Sakkara (novel)

"Sakkara" (ISBN 978-0007210930, October 2006) by Michael Carroll is the second of the original New Heroes trilogy published by HarperCollins in the UK. The Gathering (ISBN 978-0399247262, July 2008)is the US title, from Puffin Books.

Plot

Sakkara revolves around a superpowers research facility in the heart of the United States, for which the novel is named. The adolescent superhumans of The Quantum Prophecy return, this time their covers are blown and they are forced to flee to the US in order to protect themselves from attack and publicity. The facility that they hide in is thought to be secret, until its name is known around the world following a terrorist attack in which the supervillain-turned-assassin leaves the word "Sakkara" spraypainted on the wall of an airport after killing dozens of people. Someone among the "New Heroes" or "old heroes" has broken protocol, but everyone is a suspect. As more and more attacks begin to occur, the pattern emerges that they are going after Trutopians. Trutopians are an international organisation designed to give each of its members security and equality, but with reduced comfort and freedoms. It is revealed that they are run by the antagonist of the last novel, Victor Cross, who is really just trying to "take over the world".

Acclaim

Nominated for Best Novel in the British Science Fiction Association Awards in [http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/main/aw2006nom.asp 2006] .