Difference between revisions of "Calamity"

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'''''Calamity''''' is the third and final book in ''[[The Reckoners]]'' series by [[Brandon Sanderson]].{{sots ref|2013}}

The title of the book is named for a mysterious red star that appeared in the sky about a year before the [[Epic]]s started getting their powers. It is later discovered that the red star is actually an Epic named [[Calamity (Epic)|Calamity]], and Calamity is apparently capable of giving ordinary humans Epic powers.

 

 

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.<br />

David, Megan, and Prof land somewhere in Australia and are forced to sit and wait for Knighthawk's helicopter. During that time they find out that Mizzy turned into an Epic and the darkness is completely gone. Obliteration comes to them unaffected by Calamity's apparent death and he still intends to blow up Toronto. Epics are now free to decide to be saviors or villains on their own. David wants to practice his kissing skills on Megan, but instead she sends him back to his father. They have the same powers, but David needs help flying. His father offers to teach him.

 

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.{{sots ref|2014}} However drafting took longer than expected and he instead finished during the early morning of May 6th, 2015.{{tweet ref|595888143292727296|Brandon's tweet about finishing drafting|date=May 6th 2015}}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.{{reddit ref|fantasy|352y3e|cr0t21k|text= Brandon's comments on the completion of ''Calamity''.|date= May 6th, 2015}}{{reddit ref|fantasy|352y3e|cr0md3h|text=Peter's comments on the completion of ''Calamity''.|date= May 6th, 2015}} The second draft was completed and turned in on May 18th.{{tweet ref|600248629731831808|''Calamity'' 2.0 completion announcement.|date= May 18th, 2015}} Brandon's final revisions for the book were completed during the early morning of Sep 2nd, 2015.{{bws ref|a-thousand-faces| ''Calamity'' final revision announcement.|date= Sep 2nd, 2015}}

 

==Cover Gallery==

{{for|/Covers|a cover gallery of Calamity}}

 

== Notes ==