Archvillain

Kyle Camden knows exactly where he was the night Mighty Mike arrived: sneaking around the fallow field behind Bouring Middle School, preparing one of his most ingenious pranks yet. Which is why he couldn't tell anyone where he was. Or what he saw. Those lights everyone saw in the sky weren't tiny meteors burning up in the atmosphere. They were some kind of strange, supercooled plasma that bathed the entire field - including Kyle - in alien energies. Unfortunately, the energies also brought Mighty Mike to Earth. Kyle is the only one who knows that Mighty Mike is an alien. Everyone else thinks that Mike is just some kid who stumbled into the field, got beefed up on meteor juice, lost his memory, and decided to start rescuing kittens from trees. But Kyle knows the truth. And he'll do anything in his power to stop Mighty Mike, even if it means being an Archvillain!

THE MAD MASK is book two in critically acclaimed author Barry Lyga's Archvillain series!Things haven't been going well for Kyle since Mighty Mike became the new town hero. He's pretty sure he could fix this disaster if he could expose Mike's secret (he's an alien), but to do that Kyle would have to admit he is the Azure Avenger -- the unintentional town archvillain.One night a new masked hero, aptly named the Mad Mask, arrives, boasting to the Azure Avenger of an off-the-charts IQ and superior superpowers. Yet the Mad Mask has come seeking intellectual assistance in building Ultitron (the robot of all robots). In exchange he offers to allow the Azure Avenger to use the awesome Ultitron to rid the world, or at least Bouring, of Mighty Mike. Forging alliances isn't usually Kyle's style, but it seems he has no choice. While Kyle agrees to help, he also has another plan: finding out who the Mad Mask is and how he got his powers. Because the last thing the Azure Avenger needs is another mindless archvillain hanging around town! Praise for Archvillain: "{G}ood, snide fun." – Kirkus "{Kyle} plays the antihero part with comic aplomb." – Booklist "Lyga laces his story with ample humor. . . . Readers will find plenty to ponder, from guessing Mike's true motivations to debating whether Kyle is a hero–or a villain in the making." – Publishers Weekly "Who is the good guy and who is really the archvillain? Tune in next time. . . ." – School Library Journal Praise for The Mad Mask:"A fizzy mix of multilayered comedy and awesomely destructive battles, presented from an unusual narrative angle." – Kirkus"Lyga packs the story with enough bombastic mayhem and light moral ambiguity to keep the pages flipping faster than a speeding you-know-what." – BooklistPraise for Yesterday Again:"Lyga's third fun and furious Archvillain tale . . ." Barry Lyga is the author of ARCHVILLAIN and THE MAD MASK, the first two novels of Kyle Camden's adventures. He's also the author of several critically acclaimed YA novels including THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF FANBOY AND GOTH GIRL, as well as its follow-up, GOTH GIRL RISING; BOY TOY; and HERO-TYPE. Barry lives in Brooklyn, New York. When he's not writing he uses his superpowers to fight crime. Praise for Archvillain: "{G}ood, snide fun." – Kirkus "{Kyle} plays the antihero part with comic aplomb." – Booklist "Lyga laces his story with ample humor. . . . Readers will find plenty to ponder, from guessing Mike's true motivations to debating whether Kyle is a hero–or a villain in the making." – Publishers Weekly "Who is the good guy and who is really the archvillain? Tune in next time. . . ." – School Library Journal Praise for The Mad Mask:"A fizzy mix of multilayered comedy and awesomely destructive battles, presented from an unusual narrative angle." – Kirkus"Lyga packs the story with enough bombastic mayhem and light moral ambiguity to keep the pages flipping faster than a speeding you-know-what." – BooklistPraise for Yesterday Again:"Lyga's third fun and furious Archvillain tale . . ."