

Only David escapes, and he vows to take revenge on Steelheart.īy present day, Old Chicago has transformed into the steel city of Newcago, and David embarks to join the Reckoners-an underground rebel group dedicated to killing Epics. Enraged at his discovered vulnerability, Steelheart kills David’s father and everyone else at the bank. However, the bullet grazes Steelheart’s cheek, making him bleed despite his imperviousness to all firepower. Steelheart arrives and challenges Deathpoint, and David’s father-believing in Steelheart’s integrity-shoots Deathpoint in the head. An Epic named Deathpoint enters and casually murders several people. Ten years before the story begins, eight-year-old David and his father enter a bank.
