: Survivors are categorized by the government based on their abilities and assigned a color-coded threat level: Green : Enhanced intelligence Blue : Telekinesis (moving objects with their minds) Yellow/Gold : Electrokinesis (controlling electricity)
: Pyrokinesis (generating and controlling fire; considered the most lethal and often "terminated" or heavily controlled) Core Characters : The Darkest Minds
For a comprehensive guide to , it's helpful to look at the series from two perspectives: the book series by Alexandra Bracken and its film adaptation. The Book Series : Survivors are categorized by the government based
The series is set in a dystopian future where a mysterious disease called (Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration) kills most children, leaving survivors with powerful, psychic abilities. The government, fearing these children, rounds them up into internment camps. Reading Order : The Darkest Minds (Book 1) Never Fade (Book 2) In the Afterlight (Book 3) Reading Order : The Darkest Minds (Book 1)
(Collection of novellas: In Time , Sparks Rise , and Beyond the Night )
(Book 4, set five years later and focused on the character Zu)
: A brave leader and "Blue" who becomes Ruby's primary love interest.