Vigilance tells the tale of a world in which superheroes exist and the war that was fought to eradicate them.
Thirty years ago, Jack Miller and other Powers like him, were drawn into an all-out war with government and law enforcement agencies when the mightiest of them all went mad and killed dozens of civilians. On the run and using his unique ability to be ‘unseen’, Jack has been a fugitive for most of his adult life, ducking and dodging those hunting for him, and also running from his own demons. His guilt at being the only one to survive the war, when others more powerful than him were cut down, has kept him a renegade for over a quarter century. Now, having stumbled upon something that has been kept from public knowledge, Jack intends to finish the fight and expose the dirty dealings that started the war. Complicating matters is the emergence of a villain who has just been ‘reborn’ and who intends to exact his own kind of vengeance on an unsuspecting world.
I really enjoyed this book, and I am not a 'superhero' person. The characters were well developed, and interesting, although I did sometimes get some of the PEAKs mixed up. The pacing was good, developing suspense, making me curious about the 'war.' To me, the overall tone of the story, start to finish, was sad but probably realistic and reflective of human nature. I loved the facility in New Mexico, and all that surrounded that -- I could just picture it in my head. I could picture it on the big screen, too. So, I enjoyed the book, and would recommend it!