Lance Brightman has three PhDs, impeccable taste in yellow silk suits, and a foolproof plan to overthrow his immortal boss. There's just one problem: he's leading the Vortex Five-a team of superpowered disasters he refuses to call friends-and it's harder than it looks.
There's Floyd, the Australian water bro. Katsu, the wind samurai who worships a dog. Kayla, the ice-powered Canadian with a chainsaw and maple syrup obsession. And Celia, the pessimistic Mexican shadow witch Lance definitely doesn't have feelings for.
When they capture Siren's most annoying operative-a sugar-addicted Irish witch with seven million Reddit followers-Lance sees his chance to finally prove himself. Extract her secrets, deliver results to Lord Vincent, and show everyone he's more than just the smart British guy with the walking stick.
But nothing goes according to plan. Katsu has a psychological break and paints Vortex Tower green. Kayla adopts something from the shadow dimension that may or may not be a cat. And Lance's brilliant truth serum plan ends with him getting assaulted by an octopus at the bottom of the Pacific.
As Vortex Tower descends into chaos and old secrets surface, Lance discovers that betrayal wears many faces-and that the idiots he refuses to call friends might be the only people he can actually trust.
Assuming they all survive.
