Steelheart (Reckoners Book 1)
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Fantasy
Released: 24 September 2013
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Ten years ago, a cosmic event called Calamity granted ordinary people extraordinary powers — and every one of them became a tyrant. Now a shadowy resistance called the Reckoners hunts down these Epics one by one. Young David wants in, because he alone has seen the seemingly invincible Steelheart bleed. Set in a ruined Chicago buried under steel, this is a fast-paced superhero story told from the other side — where the powered are the villains and the powerless are the heroes.
Following on from my recent Mistborn recommendation, I’ve persisted with working through Brandon Sanderson’s bibliography and I continue to really enjoy his writing.
Steelheart, the first book of The Reckoners trilogy. It’s set in yet another dystopian world where there are infamous super heroes, called Epics.
Steelheart follows a group of Reckoners (the resistance to the Epics) in Newcago (formerly Chicago) where they hatch a plan to overthrow the ruling epic, Steelheart.
I finished this book in a few days and I’m now thoroughly enjoying its sequel, Firefight (post coming on that one soon). Sanderson continues to write in a simple, yet really engaging way and once again this book had me hooked from the start.
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