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* AfterTheEnd: By the time the first book proper takes place, Epics have rendered the world barely recognizable.
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* AfterTheEnd: By the time the first book proper takes place, Epics have rendered the world barely recognizable. Portland, Oregon, is a wasteland due to infighting between Epics, and numerous little fiefdoms have been carved out of the world.
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* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Conflux (who is a very nice man enslaved and used as a power source by other Epics). It is implied that Epic powers ''cause'' this.]]
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* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Conflux Conflux, (who is a very nice man enslaved and used as a power source by other Epics). Epics) given that they discharge most of their power on a regular basis. It is heavily implied that Epic powers ''cause'' this.]]
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* MagicPoweredPseudoscience: One of the Reckoner's greatest assets are a handful of mysterious gadgets apparently based on Epic powers. Specifically, we have the tensors, glove-like objects which can destroy non-living matter; the jackets, which project a sort of force-field to protect their wearers, and the harmsway, which grants you a temporary HealingFactor. [[spoiler: Turns out the devices don't actually do anything. Prof is an Epic, and he manages to control his power by giving bits of it to the rest of the team.]]
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* MagicPoweredPseudoscience: One of the Reckoner's greatest assets are a handful of mysterious gadgets apparently based on Epic powers. Specifically, we have the tensors, glove-like objects which can destroy non-living matter; the jackets, which project a sort of force-field to protect their wearers, and the harmsway, which grants you a temporary HealingFactor. [[spoiler: Turns out the devices don't actually do anything. Prof is an Epic, and he manages to control his power and maintain his sanity by giving bits of it to the rest of the team.]]
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* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: David's [[RunningGag habit]] of making up his own idioms inevitably derails the conversation briefly into him trying to explain them.
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* Expy: Steelheart to Superman in oh so many ways. The cape, the tall, broad appearance, the LanternJawOfJustice, the FlyingBrick powerset... the only major difference is that Steelheart trades in Supes's secondary powers for hand-projected energy blasts and the ability to transform objects to solid steel... and Steelheart's CompleteMonster status.
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Steelheart to Superman Franchise/{{Superman}} in oh so many ways. The cape, the tall, broad appearance, the LanternJawOfJustice, the FlyingBrick powerset... the only major difference is that Steelheart trades in Supes's secondary powers for hand-projected energy blasts and the ability to transform objects to solid steel...steel with his rage... and Steelheart's CompleteMonster status.
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* BadPowersBadPeople: Even given that Epics are pretty much all Bad People, it's hard to come up with benevolent uses for being able to murder people by pointing at them. [[spoiler:Or for fear-based invulnerability, for that matter.]]
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* CoDragons: Nightwielder, Conflux, and Firefight are Steelheart's Dragons. [[spoiler: Well, Nightwielder is. Conflux is actually a captive, little better than a slave forced to use his energy-boosting powers to fuel the city. Firefight appears to be a powerful fire-blasting Epic but is in reality a complete fabrication created by one of the most powerful ''illusionist'' epics around.]]
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* CoDragons: Nightwielder, Conflux, and Firefight are Steelheart's Dragons. [[spoiler: Well, Nightwielder is.and Firefight are. Conflux is actually a captive, little better than a slave forced to use his energy-boosting powers to fuel the city. Firefight appears to be a powerful fire-blasting Epic but is in reality a complete fabrication created by one of the most powerful ''illusionist'' epics around.]]
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** Zigzagged with [[spoiler: Firefight]]. One of Steelheart's Dragons is a [[PlayingWithFire powerful fire Epic]] [[spoiler: who actually doesn't exist, being an elaborate hoax. The ''actual'' Firefight is an illusionist who creates the image of the fire Epic. However, as the climax shows, an illusionist is just as dangerous -possibility moreso- than a fire wielder, just in a different way]].
