In the future, the world is ruled by Epics, supervillains with varied powers ranging from super strength and invisibility to the ability to turn whatever is touched to steel. The Epic with that power is called Steelheart and he rules the former city of Chicago, now turned largely to steel and always in darkness, as a barely benevolent dictator. One young man called David has sought vengeance on this Epic for many years, so he uses his encyclopedic knowledge of Epics to team up with a resistance group and take down Steelheart once and for all.
Strangely enough, the best part of this book about doom, gloom, and evil was the humor! David has a terrible way with words that leads to many a baffling metaphor whose explanation is almost weirder than the metaphor itself, but his frequent pauses to explain his thoughts help to lighten the mood. This book is the first in a series, with Firefight coming out later this year, and if the sequels are as good as this first book I will be first in line to read them when they arrive!
--Alison McCarty, Callahan Branch Library
Find Steelheart in the Nassau County Public Library System catalog.
Strangely enough, the best part of this book about doom, gloom, and evil was the humor! David has a terrible way with words that leads to many a baffling metaphor whose explanation is almost weirder than the metaphor itself, but his frequent pauses to explain his thoughts help to lighten the mood. This book is the first in a series, with Firefight coming out later this year, and if the sequels are as good as this first book I will be first in line to read them when they arrive!
--Alison McCarty, Callahan Branch Library
Find Steelheart in the Nassau County Public Library System catalog.