In Mistborn: The Final Empire, the prophesied hero has failed and instead of saving the world, he has become its tyrant, enslaving the world for a thousand years. That fallen hero, known as the Lord Ruler, has imposed his will on the land, empowering the nobility while enslaving the common folk, known as the skaa. Ash rains from the skies and the land is bereft of color. From this beaten-down world, two heroes emerge: Kelsier, a former thief turned would-be savior who survived the Lord […]

A sleepy colonial outpost in the sun-scorched land of Khandar is awakened when a rebel uprising chases the Vordanai Colonial Regiment from the Khandar capital city of Ashe-Katarion. The seasoned Colonials, forced to retreat to a small coastal fortress, hope that the newly-arrived ships from Vordan have come to take them home. Instead, the boats bear fresh recruits along with the enigmatic Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich, who has come to take command of the regiment and win back control of the city for the deposed […]

Kaden has been training in a remote mountain monastery for the past 8 years.  His younger brother Valyn has also been training for the past 8 years — as an assassin for the giant-bird flying Kettral, a deadly group of elite soldiers.  Their older sister Adare remained in the capital to learn the game of politics from their father, the Emperor of the Annur. The Emperor’s sudden murder sends shockwaves through each of his children, and they must piece together the details of his demise […]