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Steelheart The Reckoners
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The Reckoners
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Verkaufsrang
5461
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
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Chosen One + weitere
Altersempfehlung
ab 12 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
24.09.2013
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
400
Maße (L/B/H)
23,8/16,1/3,8 cm
Gewicht
620 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-385-74356-3
The #1 New York Times bestseller from Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Oathbringer, coauthor of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy. And don't miss the rest of the Reckoners series: Firefight and Calamity!
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary people extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.
Epics are no friends of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man, you must crush his will.
Now, in what was once Chicago, an astonishingly powerful Epic named Steelheart has installed himself as emperor. Steelheart possesses the strength of ten men and can control the elements. It is said that no bullet can harm him, no sword can split his skin, and no fire can burn him. He is invincible. Nobody fights back . . . nobody but the Reckoners.
A shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in.
When Steelheart came to Chicago, he killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David has been studying, and planning, and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.
He has seen Steelheart bleed.
And he wants revenge.
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
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary people extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.
Epics are no friends of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man, you must crush his will.
Now, in what was once Chicago, an astonishingly powerful Epic named Steelheart has installed himself as emperor. Steelheart possesses the strength of ten men and can control the elements. It is said that no bullet can harm him, no sword can split his skin, and no fire can burn him. He is invincible. Nobody fights back . . . nobody but the Reckoners.
A shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in.
When Steelheart came to Chicago, he killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David has been studying, and planning, and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.
He has seen Steelheart bleed.
And he wants revenge.
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
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Tyrant rules in eternal darkness
Vorleser am 02.02.2021
Bewertungsnummer: 1001400
Bewertet: Hörbuch (CD)
If you're familiar with Brandon Sanderson's fantasy novels, be prepared that this is different.
We're in a new Chicago (Newcago) sometime in the future, and something has happened that caused Calamity, which in turn bestowed super powers on some humans - but not super humanity, alas.
Chicago becomes a permanently dark place of tyranny, where the 'epics' rule. It's a dangerous place to be. A group of rebel fighters take it upon them to fight the epics.
Sanderson develops a very somber scenario, and we have to ask ourselves where the fight for freedom ends and terrorism starts (it is a question the rebels themselves can't give an answer to).
Of course there is hope.
The characters are very well worked out, the book doesn't lack humour, and the plot is well thought out. It's fast-paced and one of the 'unputdownables' from this author's pen.
It's not a fantasy story, and I wouldn't say it's scifi, either, but some sort of Dystopia.
I look forward to listening to the sequels. McLeod Andrews's narration was fantastic and makes a nice change from Michael Kramer, who narrates most of Branderson's other books.
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