The third instalment in V. E. Schwab's Villains series, Victorious finds ExtraOrdinary Observation and Neutralization under new leadership with consequences for Victor, Sydney, and Mitch. The ExtraOrdinaries of Merit City, a group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena. But when EON—and its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries—begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a new agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch, and the rest into the enemy’s lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, new abilities, and a confrontation. Against the years, the betrayals, and the odds, the rivals and their allies meet, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didn’t expect.