Gifted & Talented

Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake, published by Tor Publishing Group in April 2025, is a 512-page work that delves into the complex dynamics of three siblings following the death of their father. Each sibling possesses unique telepathic and electrokinetic abilities, and they must confront their long-standing rivalries and the weight of their unrealized potential as they vie for their father’s legacy. The narrative explores themes of ambition, familial conflict, and the pressures of expectation in a world where extraordinary abilities complicate personal relationships.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of character-driven storytelling as the siblings navigate their individual struggles and aspirations. Meredith, Arthur, and Eilidh each grapple with their identities and the burdens of their father’s legacy, revealing the darker sides of ambition and the quest for validation. This edition presents a blend of genres, including elements of horror and fantasy, set against a backdrop of familial tension and personal discovery. Gifted & Talented invites readers into a world where the pursuit of power and acceptance can lead to unexpected consequences.
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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
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