Mistborn · Book 1
Mistborn: The Final Empire
- Published
- 17 July 2006
- Pages
- 669
- ISBN-13
- 9780765311788
- Type
- novel
About this book
Mistborn: The Final Empire opens the series on July 17, 2006 at 669 pages, introducing Kelsier, a charismatic thief planning to overthrow the godlike Lord Ruler who has reigned for a thousand years, and Vin, a distrustful street girl who discovers she's Mistborn -- able to burn ingested metals for superhuman power. It's the book that established Sanderson's Allomancy as one of fantasy's benchmark hard magic systems.
Its place in Mistborn
Mistborn: The Final Empire is book 1 in the Mistborn series. It is followed by Mistborn: The Well of Ascension. See the full Mistborn reading order.
Mistborn begins with one of fantasy's great hooks: what if the prophesied hero failed? A thousand years ago the Lord Ruler seized godlike power, and he has reigned ever since over a world of falling ash, nightly mists and enslaved skaa. Into this steps Kelsier, a charismatic thief who survived the Lord Ruler's death-camps, planning the ultimate heist — overthrow the empire — and Vin, a distrustful street girl who discovers she is Mistborn, able to burn ingested metals for superhuman powers. Sanderson's Allomancy…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765311788