why i LOVED this book is because the author introduces TWO plots , then SPLITS one in half AND MERGES them ALL back together !!!! isn't that awesome ????? . Colin's side of the story kinda fades away in the middle of the book coz Renata's plot is put into action. She meets Danny and Colin's parents (which were also kidnapped) and the two work as an alliance to find a way out of the "prison" they are in. Again, the author MERGES the two plots together to make a new, improvised one . :D Moving on, you're probably wondering about Colin now... Don't worry he finds help from ex-heroes who happen to be friends with his dad (yes, both his parents are ex-heroes). They eventually get to Danny and his parents. And NOW you're probably saying that this is the end of the book because help is ont the way !! YAY !! NOT !!!! Turns out, the help that Colin had was actually a trap , one of the ex-heroes was working for the enemy . i was like " yeyah !!! more action !!" when i read that part of the book . And that's pretty much it ... well i realy cant tell you guys the end coz i will reallllyyyyy ruin it . just read it guys . you will love it !! especialliii if u love action and suspense books full of twists . :D I loved this book because of not really the plot. well yeah but in my opinion, the plot is only about 10% of what i liked . The other 90% is how the author actually constructs the book . How he introduces new ideas and believe me , he introduced MANY ideas in this book . I especially liked the bit on how he introduces TWo plots, SPLITS one in half, MERGES one plot with half of the other one AND PUTS ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AGAIN !!!! i found this reeallliiii smart and awesome !!! :D :D :D comment please !! :D Vince Exconde