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A review by stlorca
Legion by Brandon Sanderson
4.0
Brandon Sanderson's Legion is a novella about detective Stephen Leeds, suffering from multiple personalities—whose different identities not only coexist but present themselves at the same time.
At the same time they're self-aware: they know they're hallucinations, but they still band together to help the prime personality solve crimes. Each identity has an area of specialization: "J.C." is a weapons specialist; "Ivy" is able to instantly piece together clues from any situation to tell if someone is lying, or to recreate a crime; "Kalmaya" is a linguist, able to master any language after a few hours' study...you get the idea. What's unique is that Leeds perceives them as a group of people talking to him and to each other.
Leeds is engaged by Monica, a scientist at a high-tech development company, to find and return the inventor of a camera that can take photos of any event in the history of the world. (There's a certain amount of hand-waving about this, but I'm just quibbling.) Thanks to his unique gift, Leeds pretty much instantly divines what's up and with that, the game is afoot.
Very entertaining and written in a breezy style, it's a great read for a trip or a vacation. It would make a pretty interesting TV show. I give it a solid B.
At the same time they're self-aware: they know they're hallucinations, but they still band together to help the prime personality solve crimes. Each identity has an area of specialization: "J.C." is a weapons specialist; "Ivy" is able to instantly piece together clues from any situation to tell if someone is lying, or to recreate a crime; "Kalmaya" is a linguist, able to master any language after a few hours' study...you get the idea. What's unique is that Leeds perceives them as a group of people talking to him and to each other.
Leeds is engaged by Monica, a scientist at a high-tech development company, to find and return the inventor of a camera that can take photos of any event in the history of the world. (There's a certain amount of hand-waving about this, but I'm just quibbling.) Thanks to his unique gift, Leeds pretty much instantly divines what's up and with that, the game is afoot.
Very entertaining and written in a breezy style, it's a great read for a trip or a vacation. It would make a pretty interesting TV show. I give it a solid B.