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** Zigzagged with [[spoiler: Firefight]]. One of Steelheart's Dragons is a [[PlayingWithFire powerful fire Epic]] [[spoiler: who actually doesn't exist, being an elaborate hoax. The ''actual'' Firefight is an illusionist who creates the image of the fire Epic. However, as the climax shows, an illusionist is just as dangerous -possibility moreso- more so- than a fire wielder, just in a different way]].
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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The most powerful Epics are basically gods. Then you have Curveball, whose only power is not needing to reload his handgun.
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* ShoutOut: as expected in a work about super-powered beings, there are references to their roots.
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* ShoutOut: as As expected in a work about super-powered beings, there are references to their roots.
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** Study of the Epics' effects on the laws of physics produced [[OrderOfTheStick Durkon's Paradox]].
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** Study of the Epics' effects on the laws of physics produced [[OrderOfTheStick [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Durkon's Paradox]].
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* TheDreaded: Steelheart goes to considerable effort to be this, [[spoiler: as he can only be harmed by someone who isn't afraid of him.]]
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* CastingAShadow: Half of Nightwielder's powers. He blocks out all natural light (except that of Calamity) 24/7 throughout Newcago, and can use solid shadows as weapons to kill with.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: "Gifters", or Epics who can transfer part of their power to someone else, are implied to be able to avoid the psychotic side-effects of Epic power by spreading their power among multiple people.]]
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* Expy: Steelheart to Superman in oh so many ways. The cape, the tall, broad appearance, the LanternJawOfJustice, the FlyingBrick powerset... the only major difference is that Steelheart trades in Supes's secondary powers for hand-projected energy blasts and the ability to transform objects to solid steel... and Steelheart's CompleteMonster status.
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* Expy: Steelheart to Superman in oh so many ways. The cape, the tall, broad appearance, the LanternJawOfJustice, the FlyingBrick powerset... the only major difference is that Steelheart trades in Supes's secondary powers for hand-projected energy blasts and the ability to transform objects to solid steel... and Steelheart's CompleteMonster status. status.
* FailOSuckyName: Some Epics chose the ''stupidest'' names. As David puts it, "Incredible cosmic powers do not equate with high IQ... or even a sense of what is dramatically appropriate." Examples include the Pink Pinkness (say it five times fast), Insulation, and El Bullish Brass Dude.
* FailOSuckyName: Some Epics chose the ''stupidest'' names. As David puts it, "Incredible cosmic powers do not equate with high IQ... or even a sense of what is dramatically appropriate." Examples include the Pink Pinkness (say it five times fast), Insulation, and El Bullish Brass Dude.
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** Diamond the weapons dealer is likely a reference to: http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/1/3/103
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** Diamond the weapons dealer is likely a reference to: http://www.to [[http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/1/3/103com Diamond]], the dominant comic-book distributor.
** Study of the Epics' effects on the laws of physics produced [[OrderOfTheStick Durkon's Paradox]].
** Study of the Epics' effects on the laws of physics produced [[OrderOfTheStick Durkon's Paradox]].
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Deathpoint is a rather cheery fellow, chatting and bantering with the customers and staff at the bank he's robbing, while casually talking about the fact that he ''is'' there to rob it and disintegrating anyone who strikes his fancy.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Deathpoint is a rather cheery fellow, chatting and bantering with the customers and staff at the bank he's robbing, while casually talking about the fact that he ''is'' there to rob it and disintegrating anyone who strikes his fancy. fancy.
* FlyingBrick: Steelheart himself; his powers include flight, invulnerability, SuperStrength, ElementalPowers, and the ability to transform nonliving material into solid steel.
* FlyingBrick: Steelheart himself; his powers include flight, invulnerability, SuperStrength, ElementalPowers, and the ability to transform nonliving material into solid steel.
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** Zigzagged with [[spoiler: Firefight]]. One of Steelheart's Dragons is a [[PlayingWithFire powerful fire Epic]] [[spoiler: who actually doesn't exist, being an elaborate hoax. The ''actual'' Firefight is an illusionist who creates the image of the fire Epic. However, as the climax shows, an illusionist is just as dangerous -possibility moreso- than a fire wielder, just in a different way]].
