Steelheart
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4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller from Brandon Sanderson, the author of Oathbringer, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy. And don’t miss the rest of the Reckoners series: Firefight and Calamity.
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 too.
Look for book two in the Reckoners series, Firefight, available now.
Praise for the Reckoners series
#1 New York Times Bestselling Series
“Another win for Sanderson . . . he’s simply a brilliant writer. Period.” —Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind
“Action-packed.” —EW.com
“Compelling. . . . 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. Club
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Steelheart is the most thrilling revision of the superhero world that we’ve seen since Watchmen. Teenager David Charleston can barely remember a time when superhumans didn’t rule over the shambles of America, but his father’s murder by Chicago’s brutal ruler, Steelheart, has him bent on retribution. As he seeks to join a covert group dedicated to destroying their near-omnipotent overlords, David’s personal knowledge of Steelheart’s weakness could change everything—or push him over the edge. Brandon Sanderson has created a genre-defying dystopia that’s both philosophical and exciting.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
On the heels of his YA debut, The Rithmatist, Sanderson opens another series for teens with an ultraviolent yet playful entry into the superhero genre. More than a decade ago, a mysterious event known as Calamity created Epics powerful beings straight out of the comics, complete with both incredible abilities (invulnerability, illusion, transmutation) and silly weaknesses (smoke, UV light, being attacked by someone exactly 37 years old). Thus far, the Epics appear to be wholly corrupt, with villains rising up to subjugate humans and take over the world. David's father was killed by a ruthless Epic named Steelheart, and David, now 18, has waited 10 years for revenge, certain that he holds the key to Steelheart's weakness. Hooking up with a ragtag group of rebel Epic-killers, David and crew knock off Steelheart's subordinates and lure him out. Although readers may not be surprised at the twists that arise, the near-constant action, Sanderson's whiz-bang imaginings, and a fully realized sense of danger (the brutal opening scene alone will hook many) make this an absolute page-turner. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
I would recommend this 💯
This is the first book I have read from this author, and I don’t regret it. If you like the hunger games, you probably would like this. If you’ve ever read the divergent series, it is kind of like that.
Spoiler alert!!!
I can’t believe that Megan was an epic! It was one of the biggest moments in this book that I will remember!
Horrible
Not in English at all
Amazing
Steelheart is AMAZING. After seeing some of the other reviews, I decided to add my own two cents. The plot is PHENOMENAL and the characters are FLESHED OUT. This is a sparking great book.
Slontzes.