Brilliance

"What if the X-men were real? They’d probably have powers a lot like Marcus Sakey’s “brilliants” — endowed not with disbelief-straining flight or laser eyes but with accelerated human talents like pattern recognition, programming and strategy. And they’d have a much more destructive influence than guys like Magneto ever dreamed of. Brilliants wreck the stock market, for example, before the book even starts. The government, of course, is hunting down brilliants, desperate to keep them out of sight — but our hero, Agent Nick Cooper, is hiding some explosive secrets of his own. Brilliance is a tightly plotted thriller with classic questions beating in its geeky heart."