They'd told David it was impossible.

No one, not even the rebellious Reckoners, had ever killed a High Epic. Yet Steelheart - invincible, immortal, unconquerable - is dead by David's hand.

Eliminating the greatest of the High Epics was supposed to be the answer. Instead, David only has more questions. Big ones. And there's no one in Newcago who can answer them.

But perhaps someone in Babylon Restored, formerly Manhattan, can. It will be a gamble: the city is ruled by the mysterious High Epic Regalia. But it's a gamble that David is prepared to take ...