Warbreaker (Cosmere Universe)

by Brandon Sanderson

WARBREAKER is the story of two sisters - who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, a lesser god, and an immortal trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago.

Theirs is a world in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city. A world transformed by BioChromatic magic, a power based on an essence known as breath. Using magic is arduous: breath can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

But the rewards are great: by using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be performed.

Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is a master of what Tolkien called 'secondary creation,' the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.

• ISBN10: 0765360039
• ISBN13: 9780765360038
• Publish Date: 30 March 2010 (first published 9 June 2009)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Tor Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 688
• Language: English

Reviews

[vagasker]

I can't wait for the next one! I really enjoyed this book. And a great job on the character development. I really cared about all of the characters and I wished the next book was out already. I really want to read more!!

[dokie80]

Loved it! funny, cool, different. Somehow felt like reading a combination of [b:The Night Angel Trilogy|6122735|The Night Angel Trilogy (Night Angel, #1-3)|Brent Weeks|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1237703314s/6122735.jpg|6537338] and [a:Trudi Canavan|15890|Trudi Canavan|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1194378660p2/15890.jpg]'s Age of Five Trilogy

[sstaley]

Warbreaker had a slow start for me, but took off once I hit the middle of the book. This novel shows off Brandon's great usage of interesting characterization. Warbreaker, is another fine example, of why Brandon is known as one of the best Sci-Fi/Fantasy writers on the market today.