Academy of the Apocalypse Series by K.A. Riley

It's been more than five years since Kress and her Conspiracy defeated Krug and his Patriot Army, traveled through Europe and back, completed a cross-country rescue mission, and made it home alive.
Things were looking up for the future of the nation...until the members of the Cult of the Devoted and the teenagers of the Army of the Unsettled decided to light the fuse for an all-out civil war... moreIt's been more than five years since Kress and her Conspiracy defeated Krug and his Patriot Army, traveled through Europe and back, completed a cross-country rescue mission, and made it home alive.
Things were looking up for the future of the nation...until the members of the Cult of the Devoted and the teenagers of the Army of the Unsettled decided to light the fuse for an all-out civil war.Now, a special Academy--hidden high in the mountains and designed as a school to train young Emergents in the use of their abilities--is being forced into the fight. On the brink of a new global apocalypse, the mysterious raven-whisperer Branwynne and the techno-genetically enhanced teenagers of the Emergents Academy find themselves entangled in a three-way battle for power, where survival is doubtful, peace is impossible, and death is inevitable. less

Feeling an overpowering pull she can’t explain or control, Branwynne slips out of the Emergents Academy in search of Matholook, the mysterious and charming seventeen-year-old member of the Cult of the Devoted she first met five years ago.Heading right into the enemy camp may not seem like the most sensible thing to do, but Branwynne has never been one to blindly follow the rules—or to shy away from danger... moreFeeling an overpowering pull she can’t explain or control, Branwynne slips out of the Emergents Academy in search of Matholook, the mysterious and charming seventeen-year-old member of the Cult of the Devoted she first met five years ago.Heading right into the enemy camp may not seem like the most sensible thing to do, but Branwynne has never been one to blindly follow the rules—or to shy away from danger. Especially when her instincts are screaming at her that Matholook may have answers to questions she’s been searching for all her life.Thrust into the middle of a bloody, three-way war for power in a bleak and ravaged land, Branwynne has her loyalties tested as she closes in on the mystery of who and what she really is.What she finds may not change her life or her mind.But it could just change her heart. less

In the days before Epic—the mysterious albino techno-geneticist—is expected to light the fuse for an all-out war, Branwynne and her Asylum have been given their first major assignment: Track and report back to their teachers about the moving caravan of the Army of the Unsettled. What could be simpler? When the violence of a broken world hits close to home, Branwynne and her friends find themselves dragged into the bizarre and unexpected world of the Army of the Unsettled... moreIn the days before Epic—the mysterious albino techno-geneticist—is expected to light the fuse for an all-out war, Branwynne and her Asylum have been given their first major assignment: Track and report back to their teachers about the moving caravan of the Army of the Unsettled. What could be simpler? When the violence of a broken world hits close to home, Branwynne and her friends find themselves dragged into the bizarre and unexpected world of the Army of the Unsettled. In way over their heads, weaponless, and with no backup on the horizon, they’re about to discover the big difference between learning about the end of the world and surviving it. less