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.

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Wish it was longer

What made the experience of listening to Steelheart the most enjoyable?

It was an amazing story written by an amazing author. - you could very easily slip into the character's shoes and understand why he chooses to do what he does which draws you farther into the story

What did you like best about this story?

It made the objective so monumental that there was no hope in sight and showed how the characters dealt with their problems in a realistic way

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I couldn't take my earphones out - i got snappish several times when people tried to talk to me as i went about my business engrossed in the story

Any additional comments?

I wish this book was longer or part of a series or something - the world created by Brandon Sanderson is so vivid and complex that you as the reader want to see how events unfold and continue to follow the action

fun book with a good story teller

enjoyable story written for a teen age audience very clever use of metaphors like a librarian teaching geometry

Incredible performance, amazing story

Performance is amazing, just wow! Thank you so much! What a passion, what a drama! It made the story shine!

Excellent!!!

What a great story and the narration was so very good! Fast paced form start to finish!

Good stuff

Some originality on the superhero genre. Good turn of events that made it interesting. I recommend.

Comic Books Come to Life

What did you love best about Steelheart?

It reads like an adolescent boy's comic book fantasies come to life. He is still himself -- nerdy, ordinary, gauche, and easily distracted by the pretty girl. I love the classification system, all the guns, and the larger than life characters.

What did you like best about this story?

The story was bright and fast-paced with great humor.

What does MacLeod Andrews bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Andrews captures David's bravado perfectly-- the determination of a boy trying to act like a man, and the embarrassment that comes with it.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The last chapter, while not surprising, was immensely satisfying. It felt like both a resolution and a beginning, as all endings should.

Any additional comments?

Like many others, I sought out Brandon Sanderson because of the wonderful job he did with the end of the Wheel of Time. He breathed new life into a tired old story that I felt compelled to finish reading. If you are coming to his work for the same reason, you will not be disappointed.

just bangin

great ending. great universe. greatness abounds..Or shouId I say EPIC?! ;) epic universe. epicness abounds

new favorite book

I honestly could not put this thing down... I've read a lot of Mr. Sanderson stuff and this is by far my favorite. It's amazing. Seriously stop reading this and go read this book.

MISTBORN BUT WITH SUPERHEROES

I will preface this by saying that I really enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy (original ones, not the new ones). That being said, this is almost exactly the same story but with superheroes and super-tech instead of the magic system that's in Mistborn. To go along with this, the format of the story is almost identical. It's like he took his old outline and replaced the word thieves with reckoners, the EVIL OVERLOAD DUDE with STEELHEART, etc...A relatively fun story but a bit disappointed. Also, the 100,000 similes in the story, while attempting to be funny, just got old after #257.

Full disclosure: I got the 2nd book b/c I couldn't find anything else of interest at the time and it is VERY GOOD.

A solid start to the series.

Any additional comments?

This was definitely a get the ball rolling story, but it was done very well. Sanderson is one of my all time favorite authors and he doesn't disappoint with this new addition. The action is great asuaual as well as his inclination for a good plot twist, only a part of which I actually saw coming. Its no Mist Born but its well worth the credit.