Brilliance Download To download now please click the link below: brilliance.dazzlingoffer.com In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called “brilliants,” and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Nick Cooper is among them; a federal agent, Cooper has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in—and betray his own kind. From Marcus Sakey, “a modern master of suspense” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “one of our best storytellers” (Michael Connelly), comes an adventure that’s at once breakneck thriller and shrewd social commentary; a gripping tale of a world fundamentally different and yet horrifyingly similar to our own, where being born gifted can be a terrible curse.
Reviews “First off, take all those blurbs about "nothing you've ever read before" and throw them out the window. You've read it before. What you will discover though is that Brilliance takes a decent idea and spins it into a absolutely fabulous story. As one person mentioned, there is no small part of X-Men in here. Essentially you have the abnorms (Mutants) that began being born in 1980. Some of the mutants are good, some are bad, others are trying to get by. Their abilities are all focused in the mind (no laser eyes or metal claws), but they are jumping science forward by leaps and bounds. You'll quickly understand that even though the book takes place in 2013, this is a completely alternate history. The world is different, the technology is more advanced and the rules have changed. The book successfully intertwines the life of Nick Cooper, a powerful abnorm who works for the government with a wide cast of other characters. Nick hunts down terrorist abnorms for a living. Due to their powers, they've already crashed the stock market and in their fight for equality, some have taken to outright warfare against the government. Lead among the terrorists is John Smith, a man who orchestrated a major terrorist attack in Washington DC and is planning several more. To give more of the story away would deny you of the myriad twists and turns the story takes. Needless to say, the story is a lot more intricate than it appears at first glance. It delves into issues of trust, racism, inadequacy and humanity in ways that modern genre fiction have failed to do.
And despite it being the first of a trilogy, it is completely satisfying when read by itself. So you won't have 18 months of cliffhangers to deal with. It is my favorite book of the year so far and I can't wait to read what happens next.� ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“As one first reads `Brilliance' it almost recalls shades of X-Men, but the story and plot soon overwhelm that. Parents used to wish their child might be gifted, now for many it seems more of a curse. This is America, but an America where, since 1980 some children are born with special abilities, they look like everyone else, but they are brilliant in some aspect. It might be the ability to see the twists and turns of the stock market, or another person's movements, build a valve to replace an artificial heart, or to program software to accomplish the impossible. Some of these brilliants use their gifts for good and others for their own gain, or revenge and civil war... bringing down world financial systems or military defenses. An agency with extraordinary powers is formed - the DAR Equitable Services. Their best and most trusted agent is a brilliant, an abnorm - Nick Cooper, working with normals to hunt down brilliants that endanger society. For those who have experienced life as a military brat, the background of Cooper is so aptly described. There are clever scenes and twists and turns in the plot that show both sides -the norms and the abnorms. There are points and names, especially in the beginning where information is not fully disclosed, until pages later, or at times the motivations of the brilliants are murky. There is a most interesting and absorbing secondary plot, Nick Cooper's family; an ex-wife, with whom he is on excellent terms, a normal son and a daughter who is also a brilliant and who will soon be tested and sent to the abhorrent schools where brilliants are exiled to, taken from her family forever. Cooper volunteers to be blamed for a massive bombing to hunt down the most sought after brilliant of them all...John Smith. He will kill him, in return for his daughter never being tested. If ever there was a page turner, this is it. No matter what, you cannot possibly guess or see all the twists and turns in the storyline. As the story concludes, the reasons for all the actions taken seem radical and excessive; but for those who desire power and control, even unreasonable actions are the norm. Will truth or power win out? The book is a stand-alone book; but for those who enjoy it the last 4 words are: End of book one.�
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