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. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (A Reckoners Novel 1). Period.” -Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind Look for book two in the Reckoners series, Firefight, available now. But to exact revenge in Steelheart’s world, David will need the Reckoners-a shadowy group of rebels bent on maintaining justice.Īnd it turns out that the Reckoners might just need David too. Instead, the roles are reversed, and the superhumans, called Epics, have random powers (and even more random weaknesses) that slowly corrupt them. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. Brandon Sanderson, the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance. Unlike most superhero fiction these days, this novel doesn’t focus on a superhero fighting a supervillian. If everything you ever loved was taken from you?ĭavid Charleston will go to any lengths to stop Steelheart. Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart offers an alternative look at the superhero narrative.

How far would you go for revenge if someone killed your father? And don’t miss the rest of the Reckoners series: Firefight and Calamity. Delacorte, 18. 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.

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