<P> Black and White is a 2009 book written by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge and published by Spectra Trade Paperbacks . The book is a superhero novel, similar to Soon I Will Be Invincible . It is the first book in the Icarus Project series . The second book, Shades of Gray, was released in June 2010 . </P> <P> Two super powered women who were once friends end up on opposite sides of the law . The two battle each other while trying to get to the truth and help make the world better . </P> <P> From the back of the book: They were best friends at an elite academy for superheroes in training, but now Callie Bradford, code name Iridium, and Joannie Greene, code name Jet, are mortal enemies . Jet is a by - the - book hero using her Shadow power to protect the citizens of New Chicago . Iridium, with her mastery of light, runs the city's underworld . For the Past Five Years the two have played an elaborate, and frustrating, game of Cat and Mouse . </P> <P> But now playtime's over . Separately Jet and Iridium uncover clues that point to a looming evil, one that is entwined within the Academy . As Jet works with Bruce Hunter - a normal man with an extraordinary ability to make her weak in the knees - she becomes convinced that Iridium is involved in a scheme that will level the power structure of America itself . And Iridium, teaming with the mysterious vigilante called Taser, uncovers an insidious plot that's been a decade in the making...a plot in which Jet is key . </P>

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