A Better World

A Better World

<p>The brilliants changed everything. Since 1980, one percent 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.</p><p>Now a terrorist network led by brilliants has crippled three cities. Supermarket shelves stand empty. 911 calls go unanswered. Fanatics are burning people alive.</p><p>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.</p><p>And to reach it, they’re willing to burn this one down.</p> <p>From Marcus Sakey, “the master of the mindful page turner” (Gillian Flynn) and “one of our best storytellers” (Michael Connelly), Book Two of the Brilliance Saga is a relentless thrill ride that will change the way you look at your world—and the people around you.</p><p>“The kind of story you’ve never read before.” —Lee Child, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Jack Reacher Series</p><p>“Ridiculously good. I love this story so much.” —Gillian Flynn, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Gone Girl</i></p><p>“Simply put, Marcus Sakey's Brilliance saga is awesome.” —<i>Kirkus</i></p>