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Series (3)
Mistborn Era 1
3 books
The original Mistborn trilogy introduces readers to a world of ash and mist, where a seemingly immortal tyrant has ruled for a thousand years and the skaa live as slaves beneath noble oppression. This is where Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere begins for many readers - a complete, self-contained story that showcases his signature magic systems and intricate plotting. Allomancy, the magic of burning metals for supernatural powers, drives both the action and the mysteries at the heart of these books. Follow Vin, a street urchin who discovers she's Mistborn - capable of using all Allomantic metals - as she's recruited into a crew planning the ultimate heist: overthrowing the Lord Ruler himself.
Mistborn Era 2 (Wax and Wayne)
4 books
Three hundred years after the events of the original Mistborn trilogy, the world has industrialised. Elendel is a city of railways, electric lights, and political corruption, where the heroes of the old age have hardened into religion and legend and the houses that rule the basin have largely forgotten what their world cost. Waxillium Ladrian spent twenty years as a lawman in the Roughs before being dragged back to the city to save his house from bankruptcy. He brings his irreverent partner Wayne, a talent for violence, and a set of Allomantic and Feruchemical abilities that make him uniquely suited to the conspiracies he keeps stumbling into. The four books blend the epic fantasy foundation of the original trilogy with detective noir and a genuinely funny double act at their centre.
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Elantris
2005
Ten years ago, the city of Elantris was the seat of immortal beings whose magic could heal, feed, and transform. Then the Shaod - the blessing that turned ordinary people into radiant Elantrians - became a curse. Now the city's inhabitants are trapped in decaying bodies that neither heal nor die, and the once-glorious capital is a ruin sealed behind high walls. Prince Raoden of Arelon is taken by the Shaod and thrown into Elantris, where he refuses to surrender to despair. Outside the walls, Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a political marriage only to discover her betrothed is officially dead - and that the kingdom is far more fragile than anyone admits. Meanwhile, the high priest Hrathen has been given ninety days to convert Arelon to the Fjordell empire's religion, or the empire will destroy it by force. Brandon Sanderson's debut novel, a standalone epic fantasy driven by three converging viewpoints and a mystery at the heart of a broken magic system.
Warbreaker
2009
After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today’s leading master of what Tolkien called "secondary creation", the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own. Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the colour in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
Characters (182)
| Name | Aliases | Role |
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Dalinar Kholin Highprince of Alethkar and uncle to the king, haunted by visions of the past | The Blackthorn | Protagonist |
Kaladin A former soldier turned slave, leader of Bridge Four who becomes a Knight Radiant. | Kal, Kaladin Stormblessed, Captain | Protagonist |
Lightsong A Returned god in Hallandren's Court of Gods. Irreverent and lazy, he claims not to believe in his own divinity, yet proves to be far more heroic than he pretends. | Protagonist | |
Marasi Colms A brilliant detective and Pulser (Cadmium Allomancy). Starts as a constable student and rises to prominence. | Protagonist | |
Nikaro A nightmare painter in the city of Kilahito on Komashi. He paints nightmares to contain them, preventing them from harming people. Also known as Painter. | Painter | Protagonist |
Raoden Crown prince of Arelon who is taken by the Shaod and thrown into Elantris. Despite the apparent curse, he works to rebuild the fallen city and its people from within. | Protagonist | |
Sarene Princess of Teod who arrives in Arelon to find her betrothed apparently dead. Politically astute and fiercely independent, she navigates court intrigue to protect Arelon. | Protagonist | |
Shallan Davar A young Veden scholar seeking to become Jasnah's ward, hiding dark secrets | Veil, Radiant | Protagonist |
Silence Montane Runs a waystop in the Forests of Hell on Threnody. A bounty hunter who knows the deadly rules of the shades that haunt the forest. | Protagonist | |
Siri The youngest princess of Idris, sent to Hallandren in her sister's place to marry the God King. Naive but courageous, she adapts to her new world with surprising resilience. | Protagonist | |
Sixth of the Dusk An Eelakin trapper from the Drominad system who bonds with Aviar birds. A man out of time as his world modernises, he navigates the dangerous Pantheon islands guided by his birds Sak and Kokerlii. | Protagonist | |
Steris Harms Wax's fiancée and later wife. A meticulous planner with no magical abilities but sharp intellect. | Lady Ladrian | Protagonist |
Tress A window washer from a small island on Lumar who sets out across the deadly spore seas to rescue the man she loves from the Sorceress of the Midnight Sea. | Protagonist | |
Vasher A mysterious Awakener and one of the Five Scholars who originally studied BioChromatic Breath. Carries Nightblood, the sword he helped create. | Protagonist | |
Vin A half-skaa street urchin from the slums of Luthadel. Shaped by a harsh life with her brother Reen and a constantly-moving series of thieving crews, she has learned to survive by staying distrustful and unnoticed. When Kelsier spots something unusual in her, she is pulled out of the underworld and into a far larger plan against the Lord Ruler's Final Empire - including a new identity as the young noblewoman Valette Renoux. | Valette Renoux, Lady Heir, Ascendant Warrior | Protagonist |
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Wan ShaiLu Called Shai. A Forger from the Rose Empire on Sel who can rewrite the history of objects and people using soul stamps. Imprisoned and forced to recreate the emperor's soul. | Shai | Protagonist |
Waxillium Ladrian A Twinborn lawman-turned-noble. Coinshot (Steel Allomancy) and Skimmer (Iron Feruchemy). Lord of House Ladrian and later Senator. | Wax | Protagonist |
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Yumi A yoki-hijo (spirit caller) from Torio on Komashi. She stacks stones in precise formations to summon spirits that provide heat and light to her people. | Protagonist |
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