Brandon Sanderson has created a truly original world of magic and intrigue, and with the rigor of the best science fiction writers he has made it real at every level.” - Orson Scott Card “ Elantris is the finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years. Mistborn: The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1) This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.īut even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Kelsier 'snapped' and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the 'Sliver of Infinity,' reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible.

For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.įor a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed.

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