Gifted & Talented
The Bestselling, Twisting Slow Burn Fantasy from the Author of The Atlas Six
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Publisher Description
Where there’s a will, there’s a war.
From Olivie Blake, the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, magical realism meets Succession in Gifted & Talented.
Thayer Wren, brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, is dead. As the ‘father of modern technology’, he leaves an incredible legacy. But which of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children is to inherit the Wrenfare throne?
Meredith, head of her own profitable company, is lauded for practically curing mental illness. If only her journalist ex-boyfriend wasn’t set on exposing her for what she really is: a total fraud. Arthur, second-youngest congressman ever, wants to do everything right. Except he’s losing his re-election campaign and his wife might be leaving him. Heading Wrenfare could relaunch his sinking ship. Eilidh was a world-famous ballerina until a life-altering injury ended her dancing career. Gaining the company might finally validate her worth.
On the pipeline of gifted-kid-to-clinically-depressed-adult, nobody wins. Yet, as they gather to read Thayer’s final words, which Wren will come out on top?
Gifted & Talented is a compulsive story of family, twisted love and dangerous secrets from a writer at the peak of her powers.
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‘Addictively entertaining, this is Blake at the height of her abilities’
– Ava Reid, no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Lady Macbeth
‘Olivie Blake’s singular narrative voice sparkles’
– M. L. Rio, bestselling author of If We Were Villains
‘Incisive, unsparing and utterly brilliant’
– Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings
Gifted & Talented was a no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 14 April 2025.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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.
