Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

by Brandon Sanderson Narrated by Oliver Wyman

Overview

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a new novella collection, including a brand new, never-been-published story.

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 a brand new Stephen Leeds novella, Lies of the Beholder.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

10/15/2018
Through a compilation of three novellas, Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive) takes readers on a science fiction thrill ride through the life and mind of a schizophrenic genius as he solves high-tech mysteries. Stephen Leeds has 47 different hallucinations—people that only he can see—with each representing a different part of his brilliant mind. As he investigates cases, he takes his hallucinations with him as though they’re living people; always included are J.C. (his protector), Ivy (his psychologist), and Tobias (his philosopher and historian). Others come along as their specific knowledge is needed. In the first story, they are called upon to find a stolen camera that can take pictures of the past. In the second, they seek the stolen body of an engineer that has vital information encoded into its cells. The final story answers why Stephen’s love, Sandra, left, and whether she needs to be saved, possibly at the risk of his hallucination friends. Readers will get drawn into the fascinating world of Stephen and his friends—real and imagined—as they work together to solve the seemingly unsolvable. Agent: Joshua Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary. (Sept.)

From the Publisher

Praise for Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

“Legion is a wonderfully clever, compelling story with a brilliant ensemble of characters that just won’t leave you alone.” —Suzanne Palmer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Secret Life of Bots

“Brandon Sanderson’s Legion is a marvelously entertaining collection of linked stories, that build on each other to a fascinating conclusion. Stories that are so much fun, you almost need your own bunch of alternate personalities to appreciate them.” —Simon R. Green, New York Times-bestselling author of Night Fall

“Sanderson’s contemporary fantasy is populated with superb characterizations (as evidenced by the multiple depictions of Legion’s aspects) and is surprisingly thought-provoking.” —Kirkus

“Readers will get drawn into the fascinating world of Stephen and his friends—real and imagined—as they work together to solve the seemingly unsolvable.” —Publishers Weekly

DECEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

Narrator Oliver Wyman returns for the final Stephen Leeds adventures. Stephen's unusual mind grants him the ability to create hallucinatory personas with singular skills that are fully realized but only visible to him. Whether he’s morphed into a cocksure weapons expert or a somber historian, Stephen's personas help him solve mysteries involving strange technologies. Wyman slips smoothly into Stephen's voice and wields a staggering number of accents and inflections in portraying other characters. His narration captures both the story’s lighthearted humor and surprising relationship dynamics, resulting in a short listen enhanced by a wonderful voice. The novellas lose steam, but Wyman's narration ensures that listeners feel the impact of Sanderson's story by never losing focus on Stephen and his extraordinary mind. J.M.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172011788
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	09/18/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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