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. 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.