Books by Marcus Sakey
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review 1: Interesting read - started off a little slow but picked up nicely - I enjoyed the futuristic but not unrealistic setting of this book where some people are gifted with genius abilities and what happens to them as a result. The story was intriguing, the characters were well writte...
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review 1: I would have loved the book. Except for the unrealistic stupidity (call me an optimist if you like) of the characters and the one-track minded evil of the bad guys. Another thing that bothers me is the US-centeredness. For something that is a worldwide phenomenon, we hear absolut...
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review 1: After reading Brilliance, I couldn't wait to find another of his books, and this one largely didn't disappoint. Although, the two deaths is not that clear to me... I did think it lost the plot a little a few times, and became a little unbelievable. I mean what couple goes for...
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review 1: This was a great story about four losers and a crime gone horribly wrong. None of these people had ever committed a crime and one is hiding dark secrets from the other three. From the outset the reader knows a four person crime probably won't work, but the intriguing part is why ...
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review 1: A man wakes up naked in the ocean with no memory of who he is or why he's there. Finding a car that appears to be his, he goes to a hotel, only to find cops after him. So who is he and what has he done? It's an interesting premise, kind of like a more every man version of the ...
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review 1: This was a really good book that went in directions I didn't expect. A story of four fairly ordinary people who get in over their heads when life nudges them to commit a crime. It kept building up; one guy was worse than the next, and in the end, they find that they're into som...
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review 1: The "us vs. them" trope is nothing new, but this IS a well-written action novel with interesting characters, plot twists, and a whiff of governmental intrigue.The parallels to X-Men (or Heroes, etc.) are obvious, but if you enjoy those stories, Brilliance is the first book in wha...