DC Comics novels - Batman: The Court of Owls: 3: An Original Prose Novel by Greg Cox Paperback – 12 Nov. 2019

Winner of the 2020 Scribe Award for Best Original Novel; this novel sees Batman pitted against the Court of Owls, a secret society of wealthy families that have controlled Gotham for centuries using murder and money.

For generations, an apocryphal cabal has controlled Gotham from the shadows, wielding fear and violence through its undead assassins, the Talons. Its leaders meet in secrecy, hiding their identities behind masks. Once, they sought to kill Bruce Wayne who, as Batman, dealt them their greatest defeats, but they faded back into darkness before he could eliminate them entirely.

THE COURT OF OWLS

Now Gotham City is plagued with a series of brutal murders. Batman and his allies - including Nightwing and Batgirl - realize the Talons have returned. Should the Owls obtain what they seek, it could grant them power that no one could counter.