

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. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. The Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. Monster Complex uses Amazon affiliate links. Now the story’s about a gang of thieves who decide they’re going to rob the Dark Lord to try to overthrow his empire by destabilizing his economy, after making off with a lot of money themselves. Mistborn takes place a thousand years after heroes went on that sort of epic journey-but failed.

I’ve been looking for it.’ I was really intrigued by the idea of a world where the Dark Lord had won.” “What if Frodo had gotten to the end of the long journey through Mordor, and the Dark Lord Sauron said, ‘Hey, that’s my ring. Sanderson told From the Desk that The Mistborn series started with the author wondering what would happen if, in one of these fantasy stories like “Harry Potter” or “Lord of the Rings,” the Dark Lord won. A third trilogy is being planned, set to take place “ in the early days of computer programming” and with novels set to release in 2025-2027. The first trilogy, published 2006-2008, was followed by a transitional sequel, which then became the first installment in a set that took place 300 years later. Mistborn is a series of epic fantasy novels written by Brandon Sanderson. This saga dares to ask, “What if the hero of prophecy fails?”
