![]() ![]() Complications always crop up and it seems David and the Reckoners will come to a bad end long before they get their chance to kill Steelheart.īrandon also pays attention to creating memorable characters. You’d think that would be easy with ordinary humans taking on super powered epics but he isn’t content to let it lie there. However, if there’s one fact we can hold on to, it’s this: every Epic has a weakness.īrandon Sanderson is a master at ratcheting the tension. Light, breezy and fun to read - I love a narrator prone to creating metaphors that fail in amusing ways - this story can work for adults as well as teens. Steelheart is a superhero novel without superheroes. I enjoy superhero stories, especially when they aren’t the standard superhero fare found in the comic books of Marvel and DC comics. Of course, you know an all-powerful invulnerable Epic isn’t going to go down easily. With that, the possibility of killing Steelheart and dismantling his tyrannical government seems to be just within the Reckoner’s grasp. Known for killing low level and occasionally medium level epics, the Reckoners aren’t too keen on attempting to kill Steelheart who is one of the most powerful, invulnerable epics ever.īut David has a clue to Steelheart’s weakness as well as notebooks crammed with information about epics in Newcago (formerly Chicago) and elsewhere in the Fractured States. Now a young man, David finagles his way into a cell of the Reckoners - humans who kill Epics. Ten years ago, Steelheart killed David’s father while the boy watched. The weakest epics become scary villains while the strongest become tyrants.ĭavid Charleston, our narrator, hates Epics in general and Steelheart in particular. They are all inhuman monsters who have no regard for human life. Since Calamity burst in the sky, the world has had super powered people called Epics. Superheroes, Super Villains, Dystopian Society, Revenge, Assassination, Criminal Activities, Justice, Powers, Weaknesses, Freedom Fighters, Coming of Age, Terrorism, SUMMARY: TITLE:įantasy, Dystopian Fiction, Superhero Fiction, DESCRIPTORS: Remember, if you are interested in this book, click the mouse on the book cover to order it from your local CLEVNET library. He has a clue about the weakness of one of the most powerful Epics ever - Steelheart - and he wants the Reckoners to help him assassinate the invulnerable Emperor of Chicago. Clubĭieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, I, LT, L, LR, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.“Every single person who manifested powers - we call them Epics - turned out to be evil.”ĭavid Charleston has devoted his young life to the study of Epics. Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store." -The A.V. Period." -Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind "Action-packed." -EW.com "Compelling. Praise for the Reckoners Series: #1 New York Times Bestselling Series "The suspense is relentless and the climax explosive." -James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series "Another win for Sanderson. And David is just about crazy enough to face down the most powerful High Epic of all to get his friend back. Redemption is possible for Epics-Megan proved it. He's disappeared into those murky shadows of menace Epics are infamous for the world over, and everyone knows there's no turning back. Once the Reckoners' leader, Prof has now embraced his Epic destiny. ![]() But facing Obliteration in Babilar was too much. David knew Prof's secret, and kept it even when Prof struggled to control the effects of his Epic powers. And now Regalia has turned his closest ally into a dangerous enemy. David's fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. Order the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Firefight today! From the bestselling author of the Mistborn series and Words of Radiance comes Calamity, the final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Reckoners series: Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity. ![]()
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