SO SUPERB IT'S KILLING ME: Zachary Sergi in conversation w/ Melissa Albert

SO SUPERB IT'S KILLING ME: Sam built his magic from nothing. Now it may cost him everything. At Superb Prep East, a prestigious school where gifted students cultivate personal magic, Sam is determined to win the Superb Battle League championship and launch his career as an arena legend. But as the competition builds, he’s haunted by his brother’s disappearance, tangled up in messy queer romances and heated rivalries, and pressured to keep his evolving identity frozen in time. To claim the title, he must choose: the persona he perfected for the arena, or the new magical self he’s only just beginning to understand. But in a world where burning out means defeat, strength is key. If Sam embraces his truest self, will his magic transform him—or unmake him? Curious Tides meets Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters in this blend of Contemporary Fantasy and Superpower Fiction, a standalone introduction into the interconnected worlds of The Sergiverse. ABOUT ZACHARY SERGI: Zachary Sergi is the Fantasy Author of print novels (including Major Detours and This Pact Is Not Ours) and nearly a dozen bestselling interactive novels (including the Heroes Rise and Versus series) in the interconnected Sergiverse. Zachary was raised in Manhattan, studied Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the Director of the LIU Brooklyn Summer Writing Festival. He now lives in Los Angeles with his husband, where he also writes for television. ABOUT MELISSA ALBERT: Melissa Albert is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of The Bad Ones, Our Crooked Hearts, and the Hazel Wood series. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages and included in the New York Times list of Notable Children’s Books. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.