** Played straight with [[spoiler: Conflux, who despite his reputation as the mysterious and feared head of Steelheart's enforcers, is actually a mild-mannered little man who is basically Steelheart's slave/living battery]].
* NighInvulnerability: Several of the most powerful Epics are said to have "prime invincibility"; that is, they can't be killed by ordinary means. Steelheart has the classic "bulletproof" form. Fortuity's precognition lets him anticipate and avoid attacks. Nightwielder is intangible and most attacks simply pass through him. Firefight/[[spoiler: Megan reincarnates after death, ''sans'' her most recent memories]].
** Zigzagged with [[spoiler: Firefight]]. One of Steelheart's Dragons is a [[PlayingWithFire powerful fire Epic]] [[spoiler: who actually doesn't exist, being an elaborate hoax. The ''actual'' Firefight is an illusionist who creates the image of the fire Epic. However, as the climax shows, an illusionist is just as dangerous -possibility moreso- than a fire wielder, just in a different way]].
** Played straight with [[spoiler: Conflux, who despite his reputation as the mysterious and feared head of Steelheart's enforcers, is actually a mild-mannered little man who is basically Steelheart's slave/living battery]].
* NighInvulnerability: Several of the most powerful Epics are said to have "prime invincibility"; that is, they can't be killed by ordinary means. Steelheart has the classic "bulletproof" form. Fortuity's precognition lets him anticipate and avoid attacks. Nightwielder is intangible and most attacks simply pass through him. Firefight/[[spoiler: Megan reincarnates after death, ''sans'' her most recent memories]].
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* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Conflux (who is a very nice man enslaved and used as a power source by other Epics).]]
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: All the Epics seem to pick out their own descriptive names. Most of them are literally descriptive of them or their powers (Deathpoint, Nightwielder), though some of them have a bit of fun with it, such as the Irish Epic with gun-related powers who goes by the name... Rick O'Shay.
* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Conflux (who is a very nice man enslaved and used as a power source by other Epics). It is implied that Epic powers ''cause'' this.]]
* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Conflux (who is a very nice man enslaved and used as a power source by other Epics). It is implied that Epic powers ''cause'' this.]]
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted. David is shocked when Steelheart near instantly recognizes him after ten years despite having been only a boy of eight at the time and never having spoken to, nor really interacted with him in the brief minutes they were in the same room.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted. David is shocked when Steelheart near instantly recognizes him after ten years despite having been only a boy of eight at the time and never having spoken to, nor really interacted with him in the brief minutes they were in the same room. It's likely Steelheart's memories of that day were as sharp as David's, since that day was the only time Steelheart was ever injured.
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* CoDragons: Nightwielder and Firefight are Steelheart's Dragons. [[spoiler: Subverted by the third alleged Dragon, Conflux, who is widely considered one of Steelheart's top lieutenants, but is really just a sort of living battery and little better than a prisoner]].
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* CoDragons: Nightwielder Nightwielder, Conflux, and Firefight are Steelheart's Dragons. [[spoiler: Subverted by the third alleged Dragon, Conflux, who Well, Nightwielder is. Conflux is widely considered one of Steelheart's top lieutenants, but is really just actually a sort of living battery and captive, little better than a prisoner]]. slave forced to use his energy-boosting powers to fuel the city. Firefight appears to be a powerful fire-blasting Epic but is in reality a complete fabrication created by one of the most powerful ''illusionist'' epics around.]]
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Fortuity's weakness. He's normally impossible to surprise thanks to his extremely powerful precognitive abilities, but if he's sexually attracted to a person it scrambles his precognition to a certain extent.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Deathpoint can... kill people by pointing at them. Even he admits the name isn't that creative, but hey, it gets the ideaacross.across.
