Brilliants, also labeled as abnorms, are people endowed
with special gifts. Horrific events of the recent years,
which revealed secret academies where brilliant children
were brainwashed, saw the escalation of John Smith's
terrorist society and brought about legislation to
microchip abnorms, have eventually led to the destruction
of three major cities and the annihilation of combatants
attacking Eric Epstein's New Canaan Holdfast. All of these
events have stemmed from the inequality between normals and
brilliants.
Since brilliants were discovered in 1986, scientists have
been searching for the genetic basis of brilliance to bring
about equality between the two entities. Dr. Abe Couzen and
Ethan Park think they have finally found the formula that
would turn normals into abnorms. To prove their project is
a success, Dr. Couzen secretly ingests the potion. However,
results are not what they anticipated. Nick Cooper, a
brilliant himself, must do everything in his power to find
the rogue doctor before things get completely out of
control with the ruination of America—and
humanity—as
the devastating outcome.
WRITTEN IN FIRE by Marcus Sakey is a fitting final
chapter to his thrilling Brilliance Trilogy. I have
read
and reviewed all three of these alternate-world-set novels
and was fittingly impressed with the mesmerizing
conclusion. Believable characterization coupled with
realistic plot progression kept my rapt attention
throughout. From my reading experience with the first two
books, BRILLIANCE and A BETTER WORLD, I was anticipating a
lot from WRITTEN IN FIRE. I was certainly not disappointed
with Sakey's adroit writing and precise narrative as he
expertly established an alternate world that feels all too
real.
The explosive conclusion to the bestselling Brilliance
Trilogy
For thirty years humanity struggled to
cope with the brilliants, the 1 percent of people born with
remarkable gifts. For thirty 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).
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