Power Divide

In the near future, humans start awakening superpowers. Some gain the ability to manipulate elements, others can move faster than light, and a rare few can twist the laws of reality. With powers spreading, society is forced to adapt. A new system is built—one where superpowered individuals are split into two categories: Heroes, managed and marketed by the elite Hero League, and Rogues, those who reject the system and live as outlaws. The unnamed protagonist—ordinary until now—awakens a powerful ability and becomes the subject of immediate attention. The Hero League wants to recruit them, offering fame, training, and safety. The Rogues offer freedom, danger, and total independence. Both sides promise power. Both sides hide ugly truths. Refusing to blindly follow either path, the protagonist begins to forge a third way—forming a neutral group of powered individuals committed to protecting the city without control, corruption, or fear. But going independent comes with a cost. The media turns. Both the League and the Rogues label the protagonist a threat. Battles break out in the streets. Friendships fracture. A member of the neutral faction is killed in a betrayal that nearly ends everything. Just when the new group seems on the edge of collapse, public opinion begins to shift. People begin to see the cracks in the League’s shiny image and the violence behind the Rogues’ freedom. The protagonist’s group wins support not through force but through integrity and sacrifice. The novel climaxes in a massive three-way confrontation between the protagonist’s faction, the Hero League, and the Rogues. After intense battles and heavy losses, a turning point is reached. With the public fully behind the protagonist, the factions agree to dissolve their grip on power. The story ends not with dominance but with balance. A new council—made up of heroes, rogues, and everyday citizens—is formed. The protagonist, now a true leader, continues forward as a symbol of a third path in a world that finally has room for more than black and white.