New Epics introduced in “Firefight” amplify the action.

There they meet up with another cell of Reckoners - Val, Exel and Mizzy - who say one of their own, Sam, was killed by Firefight.Īs the Reckoners try to stop Regalia and discover her ultimate goal - why she is now set to destroy the city she spent the last few years improving - David searches for Megan as well as evidence that Epics can control the evil tendencies that are brought on as they use their abilities. Prof, David and fellow Reckoner Tia make their way to Babylon Restored, or Babilar, which Regalia has placed mostly underwater. His downfall became David’s lifelong dream after David witnessed his father's murder at the hands of the Epic - a confrontation that held the key to Steelheart’s weakness and helped David earn his place among the Reckoners, a group that seeks to overthrow and destroy the Epics. The virtually indestructible Steelheart became the self-styled emperor of Newcago, formerly Chicago, which he transformed into steel with one of his abilities. Months have passed since David, now 19, and the Reckoners brought down the Epic called Steelheart, who, along with many other formerly ordinary humans, received powerful abilities after a red star called Calamity appeared in the sky. 1 New York Times best-seller “ Steelheart.” ' FIREFIGHT: The Reckoners, Book 2,' by Brandon Sanderson, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 432 pages (f) (ages 14 and up)ĭavid Charleston and the Reckoners are back for new adventures, and more is revealed about Epics, their origins, their powers and their weaknesses, in “Firefight,” the sequel to Brandon Sanderson’s No.

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