Superheroes and supervillains.
Capes and cowls.
Not just characters from comic books or action movies, but for some a way of life.
Uncontrollable abilities turn the city into warzones. Gods and devils walk the streets. Entities vast and ancient beyond comprehension turn their designs to our universe, drawn by our capacity to create matter and energy seemingly from nothing. A chance encounter on a commuter train takes the life of a young woman, and brings about the end of the world.
And for Cassandra, being dead is only the beginning.
Phenomenal is a contemporary story of practical vigilantes and criminals coexisting in a culture obsessed with social media. In this familiar and mundane world, regular people are granted potentially catastrophic powers by some unknown force. This isn’t the first time in history that this has occurred, previous instances giving rise to countless myths, legends and even religions, but with humanity’s current capacity for simultaneous cruelty and indifference, it may be the last.
unpleasantries 