* Expy: Steelheart to Superman in oh so many ways. The cape, the tall, broad appearance, the LanternJawOfJustice, the FlyingBrick powerset... the only major difference is that Steelheart trades in Supes's secondary powers for hand-projected energy blasts and the ability to transform objects to solid steel... and Steelheart's CompleteMonster status.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Deathpoint can... kill people by pointing at them. Even he admits the name isn't that creative, but hey, it gets the idea
* Expy: Steelheart to Superman in oh so many ways. The cape, the tall, broad appearance, the LanternJawOfJustice, the FlyingBrick powerset... the only major difference is that Steelheart trades in Supes's secondary powers for hand-projected energy blasts and the ability to transform objects to solid steel... and Steelheart's CompleteMonster status.
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* KryptoniteFactor: Every Epic is said to have one, though it's not always clear what they are, nor are they necessarily easy to exploit. David is the only person who even knows about Steelheart's, because Steelheart murdered everyone else who witnessed the one time he was injured.
* KryptoniteFactor: Every Epic is said to have one, though it's not always clear what they are, nor are they necessarily easy to exploit. David is the only person who even knows about Steelheart's, because Steelheart murdered everyone else who witnessed the one time he was injured.
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* KryptoniteFactor: Every Epic is said to have one, though it's not always clear what they are, nor are they necessarily easy to exploit. David is the only person who has evenknows a clue about Steelheart's, because Steelheart murdered everyone else who witnessed the one time he was injured.
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* CoDragons: Nightwielder and Firefight are Steelheart's Dragons. [[spoiler: Subverted by the third alleged Dragon, Conflux, who is widely considered one of Steelheart's top lieutenants, but is really just a sort of living battery and little better than a prisoner]].
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* AfterTheEnd: By the time the first book proper takes place, Epics have rendered the world barely recognizable.
* AGodAmI: All [[spoiler: well, almost all]] Epics consider themselves superior to ordinary humans and aren't exactly shy about talking about it. Steelheart takes things a step further by outright proclaiming himself to be a divinity, with every indication he believes in it.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Steelheart'' opens with an Epic named Deathpoint robbing a bank and generally wreaking havoc. What with his ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kill people by pointing at them]], he seems an extremely formidable guy. Then Steelheart (who is basically an evil version of Superman, except maybe even ''more'' powerful) shows and, and suddenly Deathpoint doesn't look so scary after all...
* AGodAmI: All [[spoiler: well, almost all]] Epics consider themselves superior to ordinary humans and aren't exactly shy about talking about it. Steelheart takes things a step further by outright proclaiming himself to be a divinity, with every indication he believes in it.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: ''Steelheart'' opens with an Epic named Deathpoint robbing a bank and generally wreaking havoc. What with his ability to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin kill people by pointing at them]], he seems an extremely formidable guy. Then Steelheart (who is basically an evil version of Superman, except maybe even ''more'' powerful) shows and, and suddenly Deathpoint doesn't look so scary after all...
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Deathpoint can... kill people by pointing at them. Even he admits the name isn't that creative, but hey, it gets the idea across.
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** Diamond the weapons dealer is likely a reference to: http://www.diamondcomics.com/Home/1/1/3/103
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* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Cascade (Who Conflux (who is a slave very nice man enslaved and used as a power source by other Epics).]]
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* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil.evil, [[spoiler:with the arguable exceptions of the Professor (Leader of the Reckoners) and Cascade (Who is a slave used as a power source by other Epics).]]
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* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted. David is evil.shocked when Steelheart near instantly recognizes him after ten years despite having been only a boy of eight at the time and never having spoken to, nor really interacted with him in the brief minutes they were in the same room.
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** There's [[Franchise/Superman Siegel Street and Schuster Street]], the [[ChristopherReeve Reeve Playhouse]], and [[spoiler:Abraham's amulet is implied to be Superman's ''S'']]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Oh, and the teen hero used to live in]] [[Creator/SteveDitko Ditko Place]].
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** There's [[Creator/JoeSiegel Siegel Street]], the [[ChristopherReeve Reeve Playhouse]], and [[spoiler:Abraham's amulet is implied to be Superman's ''S'']]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Oh, and the teen hero used to live in]] [[Creator/SteveDitko Ditko Place]].
