![]() By the end of the story, David has learned about grief, acceptance, and the difference between vengeance and justice. The main character, David, sets out to avenge the death of his father at the hands of the incredibly powerful and villainous Steelheart, who has taken over Chicago. However, you also get a haunting coming-of-age tale framed in a David-and-Goliath allegory about the destructive and corrupting nature of absolute power. If you’re a teenage (or 44-year-old) boy looking for fast-paced, violent carnage and mayhem, this book delivers. What I got was a whole lot more satisfying. I expected a standard action story-which would have been enough for me. I’ve always been a sucker for superhero fiction, so when I stumbled across Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart, a dystopian teen novel that begins two years after individuals have suddenly developed metahuman powers for evil, I knew I had to grab a copy and share it with my teenage son. Ross Sonnenblick is 16 years old and a high school junior. He’s seen Steelheart bleed, and “will see him bleed again.” This novel intrigued me to no end, and I think it will ensnare you as well. ![]() The novel also poses tough questions: What is the nature of power? Can people be above the law? Are humans inherently good or evil?ĭavid possesses no superpower, but that does not mean he is an ordinary teenager. ![]() They don’t need to kill, and they don’t need to enforce laws. The Epics don’t need to rob banks money is worthless to them. At its core, the novel isn’t about the gunfights (although there are several juicy ones) or guts and glory, but about human nature. ![]()
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