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Brilliance (The Brilliance Trilogy Book 1) (English Edition) Kindle Ausgabe
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.
A 2013 Edgar Award Nominee
“The kind of story you’ve never read before.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher Series
“Ridiculously good. I love this story so much.” —Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl
Nominated for the Edgar, Lovey, Sideways, and Prometheus awards.
- SpracheEnglisch
- HerausgeberThomas & Mercer
- Erscheinungstermin16. Juli 2013
- Dateigröße7452 KB
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“Brilliance will make you happy from start to finish.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Simply put, Marcus Sakey's Brilliance saga is awesome.” —Kirkus
“Perfectly titled, this tour-de-force has it all—a credible protagonist, a riveting plot, and enough philosophical questions for a roomful of Jesuits.” —Cleveland Plain-Dealer
"At once mystery, thriller, family saga, and romance...The plot takes many unpredictable twists, the characters are multidimensional, the world quite believable, and the social/political commentary pointed and often chilling.” —Chicago Tribune
“A tightly plotted thriller with classic questions beating in its geeky heart.” —NPR
“Sakey paints a near future too close for comfort in this stunning thriller." —Publishers Weekly
“Sakey’s premise is utterly compelling; no committed thriller aficionado will be able to set the book down. Brilliance is disturbing—and brilliant.” —Booklist, Starred Review
“One of the finest thrillers I have ever read. A masterpiece." —Crimespree Magazine
“Brilliant.” —Chicago Sun-Times
Produktinformation
- ASIN : B00AESRRQS
- Herausgeber : Thomas & Mercer (16. Juli 2013)
- Sprache : Englisch
- Dateigröße : 7452 KB
- Text-to-Speech (Vorlesemodus) : Aktiviert
- Screenreader : Unterstützt
- Verbesserter Schriftsatz : Aktiviert
- X-Ray : Aktiviert
- Word Wise : Aktiviert
- Haftnotizen : Auf Kindle Scribe
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe : 451 Seiten
- ISBN-Quelle für Seitenzahl : 1611099692
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 213,661 in Kindle-Shop (Siehe Top 100 in Kindle-Shop)
- Nr. 2,998 in Spannung (englischsprachig)
- Nr. 10,716 in Fremdsprachige Krimis & Thriller
- Nr. 12,983 in Action - Mystery, Thriller & Spannung
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Marcus Sakeys Thriller wurden für unzählige Preise nominiert und mehrfach ausgezeichnet.
Sein Roman »Im Augenblick der Angst« wurde soeben verfilmt und »Die Abnormen« wird derzeit für den Film adaptiert.
Der Autor ist außerdem Moderator der beliebten Reisesendung »Hidden City« auf dem Travel Channel, in der er regelmäßig mit Pfefferspray eingesprüht und von Hunden attackiert wird.
Bevor er sich dem Schreiben widmete, arbeitete er als Landschaftsgärtner, Bühnentischler, 3D-Animator, Filmkritiker und Grafikdesigner (ohne Zeichentalent).
Marcus Sakey lebt mit Frau und Tochter in Chicago. Besuchen Sie ihn auf seiner Website MarcusSakey.com oder folgen Sie ihm auf Facebook und Twitter, wo er unter dem einfallsreichen Nutzernamen @MarcusSakey postet
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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.
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Nick Cooper ist Bundesagent. Genauer gesagt, Bundesagent mit einer Begabung - er ist einer der "Brilliants" und er jagt Terroristen.
Nun ist er auf der Jagd nach einem der brutalsten Terroristen Amerikas der letzten Jahre; ein "Brilliant", der dabei ist, einen Bürgerkrieg zu provozieren.
Um ihn zu finden, geht Nick Cooper undercover und stellt sich gegen alles, was er bislang als Bundesagent vertreten hat. Ob seine Sucher Erfolg hat, wird sich zeigen...
Bewertung:
Der Autor Marcus Sakey hat hier einen spannenden Auftakt zu seiner "Brilliance"-Trilogie vorgelegt. Insbesondere die Beschreibung der amerikanischen Gesellschaft, bestehend aus den "Normalos" und einigen wenigen "Brilliants", hat mich fasziniert. Er zeigt manchmal schon auf erschreckend einfache Art und Weise auf, was passiert, wenn sich eine Gesellschaft von Menschen - aus ihrer Mitte - bedroht fühlt, weil sie "anders" sind. In diesem Fall sind es Menschen, die in teils sehr eng gesteckten Bereichen, anders und/oder besser sind, z. B. die Börsenbewegung vorhersagen können oder erkennen, ob ein Mensch lügt oder nicht.
Dieser Kampf der Gesellschaft gegen "die anderen" hat mich fasziniert und teils sehr an vergangene Ereignisse, aber auch an aktuellere Ereignisse erinnert - in der Realität war es vielleicht keine Begabung, sondern eine Hautfarbe oder eine Religion.
Das ganze ist in einen spannenden Thriller verpackt, der sehr gut geschrieben ist. Die Sprache ist (zumindest im von mir gelesenen englischen Original) klar und direkt. Die Spannung hat mich einmal gepackt und bis zum Ende nicht mehr losgelassen. Die Erzählung ist nach diesem Band mehr oder weniger abgeschlossen, es ist aber auch spürbar, dass sich die Ereignisse am Ende noch weiter entwickeln können und Auswirkungen haben werden.
