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So. I finished Steelheart a couple of days ago (yes yes, rather late, I know. The second book will arrive on my doorstep in the next week sometime). Quite enjoyed it, though found it quite predictable in a lot of ways. I read a couple of reviews, and one pointed out that while everyone in their book club found it predictable, they pretty much all predicted different things! So I thought I'd ask the question: What did *you* predict? Personally, I predicted: 1) That Megan was an illusionist epic with reincarnation powers (illusionist because of first the illusionary motorcycle and then the elevator shaft, both because of the seeming illusion and because Megan started going megalomaniac straight after. Reincarnator because when she died I'm like "It really doesn't feel like that kind of book. And reincarnation just got mentioned..). Didn't pick that she was Firefight though. 2) Prof was an epic. This one took me a while, but when he did his "Save David" thing it was confirmed for me. A couple of inklings earlier what with his "doesn't want to use them" thing, and "I don't care if it's broken David, try and use it anyway" bits. 3) Steelheart's Weakness. I actually didn't quite get this one. My predictions were either the "Can only be harmed when you're not intending to" or "Can only be harmed by someone who believes he's a hero." I did actually wonder for a chunk of it if Steelheart really *was* the first Epic Hero, but he deliberately made himself into a villain because he could be harmed by anyone who thought him a hero. Those were the major ones. What about you guys?