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.
