Perfect fall reading! Vicious and Vengeful. V.E. Schwab's Villians series. Both in excellent used condition. Clean covers and pages, no stickers, minor shelf wear. Vicious is paperback, Vengeful is hardcover. New York Times bestselling Villains series. In the Villains series (Vicious, Vengeful) V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.