Now, he is leading a group of skillful allomantic thieves into what’s supposed to be an impossible task. And in the darkest moment of his life, one man has found hope, as well as access to his magical abilities. They just exist.īut hope is the hardest to kill. The Skaa have forgotten how to fight or think or feel. A thousand years during which the menacing, invincible Lord Ruler reigned with an iron fist.Ī few rebellions have been smashed before they even began.

It has been a thousand years since mists and ashfalls and the red sun had wiped out all the flowers and green leaves from the world.

In fact, I’m far more than just a ‘mild’ annoyance – people tell me I can be downright frustrating.” “Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. “Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” So yeah, of course I’d love to read everything Brendon Sanderson’s ever written, but let’s be realistic for a second… What The Final Empire Is About I mean, the man writes a lot, and I also plan to read The Reckoners, and The Stormlight Archive, and those are humongous… I will most definitely be reading all three of those. The Final Empire is the first book of the first trilogy. If I understood well, the series technically has 7 books, although it is really 2 series – two completely different stories set in the same world. 🙂Īnd because of all of that, The Mistborn was one if the stories I was looking forward to reading the most. But I knew about it before reading the book, and – it had made me really, really excited about the read. I just realized I can’t tell you the fifth one because it is kind of a spoiler.It has a really cool magic system that is somehow based on metals.The story follows a group of thieves, and heist is one of my favorite tropes.BookTubers, bookstagrammers, book bloggers and the rest of the bookish community have been raving about it for years and years.The Mistborn Saga was written by Brendon Sanderson, one of the best fantasy and sci-fi authors and the man who has created one of my favorite characters ever – Spensa Nightshade.Let me tell you all the facts I knew about The Mistborn before reading it, since each and every one made me think this might end up being one of my favorite books ever written: RATED ON GOODREADS – 4.47 of 5 Initial Thoughts GENRE – fantasy, high fantasy, young adult, adult, heist The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson – Book Details

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