It reaffirms Sanderson's place as one of contemporary fiction's most intelligent - and unpredictable - voices. A novella from 1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Legion is a fast-paced, witty, and supremely fun thriller with a psychological bent. Legion: Skin Deep is speculative fiction at its most highly developed. What follows is a visionary thriller about the potential uses of technology, the mysteries of the human personality, and the ancient human need to believe that death is not the end. He may have embedded something in the cells of his now dead body. The corpse is that of a pioneer in the field of experimental biotechnology, a man whose work concerned the use of the human body as a massive storage device. As the new story begins, Leeds and his 'aspects' are hired by I3 (Innovative Information Incorporated) to recover a corpse stolen from the local morgue. Stephen Leeds, AKA ''Legion',' is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. In the stunning sequel, Legion: Skin Deep, that talent is on full display. In Legion, a short, distinctly contemporary novella filled with suspense, humor, and an endless flow of invention, Sanderson revealed a startling new facet of his singular narrative talent. His ambitious, multi-volume epics (Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive) and his stellar continuation of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series have earned both critical acclaim and a substantial popular following. Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson on Audible:īrandon Sanderson is one of the most significant fantasists to enter the field in a good many years.

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