When you find yourself trying to remember a show (or any works) that's on the tip of your tongue but just out of reach, come here - the collective brain of the TVTropes community can probably help. Post all the details you can remember (examples help). If you're looking for a trope, head over to Trope Finder. Have general questions about tropes? Visit Ask The Tropers!
jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
5th Mar, 2017 04:53:03 AM
Well search results suggest that the series is called The Icarus Project
I don't know if there is any more on TVTropes
It was a series, of which I read the first two. The first book was called Black and White, and the second was called Shades of Grey. It was a superhero setting where all powers could be classified as Shadow-based, Light-based, or Mind-based. It was widely known within the hero community that everyone with Shadow powers would eventually be driven crazy by their abilities. Every child who manifested abilities was sent to a special school, and anyone who protested or showed signs of going villain was taken away and brainwashed by the mental abilities department. The first story follows a second-generation, Dark-classified heroine who went by Jet. Her mentor figure goes crazy and tries to use her powers to devour all light in the world. The second book shows the heroes trying to break free of all the brainwashing and finding out who's kidnapping powered children. I read this a long time ago, but cannot find it anywhere.