Legion: Lies of the Beholder

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<Legion: Lies of the Beholder
Lies of the Beholder Limited Hardcover.jpg
by Jon Foster
Legion
Follows Skin Deep
Released September 18, 2018
Publisher Tor books

Legion: Lies of the Beholder is the third and final of the Legion novellas written by Brandon Sanderson. It was first published as part of Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds an omnibus of the entire Legion series.[1]

Cover Blurb

“ Stephen Leeds, AKA "Legion," is the series' hero, a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. The third and final entry in the series, Lies of the Beholder, is perhaps the strangest, most unpredictable installment to date.
The story begins with two seemingly unrelated events: the disappearance of Armando, one of Stephen's many "aspects," and an unexpected cry for help from Sandra, the woman who, many years before, helped him learn to live with his condition. These events lead Stephen, along with several of his aspects, to a sinister high-tech firm specializing in advanced methods of human incarceration. The result is a visionary meditation on the mysteries of the human personality. Like the volumes that preceded it, Sanderson's latest is original, challenging, and utterly absorbing. In Stephen Leeds, a man constantly struggling to understand and control his own divided nature, he has created one of the most compelling heroes in recent popular fiction. Like the best of Sanderson's work, Lies of the Beholder is something special. It is the clear product of a master storyteller, and it is not to be missed.”

— Subterranean Press[2]

Summary

For a chapter by chapter summary, see /Summary.

Characters

Stephen Leeds
Stephen Leeds is a private investigator. Due to his ability to process enormous amounts of information subconsciously as well as a condition resembling schizophrenia, he manifests aspects, hallucinations that each carry a part of his immense knowledge.
Wilson
Wilson is Stephen's butler. He helps Stephen to get around and manage his aspects.
Sandra
A woman who helped Stephen to learn to control his aspects years ago, then vanished.
Kyle
The president of a shady for-profit prison company.

Publication History

Limited Hardcover Edition
2018 - Subterranean Press[3]
US Hardcover Edition (Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds)
2018 - Tor books[1]

Cover Gallery

For a cover gallery of Legion: Lies of the Beholder, see /Covers.

Notes

  1. ↑ a b Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds cover reveal
    — Tor.com - 2018-03-20#
  2. ↑ Press Release
    — SubterraneanPress.com - 2018-04-02#
  3. ↑ Peter on a limited edition hardcover
    — Twitter - 2018-03-20#
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