I'm already about halfway through the next book in the series, The Well of Ascension, and it's fun to see how Sanderson left threads for the series to follow yet at the end of Mistborn, there didn't feel like there was anything unfinished. There's a thought process behind where it comes from and how to use it and the dangers and consequences of doing so. This story is not just another dwarves/elves/orcs story line and magic doesn't just 'exist'. Although I noticed some distinct similarities in characters between Mistborn and Elantris (another great listen by Sanderson), he has so much imagination in how to make a world unique. It's easy to see why Robert Jordan picked Brandon Sanderson to finish his Wheel of Time series. The Mistborn Trilogy being a predecessor to Stormlight, I thought I might be disappointed… I was wrong. I was a bit skeptical at first because there were so many similarities between styles and even character names between the two-book series. I started the Mistborn series because I read the Stormlight Archives by Sanderson and wanted more epic fantasy. 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. But 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. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot. 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. From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.įor a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed.

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