Written in Fire

The Brilliance Trilogy, Book 3

By: Marcus Sakey

Narrated by: Luke Daniels

Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

The explosive conclusion to the best-selling Brilliance Trilogy.

For 30 years humanity struggled to cope with the brilliants, the one percent of people born with remarkable gifts. For 30 years we tried to avoid a devastating civil war.

We failed.

The White House is a smoking ruin. Madison Square Garden is an internment camp. In Wyoming, an armed militia of thousands marches toward a final, apocalyptic battle.

Nick Cooper has spent his life fighting for his children and his country. Now, as the world staggers on the edge of ruin, he must risk everything he loves to face his oldest enemy - a brilliant terrorist so driven by his ideals that he will sacrifice humanity's future to achieve them.

From "one of our best storytellers" (Michael Connelly) comes the blistering conclusion to the acclaimed series that is a "forget-to-pick-up-milk, forget-to-water-the-plants, forget-to-eat total immersion experience" (Gillian Flynn).

©2016 Marcus Sakey (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Could do without all the sex

The story was good, the narration excellent. The story could have been excellent if the unnecessary sex was removed. Clearly the author believes that personal sexual gratification is more important than raising children you've already spawned. I'm not a big fan of that way of thinking.

Waiting for #4

I want to know what happens when Hawk infects the general public.
And, what about the North Koreans?
Huge cliffhanger!

Exceptional story!

This was one of the best books (trilogies) I've read! I loved it and couldn't wait for each book. Sure there were moments where I thought, why did they do that? Or, I thought they were "brilliant" how did they not see that coming? But not often enough to take away from the story or the quick paced action of the book. I also loved how the good guys weren't always good, and the bad guys weren't always bad. The main character even said, "Everyone thinks that what they're doing is the right thing". I will definitely read more from this talented author.

Great Read!

All of the book in this series are fast paced and fun to read. The characters are well written and believable, I recommend them all.

Great end to a great series

Well written end to an excellent series. I thoroughly enjoyed the narration and the whole story from beginning to end.

I just like this series, Daniels is great again.

Would you consider the audio edition of Written in Fire to be better than the print version?

Don't know.

What did you like best about this story?

Glad to return to the series. The characters could be more fleshed out, but the narrative carriers it.

What does Luke Daniels bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is the voice of this series. If I read the book, the voice in my head would be Luke Daniels.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No.

Any additional comments?

If there are more in the series, I would listen to them.

Decent conclusion but inconsistent and incomplete

Alright by the end of this series I've grown to hate Nick Cooper. His inconsistency literally caused the deaths of 100s of thousands of people. He simped hard for Shannon allowing John Smith to do as he pleased. His decisions to stay hidden caused the death of POTUS. His 1 trump card about making everyone abnorms fell flat on it's face. Nick allowed certain things to transpire thinking his trump card was key without working knowledge or known consequences. I wish the author would have stated how many people died as I'm sure it was more than 600 from Coop convincing Epstein not to deploy his defensive grid. In conclusion Nick allowed Shannon to dictate his decisions while her decisions were being dictated by John Smith. Ultimately John won while the idiot Nick road off into the sunset thinking he saved the world.

A great final act to this trilogy

This was a great final act to the trilogy I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 books and would heartily recommend this to anyone that was intrested in these kind of stories.

Good storyline for an ongoing series

The plot is set up very well. It ends the story, but leaves a continuation for the next book.

Marcus Sakey is the man!

This is the 3rd installment in the Brilliance saga. As conflict comes to a devastating head in the "normals" vs "brilliants" Nick Cooper once again finds himself risking everything to negotiate a compromise that will allow America to survive.