Steelheart – Brandon Sanderson
Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come.
The first book in Brandon Sanderson’s YA Reckoners trilogy, Steelheart takes a look at what happens when powerful beings you think are here to save you turn out to be the ones set out to destroy you instead. This is the reality for David, our MC, whose father is killed by one of these power-hungry Epics, and who seeks revenge by joining a secret hit squad out to destroy these beings. Action-packed, with some lighter moments of hilarity, as well as some deeper introspection on the nature of humanity.
Official blurb:
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills.
Nobody fights the Epics…nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.
And David wants in. He wants Steelheart – the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David’s father. For years, like the Reckoners, David’s been studying, and planning – and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.
He’s seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.
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