Loved iti just personally cannot tell you how much i love this book it's so good and it's another one that i'm gonna say is i think one of his most underrated works
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Legion (2012)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive A STORY IN THREE LIFE-SHATTERING ACTS. INCLUDES THE NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED LEGION: LIES OF THE BEHOLDER. Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It's his hallucinations who are mad. A genius of unrivaled aptitude, Stephen can learn any new skill, vocation, or art in a matter of hours. However, to contain all of this, his mind creates hallucinatory people--Stephen calls them aspects--to hold and manifest the information. Wherever he goes, he is joined by a team of imaginary experts to give advice, interpretation, and explanation. He uses them to solve problems...for a price. His brain is getting a little crowded and the aspects have a tendency of taking on lives of their own. When a company hires him to recover stolen property--a camera that can allegedly take pictures of the past--Stephen finds himself in an adventure crossing oceans and fighting terrorists. What he discovers may upend the foundation of three major world religions--and, perhaps, give him a vital clue into the true nature of his aspects. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds includes the novellas Legion and Legion: Skin Deep, published together for the first time, as well as the brand-new, shocking finale to Stephen Leeds' story, Lies of the Beholder. This description comes from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781473212633
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- 92 pages
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
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Loved itLegion, it's just good it's a fun series. This is three Sanderson novellas... I had a good time with it.