From publisher blurb:
Psychologists, journalists, intelligence bureaus, and law enforcement agencies around the world have studied the terrorist criminal group known as the Syndicate. These organizations have sought to understand the Syndicate’s motives, strategies, tactics, and weaknesses. These investigations inevitably lead to the same big question: how do so many dangerous, deranged, and cruel individuals work together at all? Why haven’t they killed one another?
The Syndicate’s membership roster includes numerous super-powered beings with strong and egotistical personalities. At times, they despise one another. When they fight among themselves, any bystanders learn to get out of the way to avoid becoming collateral damage. The group’s powers make them both daring and ruthless. Despite their differences, the Syndicate’s members share bonds that keep the group united against the world. These bonds include greed, a world filled with enemies they hold in common, and most importantly, underlying respect (and fear) towards their leader, Dale Anderson. If they fall out of line or cause too much trouble for the Syndicate, Anderson can always infect them with her psychic splinters and “reform” their thinking—permanently.