Brilliance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611099690)

A 2013 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original

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.

Author: Marcus Sakey
ISBN-10: 1611099692
ISBN-13: 9781611099690
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2013
Pages: 452
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.57w x 1.25d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2013 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly 05/13/2013
Library Journal 06/15/2013 pg. 86
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001