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** There's [[Creator/JoeSiegel Siegel Street]], the [[ChristopherReeve Reeve Playhouse]], and [[spoiler:Abraham's amulet is implied to be Superman's ''S'']]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Oh, and the teen hero used to live in]] [[Creator/SteveDitko Ditko Place]].
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''The Reckoners Trilogy'' is a series by Creator/BrandonSanderson, set not in his usual universe (Franchise/TheCosmere), but TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in a [[CrapsackWorld devastated Earth]] where people can gain superpowers... but there are no superheroes. Only evil people gain powers--or perhaps the powers make their wielders evil. The US government has officially declared the Epics, as they're known, to be above the law, because they can't be effectively resisted, and they've begun to carve out their own little fiefdoms.
fiefdoms have effectively replaced most of the U.S.
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: One of the theories as to why all Epics are evil is that the powers themselves do something to your mind. [[spoiler: Strongly implied to be true by TheReveal. Prof's personality visibly changes when he has been using his powers, and David reports finding the secondhand power of the tensors mildly addictive.]]
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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: One of the theories as to why all Epics are evil is that the powers themselves do something to your mind. [[spoiler: Strongly implied to be true by TheReveal. Prof's personality visibly changes when he has been using his powers, and David reports finding the secondhand power of the tensors mildly addictive. Also, Megan becomes angry and hateful when hiding her and David in the elevator chute.]]
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->''I've seen Steelheart bleed. And I '''will''' see him bleed again.''
''The Reckoners Trilogy'' is a series by Creator/BrandonSanderson, set not in his usual universe (Franchise/TheCosmere), but TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in a [[CrapsackWorld devastated Earth]] where people can gain superpowers... but there are no superheroes. Only evil people gain powers--or perhaps the powers their wielders evil. The US government has officially declared the Epics, as they're known, to be above the law, because they can't be effectively resisted, and they've begun to carve out their own little fiefdoms.
In Chicago lives one of the worst Epics of all: Steelheart. Imagine {{Superman}} as an EvilOverlord: he can fly, he's NighInvulnerable, he shoots energy beams... and he's a ruthless dictator who kills without mercy or hesitation.
Only a few people dare to fight back: [[CapeBusters the Reckoners.]] A group of freedom fighters who study Epics, learn their weaknesses [[KryptoniteFactor (every Epic has one),]] and assassinate them. The protagonist, David, is an 18-year-old who has lived under Steelheart's tyranny since the beginning, for ten long years. And for ten long years, since the day Steelheart [[YouKilledMyFather murdered his father,]] he has studied Epics, plotted revenge, and searched for a way to join up with the Reckoners.
Because he, alone out of all the people who were there, survived the incident, the only time that Steelheart has shown that he, too, has a weakness. He has seen the self-styled Emperor bleed...
The first book, ''Steelheart'', was released in September 2013. The second book, ''Firefight'', will be released in Fall 2014. The third and final book, ''Calamity'', will be released sometime after the third book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''.
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!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: David is a very observant young man, which makes him useful to the Reckoners.
* BottomlessMagazines: Curveball, one of the Epics, never runs out of bullets when he uses a handgun. [[WordOfGod This was done deliberately as a shout-out to action movies.]]
* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil.
* CapeBusters: The plot revolves around the Reckoners, who are trying to defeat the evil superhumans.
* {{Dissimile}}: David is ''painfully bad'' with analogies, and well aware of it.
* KryptoniteFactor: Every Epic is said to have one, though it's not always clear what they are, nor are they necessarily easy to exploit. David is the only person who even knows about Steelheart's, because Steelheart murdered everyone else who witnessed the one time he was injured.
* RedHerring: There's at least one point, where the protagonist seems to do something unexplainable and the accompanying Reckoner gets angry, so maybe it's his Epic powers manifesting, right? [[spoiler: Turns out it was Megan using ''her'' powers]].
* StrippedToTheBone: What happens to the victims of Deathpoint's eponymous power.
