"You can not stop the future. All you can do is pick a side."

This first of a trilogy set in an America in which people with special abilities, so-called. Brilliants / Abnorms and the main character, Nick Cooper, as an agent for the government (Department of Analysis & Response short DAR) works.

Nick Cooper is even an abnormal and hunting on behalf of the government his kind, presenting a risk. As about 4 years ago an abnormally named John Smith shocked the world in which it invests more than 70 "ordinary" citizens in cold blood murdered, Cooper has set itself the objective to provide John Smith. In his chase but Cooper encounters a political conspiracy, the purpose of his government unit DAR into question. Who are the real killer, the so-called. Abnormal terrorist or an entity that condemned citizens under the guise of government and executes?

I have to say that the introduction to the book was quite cumbersome. The first 100 pages were not compelling and so it have some days needed until I was carried away by the story. Again and again I've caught me and put the book aside - entertaining considered cancel it. Fortunately, I persevered and so really takes the book with Coopers later Undercover use to gain momentum and is exciting. From then I read the rest of the nearly 300 pages in one go.

Nick Cooper is a typical america safe hero who is committed to completing his military service for the good of his country. He believes in the system and is convinced to help shape a better world through his work. Interestingly, I found that Sakey has the fears and prejudices of ordinary citizens against the abnormal well drafted as background. Nick Cooper, however, seemed at first somewhat superficial because all the negative remarks seemed to bounce off him.

Nick Cooper's character is only interest is his undercover work in which little by little his work and supervisor in question. The author has also very good the truly thin dividing line between "good" and "evil" revealed without holding homilies. The plot itself seemed a bit too predictable beyond a certain point, but was nevertheless very exciting book from center.

Although the book has no open end, but leaves plenty of opportunities for the second part open, I'm going to read in spite of initial difficulties in any case.

In short, a good, political thriller with a touch of X-Men, however, had a difficult start for my taste.