![]() In the climactic encounter between David and Calamity, Calamity is brought to a different, alternate reality in which he left the humans he’d gifted to their own devices. Another part of me sees this as somewhat consistent–for as humans we are social, and we can all too easily take on the fears of others and turn them into something far greater than they are in fact. Part of me wonders whether this cheapens the impact of this theme, for it makes the weaknesses of the Epics something that is imported to them rather than something intrinsic in themselves. For others, facing fear is facing failure, or a different kind of weakness.Īs Calamity continues, however, we discover that these weaknesses are from Calamity himself–the things that Calamity is afraid of. Yet what does it mean to face our fears? For some epics, it is a literal sense, such as Firefight simply plunging an arm into fire–her weakness. ![]() ![]() In Calamity, this is shown to be the way for Epics to gain control of their powers without going dark. There will be SPOILERS below for the whole series.Ī theme that continues throughout the entire series is the notion of facing your fears. We will be exploring it from a worldview perspective. ![]() Here, we’ll take a look at the conclusion to his “The Reckoners” series, Calamity. Each book he writes, it seems, consistently has stunning twists, great action, and an interesting world. ![]() Brandon Sanderson is one of the most gifted authors I know currently writing. ![]()
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