Alexandra Bracken's young adult science fiction novel The Darkest Minds is first published, launching the franchise.
The Darkest Minds audiobook narrated by Kate Rudd is released, expanding accessibility of the novel.
The sequel to The Darkest Minds, Never Fade, is published continuing the story of the franchise.
The third novel in The Darkest Minds series, In The Afterlight, is published.
The Darkest Minds movie adaptation is released, starring Amandla Stenberg and expanding the franchise's audience.
A novella titled The Darkest Legacy is published, adding to the franchise's expanded universe.
A mysterious disease afflicts children in the United States, killing most and leaving a small percentage with superhuman abilities known as Psi powers.
The government rounds up children with Psi abilities and confines them in rehabilitation camps for control and containment.
Ruby, a young girl with powerful and dangerous abilities, discovers she is one of the gifted and escapes a rehabilitation camp.
Ruby joins a group of escaped children who form a resistance against the government’s oppressive regime.
The resistance faces violent confrontations with the government’s special enforcers known as Guardians.
Ruby and her allies travel to find a rumored safe haven, ‘Sanctuary’, where gifted children can live free from oppression.
An epic battle occurs between the children’s resistance and government forces near Sanctuary; a turning point in the fight for freedom.
Following political pressure and public outcry, the government officially closes the rehabilitation camps.
