Quantum Prophecy starts with a battle...a huge battle between superhumans. The ultimate evil guy, Ragnarok, is leading the villains in his super tank, waiting for the right opportunity to release his power damper and strip the heroes of their powers. Things don't go as planned, and an explosion rocked the surrounding area. In that instand, all the superhumans disappeared.
Ten years later, 13 year olds Colin and Danny are celebrating Mystery Day, the day to honor the disappearance of all the superhumans. But weird things are happening. Danny discovers he has super speed. Colin finds out he has super strength and incredible senses. What they find out is that not all superhumans have disappeared. They've just...retired after their powers were striped. In fact, Colin and Danny both have retired superhumans living close to them without even an idea of who they were.
Unfortunately, Danny and Colin, with their emerging powers, are kidnapped by someone they thought they could trust. The plan is to strip them of their powers as well, thereby saving the world from a mysterious prophecy that showed Danny leading an army that would destroy everything they knew. Colin escapes and heads to find help, but it's not enough. They are all betrayed again, and Danny sacrifices part of himself to save thousands. Does that prove that he's not a bad guy after all? You'll just have to find out in the next book.
What I liked: This was a book that I read to my boys, and they LOVED it. They never wanted me to put it down. It is full of adventure and excitement and super powers. What's not to love? It's a great boy book, but it's also fun for girls too. It is the first in a trilogy and one of my sons is breezing through the second book with a lot of ohhs and ahhs about what's happening. It is also a little bit more of a challenging book to read so upper elementary students might struggle with the some of the descriptions.
What I don't like: There are a lot of words that are low level swear words, words like crap, damn, hell, and bloody. They also use God's name in vain many times. My boys were not happy about those parts, but as I was reading it aloud, I skipped over many of those parts. They were always offended when those words came up though.
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