A superhero adventure series that gives ordinary boys extraordinary powers! Comic-book style adventure meets fast-paced action in this thrilling new series, starting with The Quantum Prophecy.

"The Quantum Prophecy", first in "The New Heroes" trilogy, takes place ten years after a great battle in which all the world's superheroes and supervillains disappeared.

Nobody knows what happened to Titan, Energy, Paragon and their evil adversaries, but when 13-year-old Colin Wagner and his best friend Danny begin to develop strange powers, they realise that a new age of superhumans might be just beginning.

Where will they go? Who can they trust? Above all, how will Colin and Danny use their new-found powers - for good or evil?

Find out in this brilliant new series, an innovative and exciting reworking of the superhero genre.

This is volume 1 in The New Heroes .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Michael Carroll grew up in Ireland and has worked as a telegram boy, postman and computer programmer. A lifelong fan of superheroes, he lives in Dublin with his wife Leonie.