• Brilliance

  • The Brilliance Trilogy, Book 1
  • By: Marcus Sakey
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6,715 ratings)

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Brilliance

By: Marcus Sakey
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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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. 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.

©2013 Marcus Sakey (P)2013 Brilliance Audio

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Beautiful, Enganging, and simply amazing book.

This book reeled me in from the beginning, excellent audible reader as well. Voice made the characters feel real you could hear the emotion in his voice when times were bad or good.

Amazing book to listen to.

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Brilliance....

This is an awesome story, and Luke Daniels is one of the best. Great characters and dialog.

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Engaging and well read.

This was a tremendous story and a fabulous example of what can happen if we do not embrace differences in our self and others.

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Don t pass this up!!!

Excellent story plot and performance. I was snared from the beginning and thoroughly enjoyed and was up late nightly listening.

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Wow!

Amazingly good, fast paced, well written and imaginative. The narrator did a great job for the most part. Great audio book.

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Slow burn to a satisfying finish

I loved the story. There is a slow but satisfying establishment of what a world with brilliants would look like in the beginning that sets up a rapidly thrilling conclusion. I would recommend this audio book to anyone that enjoys sci-fi or thrillers.

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Pretty good

More fiction than science fiction. Not exactly what I was looking for, but it's a good story.

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Gripping story. Best narration I've heard so far.

The story is somewhat predictable but well written. The narration by Luke Daniels is excellent. Made me search for other books he narrated (there are many!).

Off to the next book in the series.

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enjoyed a very different topic.

some of it was far reaching but overall I enjoyed it. it is science fiction but takes place in 2013. interesting.

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YOU WILL GET SUCKED INTO THIS STORY

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Don't listen to this story if you have other things you need to concentrate on! Fantastically RIVETING story! It has everything and you won't be disappointed. I can't stop listening and can't wait to finish this one and start the next book!

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