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Steelheart
by Brandon Sanderson
God! Sanderson kicks ass.
This man has the imagination and talent of only a handful of authors.
I'm still in shock of this plot, world and characters.
I first bumped into Sanderson on a whim, I was coming down from a high, Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles, and wasn't really expecting much after that doozy. Could I have been more wrong.
There are so many aspects to this that I am just a gaping fan girl right now and hate it but love it at the same time.
We're set in an apocalyptic era. Just newly born, Epics, unnaturally strong and powerful humans who have...evolutionized? I'm not sure exactly the transformation, and the characters in the book tend to debate it as well. I am fully anticipating to be mind blown in the next book, as I am sure their secrets will be pealed away.
The book starts out with our young David and his father at a bank. Epics are still new to the world at this point in time. During this outing, David, his father and the patrons of the bank are confronted by a new-to-town Epic who is more or less demanding their allegiance. In this demand he means to display his powers and starts eliminating random people.
When people lose hope of surviving this monster, a more powerful Epic intervenes and everyone breathes a sigh of relief, a savior perhaps?...Until he announces that he will be controlling the people here and asks the former Epics loyalty. In the end, we're left with a devastating scene, as you well can imagine and a heartbreaking mission from our young hero.
David grows up in a world taken over by Epics with one mission in mind. Kill the Epic that destroyed his life. By what means does this mere mortal mean to kill an Epic of such great power? A group called the Reckoners. HOLLER. This is a pretty bad ass group, that David has followed since he set out on his mission. They kill Epics for a living, they eat, sleep and breathe plans to kill these monsters that have taken over the world. When they arrive in his town, David is determined to enter into their ranks.
And so begins our glorious, wonderfully well written story.
Enjoy!
This man has the imagination and talent of only a handful of authors.
I'm still in shock of this plot, world and characters.
I first bumped into Sanderson on a whim, I was coming down from a high, Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicles, and wasn't really expecting much after that doozy. Could I have been more wrong.
There are so many aspects to this that I am just a gaping fan girl right now and hate it but love it at the same time.
We're set in an apocalyptic era. Just newly born, Epics, unnaturally strong and powerful humans who have...evolutionized? I'm not sure exactly the transformation, and the characters in the book tend to debate it as well. I am fully anticipating to be mind blown in the next book, as I am sure their secrets will be pealed away.
The book starts out with our young David and his father at a bank. Epics are still new to the world at this point in time. During this outing, David, his father and the patrons of the bank are confronted by a new-to-town Epic who is more or less demanding their allegiance. In this demand he means to display his powers and starts eliminating random people.
When people lose hope of surviving this monster, a more powerful Epic intervenes and everyone breathes a sigh of relief, a savior perhaps?...Until he announces that he will be controlling the people here and asks the former Epics loyalty. In the end, we're left with a devastating scene, as you well can imagine and a heartbreaking mission from our young hero.
David grows up in a world taken over by Epics with one mission in mind. Kill the Epic that destroyed his life. By what means does this mere mortal mean to kill an Epic of such great power? A group called the Reckoners. HOLLER. This is a pretty bad ass group, that David has followed since he set out on his mission. They kill Epics for a living, they eat, sleep and breathe plans to kill these monsters that have taken over the world. When they arrive in his town, David is determined to enter into their ranks.
And so begins our glorious, wonderfully well written story.
Enjoy!