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). For a chapter by chapter summary, see /Summary.

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