brandon sanderson misborn series book list

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.

Mistborn has been adapted into a tabletop card game and a role-playing game.What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?įor a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. The overall story-telling style makes us feel we’re listening to an old-time cowboy, regaling us with tales from the Wild West.įans of Mistborn include former FBI director James Comey and the actor Henry Cavill. The pace moves at a good clip, while taking enough little breaks for comic relief. Narrator Michael Kramer uses his sometimes sardonic and humorous style to draw out the full depth of each character. She is the main character in Mistborn and one of the best female characters seen in the fantasy genre so far. Mistborn's likable, complex humanoid characters include the defensive yet always-honest Vin. In the Mistborn books, he creates a fascinating and intricate magic system called 'allomancy' that readers and listeners find captivating. Mistborn is the creation of Brandon Sanderson, perhaps best-known for completing Robert Jordan’s fantasy series Wheel of Time. Can good triumph against evil and bring light back to their world? Together they plot to destroy the Lord Ruler by building a rebellion and waging war. The Mistborn series is the story of Vin, an orphan girl, and Kelsier, a criminal who discovers his own magical powers. Ordinary people live as slaves, toiling in ash fields. It has been a thousand years since the Dark Lord came to rule with an iron fist. In a land called Final Empire, ash falls from the sky, mist dominates the night and evil cloaks the land.

Brandon sanderson misborn series book list