Do I need to read Firefight before Calamity?

Yes — Calamity is the direct conclusion to a three-book series and requires full familiarity with the previous two volumes.

Does Calamity resolve whether Epics can be good?

Yes — the question of whether power must corrupt, and whether any Epic can choose otherwise, is answered definitively in this volume.

Calamity is the burst of light in the sky that appeared years ago and granted powers to Epics. Its true nature is the central mystery of the series, answered in this final volume.

Calamity

Science Fiction Young Adult

Pages: 424
Published: 2016
Language: English

Synopsis

The Reckoners series concludes as David Charleston and his allies face the source of Epics itself — Calamity, the cosmic entity in the sky that granted powers to everyone who became an Epic. Prof, the Reckoners' leader, has been consumed by his own Epic powers and now threatens the group from the inside.

David and Megan pursue a confrontation that requires going beyond the scope of anything the team has faced before, into the heart of the mystery that has defined every battle since Steelheart. Calamity resolves the series' central questions about corruption, power, and whether Epics can ever choose to be good, and delivers the confrontation with the entity that started everything.