While many Epics display powers that are similar in nature (the powers to become invisible and make illusions for example) or different but complementary (prophetic foresight and super human reflexes for example), some Epics, namely the most powerful, seem to have powers that bear no relation to one another. (It's worth noting that the book implies that the stronger a single power, the more likely that epic is to have additional powers). Some have a single power, though most, especially the most powerful, have more than one.
Epic powers can differ greatly between individuals. Some technologies have been invented through the study of these super powered individuals, and so many devices have a seemingly mystical quality to them. The Epics have what is classically known as super-powers. Once Steelheart's human employees see the Professor recover they leave, since they believe normal humans can't fight an Epic. One of these powers is the ability to heal rapidly, and using this on himself he revives in time to stop the explosive blast from killing David. But David has guessed that Steelheart's vulnerability is that he can only be killed by someone who does not fear him, and has rigged the gun to trigger an explosive, which kills Steelheart (since Steelheart doesn't fear himself, he can kill himself).ĭavid learns that the Professor is an Epic who had avoided turning evil by gifting his powers disguised as technology. David joins the professor in the fight against Steelheart, but the professor is killed, and Steelheart takes David's gun to kill David. Because of David's love for Firefight, and because Firefight had become less evil because she has not been using her powers regularly, Firefight lets David go. David is able to kill Nightwielder, but Firefight turns out to be Megan, who is an Epic illusionist with reincarnation ability who had infiltrated the Reckoners. The powerful Epics Nightwielder and Firefight go after David. The professor uses the Tensor to fight Steelheart directly, to stall him. When they meet Steelheart, they try many ways of breaking Steelheart's invulnerability, without success. With the capture of Conflux, Steelheart accepts the Reckoner's challenge. Its revealed that Conflux was a captive of Steelheart, kept prisoner and used to power the city and the weapons of Steelheart's forces. The attack doesn't go according to plan, and Megan dies, but they do succeed in kidnapping Conflux. Next they try to attack a powerful Epic named Conflux, who is known to be a gifter who can transfer his power to non-epics. To make Steelheart take the challenge seriously, they stage two attacks. The Reckoners create a plan to lure out Steelheart the plan is to announce that there is a new powerful Epic named Limelight, who challenges Steelheart to a fight. David convinces the Reckoners to try to kill Steelheart. The Reckoners are in possession of advanced technology which they say has scientifically been derived from Epic powers, most prominently the power to tunnel through inanimate matter using " tensors". Near the start of the book, David makes contact with a group of Reckoners, a society of normal humans dedicated to killing Epics. As a result, David dedicated his life to learning about the Epics' powers, so that he can get revenge on Steelheart. Compared to other places in what was the United States, Newcago is well run, with normal people generally having access to food, water, electricity, jobs, etc.ĭavid's father was killed by Steelheart around the time of the collapse. Steelheart is invulnerable, is able to fly, can hurl blasts of energy, and can turn inanimate matter to steel he has turned all of Chicago to steel for kilometers around and into the ground.
Newcago is ruled by the extremely powerful Epic named Steelheart, who has created a society run by powerful Epics, with normal people living in normal jobs. The story is told via the perspective of David Charleston, an orphan teenager living in Newcago (formerly known as Chicago). Para a chapter by chapter summary, ver /Summary.
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