No one knows what caused the bright flash in the sky - whether it was a secret government experiment or a natural anomaly - but after it, ordinary people began to exhibit unusual abilities. Unfortunately, these people did not become superheroes; on the contrary, their irrepressible force kindled in them an equally irrepressible thirst for power. And in order to rule people, you must first crush their will. He was nicknamed Steelheart. He is the master of Chicago, strong, powerful, merciless. And he is also the enemy of eighteen-year-old David, in front of whom Steelheart killed his father ten years ago. And all these ten years, David has been thinking about one thing - how to take revenge on the killer...