Steelheart is apparently invulnerable, is able to fly, can hurl blasts of energy, and can turn inanimate matter to steel he has turned all of Chicago to steel for kilometers around and into the ground. Newcago is ruled by the extremely powerful Epic named Steelheart, who has created a society run by other powerful Epics, with normal people living with normal jobs. The story is told through the perspective of David, an orphaned teenager living in Newcago (formerly known as Chicago). The United States, and possibly other parts of the world, was changed when a burst in the sky known as Calamity gave normal people powers. For years, like the Reckoners, David has been studying, and planning, and he has something they need. When Steelheart came to Chicago, he killed David’s father. nobody but the Reckoners.Ī shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. It is said that no bullet can harm him, no sword can split his skin, and no fire can burn him. Steelheart possesses the strength of ten men and can control the elements. Now, in what was once Chicago, an astonishingly powerful Epic named Steelheart has installed himself as emperor. And to rule man, you must crush his will. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. The awed public started calling them Epics.Įpics are no friends of man. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary people extraordinary powers. Steelheart was published by Random House Children's Books (US) and Gollancz (UK). It was followed by a short story, Mitosis, two more novels, Firefight and Calamity, and the audio book special Lux. Un fantasy in cui ad avere i superpoteri sono i cattivi, in stile Marvel, un romanzo che vi lascerà senza fiato.Steelheartis a sci-fi novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. E nonostante tutti pensino che Steelheart, Cuore d'Acciaio, sia invincibile, David sa che non è così, perché lo ha visto sanguinare con i propri occhi. Ora cerca vendetta, e sa che l'unico modo per ottenerla è entrare a far parte degli Eliminatori, un'organizzazione che agisce nell'ombra, studiando le debolezze degli Epici e combattendoli strenuamente. Questi esseri straordinari vengono ribattezzati con il nome di Epici e ben presto il loro dono li rende avidi di supremazia sugli altri uomini.ĭue 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. 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.

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson