Macleod Andrews is spot on again with this. Performance - 4.5/5 It's nice to get the same narrator doing the short stories and novellas as the main series. You will no doubt make you own mind up about the price though, and if it isn't an issue, you are sure to enjoy it. It reminds us how far the characters have come, and how much stronger they are, which means the next novels are going to have to step it up a gear (knowing Sanderson, this won't be a problem). It is full of action the entire story is a fight between the Reckoners and a strong epic called Mitosis. It doesn't really give anything away, or help you to learn anything, but will be enjoyable if you were a fan of 'Steelheart'. The opening pages of Firefight seem to stutter a bit, and Mitosis provides a seamless transition between the two novels to help the story fly.Story 4/5 A nice little story to get me back in the mood ready for 'Firefight', the second novel in the Reckoners series.

That said, I think Sanderson would have served his series better by putting it right into Firefight, maybe as a prologue or as an opening chapter. It’s a valuable addition to The Reckoners series. It didn’t take long, and I am glad I did. I put down my cash and read it on my Kindle app shortly thereafter. I was less than twenty pages in to Firefight before I realized that even if I could get by without reading Mitosis, there were enough references to the book, and the references were sufficiently obscure, that reading it was a good idea. Mitosis takes place in the period between the events of Steelheart and Firefight, but really is just a snap shot, a moment in time to give a flavor of the changes that are happening in Newcago and the villains that the Reckoners are fighting as they protect the city and keep it clear of the super powered villains that occasionally try to plant their flag.īecause I had read that the story wasn’t necessary in order to enjoy Firefight, and because I generally only buy books in paper form –I know, a bit anachronistic-I decided I wouldn’t read Mitosis before I read Firefight, if at all. There’s so much to like about Mitosis, and almost all of it comes down to one thing: Brandon Sanderson’s nearly unparalleled ability to build and describe action.

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