Steelheart

The Reckoners, Book 1

By: Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson, comes the first book in a new, action-packed thrill ride of a series - Steelheart. 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.

©2013 Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC (P)2013 Audible Inc.

Great story

Where does Steelheart rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Ranks in the top 10 books that I've listened to.

What did you like best about this story?

The goofy smart main character. Made it cool to be nerdie

Have you listened to any of Macleod Andrews’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

First time

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Made me laugh more than I thought it would

Finally

I was beginning to wonder if Audible had finally ran out of good books to listen to. I’ve had to go through several books to find another one worth listening to and finally, I found one. Action packed, unexpected, but an all-around great book and worth listening to!

action packed, interesting world

the world created is a world full of super powered humans. however, all of them become evil when using their powers. ie no heros, only supervillains. what a wonderful concept that breaks the norm.
the story telling was magnificent. I enjoyed the various character voices and they seem to suit the character type. well done overall.

Brandon Sanderson is an Epic story teller.

Not your every day run of the mill super hero story. Most definitely a must have for anyone's library.

Fun, light read for YA

The premise of this book was really interesting, it was fairly fast-paced, the characters were developed just enough (perhaps a bit underdeveloped), and the plot was good if a little simplistic. Despite being 24, I still like a lot of young adult novels, but this one came across as a tad too young for my taste.

Overall though, it satisfied what I was looking for: a quick, entertaining listen. And I do look forward to the next installment.

good interesting story.

was good just one character was done poorly. supposed to have Scotish accent and did not

Simply wonderful!

This was my first audio book that I've listened to for pleasure and not professional reasons. I've read many of Sanderson's works and I consider him one of the Master's. Listening to McLeod read the text was amazing. His timing and understanding of the author's intent was superbly conveyed by his fluid switches between the various character's voices. I only hope that more books are narrated like this.

Great start to another trilogy!

excellent story, creative tale about power and corruption. plenty of twists and turns too.

EPIC!

Thrilling to the very last page. Fast paced with unforgetable characters. Plot was very inventive with surprizing and unforeseen ending. Thanks for the rollercoaster ride!

Sanderson is a writing god

Let's just put it this way, imagine if someone was finally able to put a new and interesting twist on superheros. Now add in a classic Sanderson twisting and turning plot and that is what this book is like. 10/10 would recommend.