The #1 New York Times bestseller and sequel to Steelheart from Brandon Sanderson, the author of Oathbringer, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy, presents the second book in the Reckoners series: Firefight. And don’t miss Calamity, the exciting conclusion to the Reckoners series!
Newcago is free.
They told David it was impossible, that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet Steelheart--invincible, immortal, unconquerable--is dead. And he died by David's hand.
Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life simpler. Instead, it only made David realize he has questions. Big ones. And no one in Newcago can give him answers.
Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan, has possibilities, though. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic Regalia, Babylon Restored is flooded and miserable, but David is sure it's the path that will lead him to what he needs to find. Entering a city oppressed by a High Epic despot is risky, but David's willing to take the gamble. Because killing Steelheart left a hole in David's heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow, he filled that hole with another Epic--Firefight. And now he will go on a quest darker and even more dangerous than the fight against Steelheart to find her, and to get his answers.
Praise for the Reckoners Series:
#1 New York Times Bestselling Series
“Another win for Sanderson . . . he’s simply a brilliant writer. Period.” —Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind
“Action-packed.” —EW.com
“Compelling. . . . Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store.” —The A.V. Club
Firefight is the awesome sequel to the book Steelheart. It’s set in a time when Epics have taken over the world, and now it’s up to the Reckoners to try and help normal people reclaim their places.
Oh how I missed this world! We dive right in as David and the Reckoners have to deal with yet another Epic vying for attention in the streets of Newcago. This second installment to the series keeps the pace moving and we get to see much more of the post-Epic world as the Reckoners head to New Babylon. David is still hilarious (to me atleast) with his really awful metaphors and similes, and his need to quick qip everything. He is still managing to be both an idiot and a genius all at the same time, and I love how he takes on new problems and how he sees the world. New Babylon is a fantastic setting, I love it even more than the cold metal Newcago. It’s so vibrant and Sanderson pulls in his awesome fantasy world building to bring the city to life in all it’s neon colors and fruit.
There are a lot of interesting twists in this one, which makes it hard to talk about the plot without giving something away but I really loved each one of them. Most of them were unexpected, and others my boyfriend and I have spent quite a bit of time theorizing about before we read Firefight.
I really hate that we have to wait another year to read the next one, but it will be so worth it. I’m really curious to see how the David deals with the end events of Firefight and how other Epics will react.
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