The main theme of book one is a fight between such Brilliants and “normal” people, an everlasting topic in human history that is, once again, mapped onto a (fictional) attribution distinguishing human beings. So, while having a moderate political background, the story is still focused on thrilling action of the protagonist caught in the middle of others’ agendas.
Our hero is Nick Cooper, a guy working for a special task force hunting criminal Brilliants. He’s a Brilliant himself, able to recognize behavioural patterns, which, amongst others, makes him a more effective fighter. It all starts out in hunting a Brilliant terrorist, made responsible for killing innocents on his way. After a major blow, Cooper goes undercover to get closer to the culprit. And this is where his whole world turns into a tempest of eye-opening events and actions. He learns that nothing is at it seems to be.
I loved this book. It took me a bit to get into the language, but then it was fast and the story peppered with twists. My suspicions were all wrong, which was a pleasant surprise especially as I didn’t feel fooled or tricked by the story. And the story’s arc played well on me as well. Very much recommended.
Allerdings hapert es etwas an der Umsetzung der jeweiligen Fähigkeiten. Vor allem die Hauptperson wird ihren angeblich brillianten Fähigkteiten nicht gerecht.
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The Brilliance Trilogy is one of those rare gems.
There are only so many stories one can write, and while I won't say that the premise of Brilliance is anything so ground-breaking as to be revolutionary, it takes the standard "superhuman" trope and integrates it seamlessly with our own real world, introducing the "Brilliants" (the 1% of humankind born with high-savant-level abilities in a given realm, without autism or other related disorders) into human history beginning in 1980 and drastically altering the course of human history since. The choice of this time frame is of particular importance because it is not so far outside the memory of most readers, yet far enough back to show us how very much could be altered if only a few key events had gone differently. The result is a society that faces many of the same issues of ostracization that plagues real-life populations, only focused on the Brilliants as opposed to Muslims/other races/transgendered individuals/etc.
We are introduced to an America where 99% of the population is normal and terrified of losing their relevance against the minority of Brilliants who are responsible for light years of advancement in medicine, technology, mathematics, science, arts, and even weaponry. As a result, they are hyper vigilant towards the very small percentage of Brilliants - as they are more commonly called, abnorms or, more crudely, "twists" - who realise their own superiority as well as the normals' oppression of their kind and respond with acts of extremely well-planned terrorism. Somewhere between the extremes is Nick Cooper. An agent of the Department Of Analysis & Response (or DAR), Nick is among the most powerful abnorms as Tier 1 intuit with the ability to translate even the most microscopic changes in body language into patterns that help him predict exactly how someone will move or react, and even how they feel. However Cooper is not working for the abnorm terrorists; in fact, as a former military man, he has spent all his life fighting those who would do his country harm. Cooper uses his talents to hunt down these terrorists using his official license to kill.
But Cooper isn't a bad guy. He devotes himself to tracking down John Smith - the country's most elusive and most dangerous abnorm, who once used his incredible planning skills to defeat four chess grand masters at once - and along the way finds himself in the path of bombings, assassins, and even corruption at the highest levels. The novel follows his pursuit of John Smith and his journey of discovery along the way. As for the rest of the plot... well I'll save that for you to read!
I gobbled down all three novels as quickly as I possibly could. It's definitely a stay-up-late-with-a-flashlight story. Marcus Sakey draws enough comparisons between real world issues and events to make his work infinitely relatable to the average reader, yet creates a fantastic enough world to create a vividly different universe. I absolutely loved the premise. The concept of Brilliance is definitely in the realm of science fiction, but as you learn more about its causes and manifestations through the course of the trilogy, it begins to feel almost plausible. The human brain is an incredible computer; Marcus Sakey merely unlocks its potential for the imaginative reader.
The writing is action-packed for sure but maintains a high level of character development throughout. You are allowed within the head of the main character - and, through his abnormal abilities, into the minds of those around him - enough to see that great power comes with both great responsibility and great pain. Brilliance isn't just a gift, like Superman's flying abilities. The fact that a powerful Reader (as they call those Brilliants who are able to sense one's deepest, darkest secrets simply based on a person's words and actions) always knows you're lying comes at the price that they know when someone doesn't really mean "I love you." It's a fascinating dichotomy. This allows for extraordinary depth to the array of personas that grace these pages, from the crass but loyal Bobby Quinn (Cooper's partner and sidekick) to the femme-fatale Shannon, an abnorm under the employee of John Smith convinced of the righteousness of her actions.
As tensions mount between the normals, who fear being out-evolved and disappearing the way of the Neanderthal, and the abnorms, who fear being rounded up as criminals simply for their remarkable abilities, Sakey's main characters play out a story of subterfuge and conspiracy that puts everything in question, from allegiance to human rights. Once you have read all three novels, you will see that this author was really in it for the long-haul from the beginning: his ability to interweave plot elements is reminiscent of J.K. Rowling, with elements of the far-thinking John Smith's master plan retrospectively visible even in this first tale.
Overall, I would recommend this book to lovers of science fiction, fantasy, superhero tales, action stories, and even detective work. There are plot twists that will throw even the most dogged reader for a loop. It is absolutely excellently written. I haven't raved about a book this much in ages! I will definitely be reading more from this author in the future.

