Steelheart
by Brandon Sanderson · first published 2001
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There are no heroes, only villains. My father believed that a hero was going to step in, and he died for that belief. Steelheart killed him for seeing that he had a weakness, and no one knows I saw. Now I've spent years getting their weaknesses, and plotting my revenge.
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…all of Brandon Sanderson's novels. I'd heard of him before, but I was hesitant to jump into his huge universe. I'm really happy I did, though. In roughly 2 months I binged on all the Cosmere novels and Steelheart. He's creating a truly magnificent universe with the Cosmere. As I understand it, he expects it to reach 32+ books total. It's all centered around Stormlight Archive, which is an ongoing 10 novel series.…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗Riyria Revelations trilogy - quite good. Follows two thieves for hire. Read the books in publication order Ready player one - liked it samurai's garden Expanse series by James Corey entertaining Steelheart and Firefight by Sanderson- good but like Mistborn better Worm online serial parahumans good Nonfiction I read: Delivering happiness, Drive, Power of Habit, Power of full engagement
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗I couldn't get into Mistborn either--solid, just didn't grab me. His Reckoner series is my favorite (Steelheart, Firefight, Calamity), though it's YA and more superhero than fantasy. Also Elantris, his first published novel, and its follow-up The Emperor's Soul.
on “Show HN: Top Fantasy Reads – Fantasy books Reddit is reading” ↗While Mistborn is an excellent choice, I sometimes start people on some of his YA (as a lower commitment): - Rithmatist is my favorite, but is only one book. - Steelheart is a very fun fresh take on super powers. - Skyward is like Dragon's Blood meets Space Invaders - it's great. The third book should be finished this year. Finally, he does have one middlegrade series…
on “My Favorite Books 2020” ↗…makes sense to call the book a thriller. > Brown's style is cinematic, or at least cinematic-aspirant. This is an interesting comment. I didn't get that vibe from Dan Brown. But Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart struck me, while I was reading it, as an effort to put a movie into book form. I was completely unsurprised to later learn he'd shopped out the movie rights.
on “Ian Fleming Explains How to Write a Thriller” ↗…are now 50 & I've read/loved nearly all of them). Alternatively, Way of Kings could be a good starting point as well (my personal favorite). And of course there's a ton of non epic fantasy (Skyward & Steelheart skew younger). See also: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/where-do-i-start/
on “It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM” ↗