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Gifted & Talented

Audiobook
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Wait time: About 18 weeks
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Wait time: About 18 weeks

"Eunice Wong's narration is clear, well paced, and emotionally balanced...This is a thoughtful, slow-burning novel with a narration that complements the complexity of the plot." — AudioFile

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential.


Where there's a will, there's a war.

Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible inheritor to the Wrenfare throne.
Or at least, so they like to think.
Meredith, textbook accomplished eldest daughter and the head of her own groundbreaking biotech company, has recently cured mental illness. You're welcome! If only her father's fortune wasn't her last hope for keeping her journalist ex-boyfriend from exposing what she really is: a total fraud.
Arthur, second-youngest congressman in history, fights the good fight every day of his life. And yet, his wife might be leaving him, and he's losing his re-election campaign. But his dead father's approval in the form of a seat on the Wrenfare throne might just turn his sinking ship around.
Eilidh, once the world's most famous ballerina, has spent the last five years as a run-of-the-mill marketing executive at her father's company after a life-altering injury put an end to her prodigious career. She might be lacking in accolades compared to her siblings, but if her father left her everything, it would finally validate her worth—by confirming she'd been his favorite all along.
On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins—but which Wren will come out on top?
Also by Olivie Blake
The Atlas Six
The Atlas Paradox
The Atlas Complex
Alone with You in the Ether
One for My Enemy
Masters of Death
Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal
As Alexene Farol Follmuth
Twelfth Knight

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 10, 2025
      Succession gets the dark fantasy treatment in this riveting standalone from bestseller Blake (The Atlas Six). Thayer Wren, longtime CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, has died, and his three children vie for control of his magically backed empire. Each also deals with their own individual struggles. Meredith, the oldest and the owner of her own “magitech” company, fears being exposed by her journalist boyfriend for committing corporate fraud. Middle child Arthur, a congressman, is on the brink of divorce and faces public mockery for his floundering political career. Finally, there’s Eilidh, the magnate’s youngest but most beloved daughter, who’s devastated after her promising ballet career is cut short by an injury. Before their father’s spirit can rest, the three must settle their differences. Blake keeps the vaguely delineated magic in the backseat, there to provide atmosphere, not to move the plot along. Instead, the focus is on the siblings’ complex relationships with their deceased father, their friends, their partners, and society. Though hardcore fantasy readers may be disappointed, it’s just the kind of deliciously toxic interpersonal miasma that Blake’s fans have come to expect. Agent: Amelia Appel, Triada US.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook follows three magically gifted siblings who reunite after the death of their father, a tech mogul. Each is vying for control of the family legacy. Meredith is a brilliant yet fraudulent biotech mogul, Arthur is a young congressman facing political and personal collapse, and Eilidh is a former ballerina working a forgettable job at their father's company. As old rivalries resurface and family tensions mount, magic simmers in the background, adding a fantastical twist to the character-driven drama. Eunice Wong's narration is clear, well paced, and emotionally balanced. Wong brings enough variation to distinguish each sibling's perspective and maintains clarity through shifts in tone. Her delivery suits the introspective mood of the story. This is a thoughtful, slow-burning novel with a narration that complements the complexity of the plot. F.S.M. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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