Unfortunately, it also has about the same amount of depth. This book has all the ingredients for a Hollywood blockbuster. 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. Nobody fights the Epics…nobody but the Reckoners. And to rule man you must crush his wills. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. The awed public started calling them Epics. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. This was exactly what I needed to get me back on my reading feet, so to speak.įirst sentence: I’ve seen Steelheart bleed. And because I knew it would be exciting and could be read quickly, I went for Brandon Sanderson’s superhero series. Instead, I decided to pick something completely different from Jemisin’s magnificent post-apocalpytic novel. I tried reading ten different books that I had all been looking forward to, but nothing seemed right. It’ll be your pleasure to see just exactly how spectacular fantasy books can be.Ĭalamity will be available in Hardcover, Kindle Edition, and Audible Audiobook on February 16, 2016.So, after reading The Fifth Season, a major book hangover took hold of me. I will add that if this is your first exposure to the author and his writing, explore this series and then continue with his many other works. The Reckoners seems to bridge fantasy and dystopian fiction in a natural and genuine way that will appeal to readers. In summation, if you have a younger reader in the house, give them the gift of a great story and introduce them to Sanderson’s work here. A short time and several books later, he was helping to finish up Robert Jordan’s Wheel Of Time series after that author’s passing. My first exposure to his writing was Elantris, an epic fantasy that sort of rocketed him to stardom within that genre. Though, if you aren’t a fan of his work, it’s because you’ve never read any of it. As a matter of fact, it was just like a scaled down (sentence composition, not length or quality) version of any of Sanderson’s other books. Starting off with an action scene, the story seems solid, quick, and detailed. Of course, the fact that the book is written by a Hugo Award-winning author certainly doesn’t damage its credibility! Futuristic but still realistic, this snippet gives me a good idea of the pace of the book. While the short audio preview is certainly not enough to review, it was of great quality, as with all Audible audiobooks. And David is just about crazy enough to face down the most powerful High Epic of all to get his friend back. Redemption is possible for Epics – Megan proved it. He’s disappeared into those murky shadows of menace Epics are infamous for the world over, and everyone knows there’s no turning back….īut everyone is wrong. Once the Reckoners’ leader, Prof has now embraced his Epic destiny. But facing Obliteration in Babilar was too much. And now Regalia has turned his closest ally into a dangerous enemy.ĭavid knew Prof’s secret and kept it even when Prof struggled to control the effects of his Epic powers. David’s fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. What started in the instant number-one New York Times best seller Steelheart and continued in the instant number-one New York Times best seller Firefight now concludes in Calamity. “From the best-selling author of the Mistborn series and Words of Radiance comes Calamity, the final book in the New York Times best-selling Reckoners series.
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