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Tobin Brown
Written on May 1, 2021
I think Mistborn is a great entrypoint for the Cosmere and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers and then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world.
A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families and ordinary folk are condemned to lives in servitude, sold as goods, labouring in the ash fields.
But now a troublemaker has arrived and there is rumour of revolt. A revolt that depends on criminal that no-one can trust and a young girl who must master Allomancy - the magic that lies in all metals.
A word of mouth success in the states the Mistborn trilogy has, this year, broken onto the New York Times Bestseller list. The time is ripe for its success to cross the Atlantic.
Read by Michael Kramer
(p) 2009 Macmillan Audio
This book, so entertaining. As I was reading the first part I kept thinking this seems so familiar. And then it hit me, it is a heist and several of the main characters specialize in their particular magic- not unlike Ocean's 11. Anyway. enjoyable book and I'm starting the 2nd now.