“A straight-up Marvel Comics–style action drama featuring a small band of human assassins taking on costumed, superpowered supervillains with melodramatic monikers.”- Kirkus Reviews “Perfect for genre fans who love exciting adventure stories with surprising plot twists.”- School Library Journal “The near-constant action, Sanderson’s whiz-bang imaginings, and a fully realized sense of danger… make this an absolute page-turner.”- Publisher’s Weekly “Snappy dialogue, bizarre plot twists, high intensity action, and a touch of mystery and romance it’s a formula that sucks readers into the prologue, slings them through one tension-filled encounter after the other, and then.leaves them panting for the sequel.”- Booklist

He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning-and he has something they need. He wants Steelheart-the Epic who is said to be invincible. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.Īnd David wants in. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. The awed public started calling them Epics.īut Epics are no friend of man. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson presents Steelheart, the first book in the Reckoners series, an action-packed thrill ride that will leave readers breathless.

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