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 speciali' avrebbero aiutato l'umanità a progredire in campi come la medicina e la fisica, la tecnologia e l'informatica. Ma, adesso che le prime generazioni di geni sono diventate adulte, la situazione è radicalmente cambiata. I governi hanno scoperto a proprie spese che quelle persone sono troppo intelligenti per essere controllate e, da risorse preziose, si sono rivelate una minaccia da discriminare fin dalla nascita. Una delle conseguenze di questa politica, però, è stata la comparsa di un'organizzazione terroristica guidata dal carismatico e inafferrabile John Smith, il ricercato numero 1 dalle autorità americane. Ci vuole un genio per trovarne un altro, così il compito di catturarlo viene affidato all'agente speciale Nick Cooper, pure lui dotato di straordinarie capacità logiche. È l'inizio di uno scontro senza precedenti. Di uno scontro tra due menti uniche - in cui ogni mossa di Nick potrebbe essere stata anticipata dal suo avversario -, e di uno scontro tra due personalità profondamente diverse, eppure segnate entrambe da dubbi e conflitti morali. E, nel corso di questa cruenta partita a scacchi con John Smith, Nick si renderà conto che niente è come sembra. Perché anche la giustizia custodisce un'anima nera...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A 2013 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original

In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called “brilliants,” and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Nick Cooper is among them; a federal agent, Cooper has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in—and betray his own kind.

From Marcus Sakey, “a modern master of suspense” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “one of our best storytellers” (Michael Connelly), comes an adventure that’s at once breakneck thriller and shrewd social commentary; a gripping tale of a world fundamentally different and yet horrifyingly similar to our own, where being born gifted can be a terrible curse.

In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called “brilliants,” and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Nick Cooper is among them; a federal agent, Cooper has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in — and betray his own kind.From Marcus Sakey, “a modern master of suspense” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “one of our best storytellers” (Michael Connelly), comes an adventure that’s at once breakneck thriller and shrewd social commentary; a gripping tale of a world fundamentally different and yet horrifyingly similar to our own, where being born gifted can be a terrible curse.

In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called “brilliants,” and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Nick Cooper is among them; a federal agent, Cooper has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in — and betray his own kind.From Marcus Sakey, “a modern master of suspense” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “one of our best storytellers” (Michael Connelly), comes an adventure that’s at once breakneck thriller and shrewd social commentary; a gripping tale of a world fundamentally different and yet horrifyingly similar to our own, where being born gifted can be a terrible curse.

“The House on Pine Terrace” is an intricate puzzle — a crime that leads to a romance that triggers another crime that ends with a mystery, which makes you question every event in the story.“The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away” is a haunting exploration of the wounds our warriors bear, not all of which are visible. For one soldier back from Iraq, the war is far from over. When his old squadmate comes to him for help, he sets off a chain of events that will lead him to question everything he believes — and just how far he’s willing to go.“On the Run” is a classic adventure story. On an isolated trailhead in the unforgiving mountains of New Hampshire, Gus Winter and the fugitive holding him at gunpoint will grapple in a life-and-death struggle.“Can You Help Me Out Here?” mixes humor with suspense and features villains that make us smile even as they send chills down our spine. The characters in “Crossed Double” might be made of questionable moral fiber but they are not without their own code of honor, as a father tries to explain to his wayward son.“The Lamented” examines the toll greed can take on the human conscience, even in characters who seem to lack one of their own. When their past pays them a visit, some unsavory individuals discover how easily the line between reality and imagination is blurred.

Nati e cresciuti nel South Side di Chicago, Danny Carter e il suo migliore amico Evan si sono guadagnati una piccola reputazione criminale rapinando banchi dei pegni e negozi di liquori. I due vivono alla giornata e nulla sembra poterli rimettere sulla retta via, almeno fino a quando qualcosa va storto e tutto cambia, veloce come un colpo di pistola. Passano gli anni, e Danny ha smesso di pensare al proprio passato. Si è costruito un mondo nuovo, a sua misura: una carriera rispettabile, una fidanzata stabile e la coscienza pulita. E come tutti gli altri: normale, sereno, felice. Questo finché, capitato per caso in un bar fumoso, si accorge che in un angolo c'è il suo vecchio socio che lo fissa. Indurito dalla prigione, quasi irriconoscibile, Evan non ha mai fatto il nome dell'amico e pensa di meritare una grossa ricompensa, anzi, la più grossa delle ricompense: riavere tutto il tempo e le occasioni sprecate dietro lo sbarre. Per ottenerla non si farà alcuno scrupolo. Con la sua nuova vita in gioco e un passato così scomodo e doloroso alle porte, Danny dovrà fare una scelta... Riuscirà a proteggere il proprio futuro?

Waking up half-drowned on an abandoned beach with no memory of who he is, a man stumbles on a BMW and assumes the identity of the person whose papers and clothes he locates inside, soon finding himself targeted for the man's alleged activities. By the author of The Blade Itself. Read by Christopher Lane. Reissue.

€ 13,10

Waking up half-drowned on an abandoned beach with no memory of who he is, a man stumbles on a BMW and assumes the identity of the person whose papers and clothes he locates inside, soon finding himself targeted for the man's alleged activities. By the author of The Blade Itself. Simultaneous.

€ 37,40

Four friends with dreams for a better life go too far with a plan to change their situation, and to save their own lives, they've had to take the lives of others, causing tensions to flare as things unravel and forcing each to wonder which is more dangerous: the men coming after them or their best friends? Simultaneous.

Four friends with dreams for a better life go too far with a plan to change their situation, and to save their own lives, they've had to take the lives of others, causing tensions to flare as things unravel and forcing each to wonder which is more dangerous: the men coming after them or their best friends? Simultaneous.

Tom e Anna hanno sempre desiderato due cose: la sicurezza economica e una famiglia felice. Ma dopo anni di tentativi falliti di avere un figlio non hanno raggiunto né l'uno né l'altro obiettivo. Il costo emotivo e finanziario è diventato insostenibile, i sogni di felicità che avevano coltivato sono in pericolo e anche il loro rapporto si sta progressivamente sfasciando. Poi, una notte, tutto cambia. Viene loro offerta una possibilità di gettarsi tutto quanto alle spalle e di vivere finalmente la loro favola. Ma ben presto scoprono che ogni scelta ha un prezzo, e finiscono dritti nelle mani di un gruppo di uomini senza scrupoli. Uomini che non si fermeranno finché non avranno la vendetta che cercano. Non importa dove e quando riusciranno a ottenerla...