The Way of Kings – On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes, a young spearman is forced into the army of a Shardbearer, led to war against an enemy he doesn’t understand and doesn’t really want to fight.
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Using magic is arduous as breath can only be collected one unit at a time.Īnd then into the series I am tackling now, the Stormlight Archive. A world transformed by a power based on an essence known as breath. 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. Warbreaker – This is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. The Hero of Ages – Having escaped death only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world.But no-one knows where it is or what it can do. As the siege of Luthadel intensifies, the ancient legend of the Well of Ascension offers the only glimmer of hope. But the mists have become unpredictable since, and a strange vaprous entity is stalking Vin – a onetime street urchin, now the most powerful Mistborn in the land. The Well of Ascension – The impossible has happened.They travel to Mantiz and attack Keep Shezler. The story of how Gemmel taught Kelsier the art of Allomancy. The Eleventh Metal – Short story available in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection.He returns to Luthadel, the capital city of the Final Empire, where he rounds up his old thieving crew for a new job: to overthrow the Final Empire by stealing its treasury and collapsing its economy. The Final Empire – A half-skaa thief named Kelsier discovers that he is Mistborn and escapes the Pits of Hathsin, a brutal prison camp of the Lord Ruler.The Hope of Elantris – Short story available in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection. After Elantris’ restoration Raoden listens to Ashe’s testament to his whereabouts during the last hours before Elantris’ restoration.įollow up Elantris with either the two listed above or jump right into Mistborn.Can a young Princess unite the people of Elantris, rediscover the lost magic and lead a rebellion against the imperial zealots? And now its shattered citizens face domination by a powerful Imperium motivated by dogged religious views. But then the magic began to fade and Elantris began to rot. Elantris – Elantris was built on magic and it thrived.Starting with Elantris is the easiest entry point as it’s not a huge reading commitment unlike the rest of the series. The Stormlight Archive: Words of Radiance (2014).Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (2013, short story published in Dangerous Women).