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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 wills. Nobody fights the Epics...nobody but the Reckoners.

Steelheart es el primer volumen de la elogiada «Trilogía de los Reckoners» de Brandon Sanderson, el autor de fantasía épica que más lectores está ganado en todo el mundo y que ya se ha convertido en el futuro heredero del trono de todo un género. 

David è solo un bambino quando l'oscurità perpetua cala sulla Terra e in cielo compare Calamity, una misteriosa stella che dona a uomini e donne, prima di allora intrappolati nelle loro ordinarie esistenze, poteri fuori dal comune. Questi esseri straordinari vengono ribattezzati con il nome di Epici e ben presto il loro dono li rende avidi di supremazia sugli altri uomini. Due anni più tardi, a Newcago, la città che una volta era stata Chicago, David assiste all'assassinio di suo padre da parte di uno degli Epici più potenti, Steelheart.

Selbst der stärkste Gegner ist verwundbar - du musst nur wissen, wo... Als David sechs ist, zerstört eine gewaltige Explosion die Welt, die er kannte. Einige der Überlebenden erlangen Superkräfte, die sie dazu nutzen, sich die übrigen untertan zu machen. Als David acht ist, muss er miterleben, wie einer dieser Superhelden, ein gewisser Steelheart, seinen Vater ermordet. Von da an kennt David nur ein Ziel: herauszufinden, warum sein Vater sterben musste. Und ihn zu rächen.

They told David it was impossible - that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet Steelheart - invincible, immortal, unconquerable - is dead. And he died by David's hand. Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life more simple. Instead it only made David realize he has questions. Big ones. And there's no one in Newcago who can give him the answers he needs.