It's quite rare for a novel to get this high of a rating from me - I'm BRUTAL in this regard, so when it DOES happen, you can be sure the work is well worth the listen. Single words to describe this audiobook? How about: Engaging, Powerful, Entertaining to name a few? For those of you who follow my reviews, look at my rating for this audiobook. Andrews, is strong, and worthy of the work. It's action from the very prologue through the ending of this first Reckoners novel. This audiobook delivers plans within plans, a rich world with characters with varying motivations, and all at a strong pace, told by Sanderson in his always engaging and very entertaining writing. It seems that this Hercules has an Achille's heel, a weakness that one ordinary man has quietly discovered, and is driven to both expose and deliver an end to this epic's reign of terror. So, then, you ask, where is the story in all this? This is a story of revenge, of desperation, of anger. He is Hercules without conscience, and to him, we are afterthoughts, mere distractions compared his all-encompasing power and plans. To him, the futile attempts of the government, rebels and even other epics to destroy him are not even a consideration. The epic in question, Steelheart, is a juggernaut that has little or no limits to his reign of terror. The moral compass has been totally removed from the equation, and brutality rules supreme. There are no superheroes, per se, as the various powers these unique individuals, or "epics," have acquired acquired so suddenly and completely have removed all moral boundaries and ethical limitations. In this universe he's penned, the villains reign supreme, and the old adage "Ultimate power corrupts ultimately" is the norm. In this first of his "Reckoners" series, Brandon Sanderson has, as usual, moved into a fantastic departure from the typical. Of course, it's nothing new - The greeks were all over this eons ago, and the story of Hercules is the penultimate hero, perhaps the culmination, of the genre' in its earliest era. Of all the scifi/fantasy audiobook genre to be found, one of my favorites is the superhero genre. No Moral Compass, An Achilles Heel Exposed. It is, after all, by Brandon Sanderson and, by all indications it is the start of an epic tale. book, and there is some romance that is usually associated with such genre, it does not, however, overwhelms the story anyone that like Sci-Fi adventure should like this book. This is a story that has been told many times, the struggle between good and evil, but this time Superman is not on our side can good still win? Its billed as a Y.A.
Reckoners study those like Steelheart, to learn their weaknesses. He is just a normal human and decides to recruit another group of humans, called “Reckoners” to help him. Ten years has passed and David can think of only one thing bringing Steelheart down. He exercised that particular power to transform most of Chicago and part of Lake Michigan before becoming the emperor of “Newcago.” David Charleston was an eight year old boy when he saw Steelheart murder his father. He’s virtually indestructible, he can fly and when he’s enraged he can turn inanimate objects into steel. With ultimate power comes ultimate corruption. Most thought the people that received these new found powers would use them for the benefit of mankind wrong. He is one of many that received their power from a star called Calamity that appeared in the sky one day. series, “Reckoning.” Steeheart is a super-villain. I always find it fascinating where writers get their ideas and, according to an article by Rachel Brutsch of the Deseret News, Brandon Sanderson was cut off in traffic one day and immediately thought of the other driver, “You’re lucky I don’t have super powers because I would totally blow your car off the road.” That immediate thought horrified him and he thought, “Its a good thing I don’t have superpowers.” Then he pondered, “What if the evil guys had all of the super powers?” That idea was the essence for his new Y.A. He got the idea from a near traffic accident
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