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''The New Heroes,'' also known as ''Quantum Prophecy'' Stateside, is a trilogy of novels by Irish author Michael Carroll. The books are set in a universe where superheroes and supervillains were commonplace until 10 years previously, when every one of them vanished. The books detail the adventures of the first of a new generation of hero's, Colin, Danny, and Reneta.

At times, the series subverts the conventions of the superhero genre but at other times gleefully embraces them.

The three books are:
#''The Quantum Prophecy (The Awakening)''
#''Sakkara (The Gathering)''
#''Absolute Power (The Reckoning)''

Also has ''Literature/{{Superhuman}}'' a prequel series set 26 years before the events of book one.

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!!These books provide examples of:
* ApocalypseHow: Towards the end of book three, in order to [[spoiler: stop a global conflict, Reneta freezes the entirety of the planet into diamond.]]
* ActionGirl: Renata is a superhuman who defeats evil by turning into diamond.
** Stephanie Cord is this, especially in the later books.
* ActionMom: Caroline continued to fight as Energy after she gave birth to Colin. Even after she loses her powers, she can still take care of her fair share of mooks, stand up to Dioxin and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking make everyone in Sakkara do his or her homework.]]
* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Max Dalton]] is an UnscrupulousHero throughout the first book.
* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Danny, after the first book and a half]]
* BadassNormal: Solomon Cord the ComicBook/IronMan [Expy] counts.
** Razor is another example.
** Solomon's daughter Stephanie also qualifies.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Titan has a large letter T on his chest.
* DarkAgeOfSupernames: Too many to mention, but the worst offender is probably [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]] Facade.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Razor's real name is [[spoiler: Garland Lighthouse]]. He won't tell anyone his middle name.
* FlyingBrick Titan, formerly. [[spoiler:Colin also develops the power of flight towards the middle parts of the third novel, along with his previous invulnerability.]]
* FullNameBasis: Max is almost always referred to as Max Dalton by the narration. The characters however, usually use his first name.
* GadgeteerGenius: Solomon Cord is definitely one of these.
** Razor unexpectedly morphs into this from Sakkara onwards. [[spoiler:He ends up being the driving designer behind the new Paragon armor and Danny's mechanical arm.]]
* HeelFaceTurn [[spoiler:Yvonne, at the end of Sakkara.]]
* HumanPopsicle: Renata was frozen as diamond for 10 years.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Razor is this, in book 1
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Max Dalton believes that control is the best option for all.]]
* KnightTemplarParent
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Colin and Danny, at the start of the books.
* ParentalAbandonment: Everyone but Colin to some extent.
* ProphecyTwist: Danny does not lead an [[spoiler: army of evil superhumans, but leads a group of them to freedom.]]
* ShapeshifterModeLock Facade who ended up stuck as [[spoiler:Danny's Dad Quantum. It didn't work out too badly for him and he went on to raise Quantum's kid, have a child with Quantum's wife and pretty much be a much better dad to Danny than Quantum ever could.]]
* SuperpowerfulGenetics
* YoureNotMyFather: To poor Facade...
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