«Un romanzo così straordinario da lasciare a bocca aperta.» Publishers Weekly «Un romanzo eccezionale. Una delle sorprese dell’anno.» Library Journal «Marcus Sakey è un maestro della suspense.» Chicago Times Nessuno ne conosce la causa, ma una cosa è certa: dal 1980, l’1% dei nuovi nati è un genio. Una percentuale altissima, che in un primo momento aveva dato speranza al mondo intero. Si pensava che quei «bambini...

Les Brillants ont tout changé. Depuis l’année 1980, 1 % de la population naît avec des dons hors du commun, comme la capacité à déceler les secrets les plus intimes d’un inconnu, à prédire l’évolution des cours de la Bourse, ou encore à se déplacer sans être vu. Trente années durant, le monde a tenté de faire face au gouffre grandissant qui séparait ces êtres exceptionnels… et nous. Aujourd'hui, un réseau terroriste dirigé par des Brillants a paralysé trois grandes villes américaines. Les ...

La Maison-Blanche est un tas de ruines fumantes. Le Madison Square Garden a été transformé en camp d'internement. Dans le Wyoming, une milice surarmée est en marche vers une communauté pacifique. L'affrontement final entre les Brillants, cette fraction de la population dotée de facultés extraordinaires, et les normaux est imminent. L'agent Nick Cooper a tout sacrifié pour son pays : sa carrière, sa famille et, peut-être, sa raison. Ayant entraperçu l'envers du décor et compris l'hypocrisie...

Ils sont dotés de facultés hors du commun. Ils représentent 1 % de la population mondiale. Ce sont les "Brillants". L'agent Nick Cooper, bien que lui-même Brillant, consacre sa vie à protéger les gens normaux en travaillant au sein du DAR, le département chargé de contrôler l’activité de ces surdoués. Pourtant, la traque de John Smith, le Brillant ennemi n° 1, va l’obliger à choisir son camp…

Good people - caught in a bad place ...When Tom and Anna Reed find $370,000 in their house one night it seems as if all their problems are solved. But what they can't quite wrap their minds around is that nothing in this life is free. Before the week is over they'll know exactly where that $370,000 came from-and come face to face with the brutal truth that in order to save your own life, sometimes you have to destroy your dreams...Praise for the nov...

The new novel from "the electric jolt American crime fiction needs." (Dennis Lehane)Four friends take on a risky opportunity to steal a fortune in dirty money. But in this game, any misstep carries lethal consequences-and these four rank amateurs are playing against the most dangerous professionals imaginable.Praise for The Amateurs and Marcus Sakey"Truly excellent. Like vintage Elmore Leonard crossed with classic Dennis Le...

“A brainy, twisty, sometimes twisted mystery.”--Gillian Flynn, author of Gone GirlA man wakes up naked and cold, half-drowned on an abandoned beach…The only sign of life for miles is an empty BMW. Inside the expensive car he finds clothes that fit perfectly, shoes for his tattered feet, a Rolex, and an auto registration in the name of Daniel Hayes, resident of Malibu, California.None of it is familiar. How did he get here? Who is he? While ...

I Wyoming kan en liten flicka se folks mörkaste hemligheter genom att studera deras kroppsspråk. I New York genomskådar en ung man de mönster som styr aktiemarknaden och hinner tjäna 300 miljarder dollar innan Dow Jones och Nasdaq tvingas stänga. I Chicago kan en kvinna passera som osynlig genom att helt enkelt placera sig där ingen tittar.År 1980 föddes i USA ett stort antal barn med unika förmågor. Nu, trettiofem år senare, växer motsättningarna mellan de vanliga människ...

Danny and Evan were born on the mean streets of Chicago and did a little bit of bad-boy stuff knocking over liquor stores. It was strictly small-time. Then Evan made a mistake and he ended up in jail.Danny went straight after that. He got himself a girl and got a job with prospects. Time passed. Then Evan got out. And Evan's not someone to let bygones be bygones. He thinks Danny owes him. And, unfortunately, Evan knows a secret or two that will tear Danny's new life apart . . .

They thought it would be easy. They were dead wrong...Alex is failing as a father.Ian keeps dangerous secrets.Jenn wants adventure.Mitch wants Jenn.Four friends just scraping by, finding comfort in each other and the hope that things will get better. But as their twenties fade in the rear-view mirror, none of them are turning out to be who - or where - they hoped.At a time when CEOs steal millions while their employees watch sav...

**Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1** New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.In this Thriller Short, bestselling author Marcus Sakey tells the tale of Cooper and Nick, two army buddies facing possible death in battle and at home. Cooper and Nick formed a bond in the army. Cooper the gunner, Nick the assistant gunner and loader. Each r...

Jason Palmer loved being a soldier. But after returning from Iraq with an "other than honourable" discharge, he's finding rebuilding his life the toughest battle yet.Elena Cruz is a talented cop, the first woman to make Chicago's prestigious Gang Intelligence Unit. She's ready for anything the job can throw at her.Until Jason's brother, a prominent community activist, is murdered in front of his own son.Now, stalked by brutal men with a shadowy agenda, Jason and Ele...