Okay—I had to do it.
I love manga and anime, and while this book has no illustrations, any book that
involves an ordinary Joe taking on superheroes gone bad, in an anime-style
post-apocalyptic setting was bound to interest me.
The Blurb:
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that
gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started
calling them Epics.
But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came
the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will.
Nobody fights the Epics . . . nobody but the Reckoners. A
shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics,
finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.
And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said
to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the
Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need.
Not an object, but an experience.
He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.
My review.
Wow! Action from page
one, right to the end. Sanderson is back
to writing in a way that is fresh and out-there. You feel like he has fallen in love with
writing all over again, and it is awesome.
The protagonist, David is young, hotheaded and naïve. He is
smart and too bold for his own good. He
meets people who are justifiably wary of him, and that is when his adventures
really begin. David gets put through the wringer and keeps coming back for more.
The Epics are nothing more than common thugs,
street-criminals with no class and no conscience. They abuse their super-powers as much as they
can, and they flaunt their power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The more
powerful an Epic, the higher they rise within their own ranks. Like most
street-gangs they are always jostling within their own ranks for power.
This is not a two dimensional tale of good versus evil. The
Reckoners are not without flaws of their own, and that gray area is what make
this tale interesting. There are layers
here, and yes, it is a setup for the rest of the series, but I don’t care. I
enjoyed the heck out of it, and can’t wait for the next installment!
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