Review: A Better World by Marcus Sakey

A Mysterious Review of A Better World by Marcus Sakey. The Brilliance Saga.

Review summary: This second book in the Brilliance saga doesn't really advance the story much from its far better predecessor, and while it has some good moments, it is basically a bridge between two points and not a novel that can stand on its own. (Click here for text of full review.)

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A Better World
Marcus Sakey
The Brilliance Saga
Thomas & Mercer (June 2014)

Publisher synopsis: The brilliants changed everything.

Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born with gifts we'd only dreamed of. The ability to sense a person's most intimate secrets, or predict the stock market, or move virtually unseen. For thirty years the world has struggled with a growing divide between the exceptional … and the rest of us.

Now a terrorist network led by brilliants has crippled three cities. Supermarket shelves stand empty. 911 calls go unanswered. Fanatics are burning people alive.

Nick Cooper has always fought to make the world better for his children. As both a brilliant and an advisor to the president of the United States, he's against everything the terrorists represent. But as America slides toward a devastating civil war, Cooper is forced to play a game he dares not lose — because his opponents have their own vision of a better world.

And to reach it, they're willing to burn this one down.