* TheMole: The complexity of the plan is not the only reason the Reckoners find it much harder than previous adventures. [[spoiler: Nobody would suspect Megan]].
* TheTrainsRunOnTime: Steelheart may be a brutal dictator, but he also provides more stability and order in his little empire than most of the rest of the world has. Because of this, not everyone (even among the Reckoners) believes he deserves to die. On the other hand, others see it as part of the problem:
--> '''Prof:''' Everyone talks about how great Newcago is. But it's ''not'' great; it's good by comparison only! Yes, there are worse places, but so long as this hellhole is considered the ideal, we'll never get anywhere. ''We cannot let them convince us this is normal!''
* YouKilledMyFather: Steelheart killed David's father, and David wants revenge.
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''The Reckoners Trilogy'' is a series by Creator/BrandonSanderson, set not in his usual universe (Franchise/TheCosmere), but TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in a [[CrapsackWorld devastated Earth]] where people can gain superpowers... but there are no superheroes. Only evil people gain powers--or perhaps the powers their wielders evil. The US government has officially declared the Epics, as they're known, to be above the law, because they can't be effectively resisted, and they've begun to carve out their own little fiefdoms.
In Chicago lives one of the worst Epics of all: Steelheart. Imagine {{Superman}} as an EvilOverlord: he can fly, he's NighInvulnerable, he shoots energy beams... and he's a ruthless dictator who kills without mercy or hesitation.
Only a few people dare to fight back: [[CapeBusters the Reckoners.]] A group of freedom fighters who study Epics, learn their weaknesses [[KryptoniteFactor (every Epic has one),]] and assassinate them. The protagonist, David, is an 18-year-old who has lived under Steelheart's tyranny since the beginning, for ten long years. And for ten long years, since the day Steelheart [[YouKilledMyFather murdered his father,]] he has studied Epics, plotted revenge, and searched for a way to join up with the Reckoners.
Because he, alone out of all the people who were there, survived the incident, the only time that Steelheart has shown that he, too, has a weakness. He has seen the self-styled Emperor bleed...
The first book, ''Steelheart'', was released in September 2013. The second book, ''Firefight'', will be released in Fall 2014. The third and final book, ''Calamity'', will be released sometime after the third book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''.
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!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: David is a very observant young man, which makes him useful to the Reckoners.
* BottomlessMagazines: Curveball, one of the Epics, never runs out of bullets when he uses a handgun. [[WordOfGod This was done deliberately as a shout-out to action movies.]]
* BewareTheSuperman: Every superpowered person is evil.
* CapeBusters: The plot revolves around the Reckoners, who are trying to defeat the evil superhumans.
* {{Dissimile}}: David is ''painfully bad'' with analogies, and well aware of it.
* KryptoniteFactor: Every Epic is said to have one, though it's not always clear what they are, nor are they necessarily easy to exploit. David is the only person who even knows about Steelheart's, because Steelheart murdered everyone else who witnessed the one time he was injured.
* RedHerring: There's at least one point, where the protagonist seems to do something unexplainable and the accompanying Reckoner gets angry, so maybe it's his Epic powers manifesting, right? [[spoiler: Turns out it was Megan using ''her'' powers]].
* StrippedToTheBone: What happens to the victims of Deathpoint's eponymous power.
* TheMole: The complexity of the plan is not the only reason the Reckoners find it much harder than previous adventures. [[spoiler: Nobody would suspect Megan]].
* TheTrainsRunOnTime: Steelheart may be a brutal dictator, but he also provides more stability and order in his little empire than most of the rest of the world has. Because of this, not everyone (even among the Reckoners) believes he deserves to die. On the other hand, others see it as part of the problem:
--> '''Prof:''' Everyone talks about how great Newcago is. But it's ''not'' great; it's good by comparison only! Yes, there are worse places, but so long as this hellhole is considered the ideal, we'll never get anywhere. ''We cannot let them convince us this is normal!''
* YouKilledMyFather: Steelheart killed David's father, and David wants revenge.
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