The story itself is nothing new: an agent, to unearthly gifted people recognized, everything is completely different than it seems, etc ..
But it's fun to read this novel because beneath the surface lies a strong criticism of the current, the American political system and some parallels to case versus Snowden NSA are currently very scary.
All figures are well thought out, and as they rotate within the story and contact, and to develop new facets within the whole plots again, all this I liked.
Conclusion: I will now not reveal too much, but who mixed on political thriller with science fiction and a little Agent Action is who should be happy with the book "Brilliance". I am really looking forward to the second part. 4 good star.