The first book in the best-selling Talented Saga, Talented is an emotionally raw, mind-bending tale about the life of a girl with extraordinary psychic powers, and what happens when a heart is torn between love and rage.
Talia Lyons is Talented. She is a Mental Manipulator: able to read the minds of others and manipulate their thoughts. Her childhood obliterated by the merciless killing of her parents, Talia became dedicated to honing her naturally extraordinary Talent into an unprecedented asset. Her life’s Mission? Vengeance upon the man responsible for her shattered existence. The man responsible for the bloodshed marring her memories of the family she lost: Ian Crane.
Now, at seventeen, there is only one obstacle between Talia and the retribution she yearns for. Talia must spend a year in the Hunters’ Village- the headquarters of the country’s elite covert Operatives – where she will acquire both the training and the access to eliminate Crane.
Luckily, the love of Talia’s life is also based there. Donavon is the only person Talia has relied on since her loss. But Donavon is hiding crucial secrets, beyond the mental barriers Talia swore never to cross with him. Erik, her philandering teammate certainly doesn’t mind looking into it, though. The things that Erik says, the unbidden annoyance and frustration she feels towards him, plus the reasons why his opinion in particular bothers her: these are distractions Talia cannot allow.
With all of these things surrounding her daily life, she is battling to sustain her focus. Talia can’t afford to have the feelings and distractions of an ordinary teenage girl. Because she may not know it yet, but her powers, her life, and Talia herself are destined to change the entire world
