How far would you go for revenge if someone killed your father?
If someone destroyed your city?
If everything you ever loved was taken from you?
David Charleston will go to any lengths to stop Steelheart. But to exact revenge in Steelheart’s world, David will need the Reckoners—a shadowy group of rebels bent on maintaining justice.
And it turns out that the Reckoners might just need David … Reckoners might just need David too.
Look for book two in the Reckoners series, Firefight, available now.
The #1 New York Times bestseller that James Dashner called “fantastic,” with “relentless” suspense and an “explosive” climax. And don’t miss the rest of the Reckoners series, including Firefight—now a #1 New York Times bestseller—and Calamity, coming soon!
Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy, presents Steelheart, the first book in the Reckoners series, an action-packed thrill ride that will leave readers breathless.
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I started this story blind, not having heard anything about it. I didn’t even read the back cover copy. I also assumed it would be an epic fantasy because, you know, Sanderson does epic fantasy! It absolutely is NOT. Steelheart is set in a dystopian future world where a small part of the population has been transformed into superpowered people …
Recommend the entire series! Quite different and very engaging!
Loved this book, loved the series! I will reread this series in a couple of years, it will be like visiting favorite friends and family. This author never disappoints!
Actual rating: 4.5
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That was SO great! I don’t know, but I think I’m really getting into this whole superhero genre; and the fact that this book actually SUBVERTED the idea that the heroes are the good guys was a genius exploitation of the loophole of power. Absolute power definitely corrupts absolutely in Steelheart. The twists and …
Wow, I love these!
In general I think superhero stories have been beaten to death lately. It’s hard to come up with a truly new concept within that genre, but I think Sanderson’s Reckoners trilogy managed to do it. He blends the dystopian genre with superheroes, creating a world ruled by supervillains called Epics. Sanderson incorporates a lot of classic features of …
This is not my favorite world from Sanderson but boy can he write. Very creative premise.
Brandon Sanderson for the win yet again!!