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Legion
by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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"No one man should have all that power".Kanye West's song "Power" can be applied to this book's underlying themes that drive to the core of what one man's ability to create or destroy can ultimately do for this world.Brandon Sanderson delivers a shor...more "No one man should have all that power".Kanye West's song "Power" can be applied to this book's underlying themes that drive to the core of what one man's ability to create or destroy can ultimately do for this world.Brandon Sanderson delivers a short story that presents it's morale and leaves you up to decide what's right or wrong in a suprisingly 87 pages,which can be swiflty read through in one sitting as I did.Legion presents the questions of what would you do if you had this power?And if you did would you destroy or would you help create?
One cannot read this book and not think of these choices,when the protagonist(and his many variations of perspectives and morale standings,but we'll get to that later) is facing a conflict that is unique and entertaining to see unfold.

Stephen Leeds is a man who has a condition,but due to it's unique syndromes cannot be accurately diagnosed.But if one were to try to diagnose Stephen,then it would be multiple personality disorder,schizophrenia,or simply insane.According to Stephen that person would be wrong because he not only sees and hears other people,he can also accumalate knowledge and ideas from the many people he is able to interact with;which in turn is actually able to keep Stephen sane from everyday hapzhards and conundrums.Do you speak Hebrew?If so,Stepehen would ask his Linguistically talented friend Kanlyani to intepret your words for him.Do you need help with that bomb over there by you?Well,hopefully Stephen's engineer friend is nearby to give him directions to disarm it or else he probably cant help you.Characters with varied opinions and skills are apart of Stephen's wonderul cast,who are there to aid him in his adventures.This condition that Stephen happily lives with is really entertaining to read and leads him to a conflict that if it were not handled by Stephen himself would most likely result in World-Devastating repurcussions.I'll let you discover what Stephen is hired to investigate because it's truly creative and written well by Mr.Sanderson and I can spend days writing an article covering my opinion on it.

Legion is the best short science-fiction story I have ever read in my long career of reading such books.But not one book I've read has lived up to this story's creative plot and cast of characters.The reader is left with many options to interpret what is really right or wrong in the conflict and choices the characters make.The plot device is successfully presented by Brandon Sanderson and continually asks the reader "What would you do with this kind of power?".Not only is the character Stephen unique in his investigative abilities,likeable charm,and witty dialogue,but the conflict is really entertaining to be read in Stephen's eyes.The book doesn't answer all your questions,but it will ultimately grant you a new perspective on the idea of having the power to create or destroy.(less)

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