Calamity
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Calamity is the third and final book in The Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson.[2]
It will take place in Atlanta.[3]
The title of the book is named for a mysterious red star that appeared in the sky about a year before the Epics started getting their powers. It is later discovered that the red star is actually an Epic named Calamity, and Calamity is apparently capable of giving ordinary humans Epic powers.
Cover Blurb
{{quote|From the bestselling author of the Mistborn series and Words of Radiance comes Calamity, the final book in the New York Times bestselling Reckoners series. What started in the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Steelheart and continued in the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Firefight now concludes in Calamity.
When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David's fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned his closest ally into a dangerous enemy.
David knew Prof's secret, and kept it even when Prof struggled to control the effects of his Epic powers. But facing Obliteration in Babilar was too much. Once the Reckoners' leader, Prof has now embraced his Epic destiny. He's disappeared into those murky shadows of menace Epics are infamous for the world over, and everyone knows there's no turning back. . . .
But everyone is wrong. Redemption is possible for Epics—Megan proved it. They're not lost. Not completely. And David is just about crazy enough to face down the most powerful High Epic of all to get his friend back. Or die trying.|[4]
Behind the Scenes
Brandon started work on Calamity late during December 2014, where he put together his Book Guide. Drafting of Chapter 1 began on January 1st, 2015. He initially planned on finishing it by March 2015.[5] However drafting took longer than expected and he instead finished during the early morning of May 6th, 2015.[6]January and February were slow writing months for him, due to a lot of traveling and touring, only writing 5,000 and 8,000 words in each respective month. His pace picked up in March where he managed to write 30,000 words. Over the course of the final 13 work-hours he wrote 13,200 words out of the initial draft's 102,000 words, with a break in the middle to go to the cinema.[7][8]
Notes
- ↑ Peter confirms Calamity release date
— Foros de 17th Shard - Jul 3rd, 2015# - ↑ State of the Sanderson
— Brandon's website - Jul 24th, 2013# - ↑ Will Calamity take place (mostly) in another "redesigned" big city, like Newcago and Babilar?
— Twitter - Jan 8th, 2015# - ↑ Calamity product page
— Amazon.com - Jul 2015# - ↑ State of the Sanderson: December 2014
— Brandon's website - Dec 18th, 2014# - ↑ Brandon's tweet about finishing drafting
— Twitter - May 6th 2015# - ↑ Brandon's comments on the completion of Calamity.
— Reddit - May 6th# - ↑ Peter's comments on the completion of Calamity.
— Reddit - May 6th, 2015#