SANDERSON, Brandon
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Brandon Sanderson is the author of six novels. His debut novel a stand-alone fantasy, Elantris, was published by Tor in 2005 and was followed by the highly acclaimed Mistborn Trilogy, comprising The Final Empire (2006), The Well of Ascension (2007) and The Hero of Ages (2008). He has also written two YA novels for Scholastic with further titles in the pipeline.
Following the death of fantasy author Robert Jordan in 2007, Brandon was chosen to complete the twelfth and final title in Jordan’s huge and epic sequence The Wheel of Time. Entitled A Memory of Light, this book is currently scheduled for publication by Tor some time in late 2009.
“Sanderson’s eerie second fantasy (after 2005′s Elantris), set in a mist-haunted, ash-ridden world, pits Kelsier, “the Survivor of Hathsin,” against the immortal Lord Ruler’s 1,000-year domination of both the Great Houses and their serflike “skaa.” Through Allomancy acquired in the Ruler’s most hellish prison, Kelsier can “burn” 10 metals internally, fueling superhuman powers he uses to assemble rebels in a loose plan to destroy the nobility, the empire and the Lord Ruler himself. Kelsier uses Vin, a street urchin with the same Mistborn powers Kelsier possesses, to infiltrate the Great Houses’ society, where she falls in love with philosopher prince Elend Venture. This mystico-metallurgical fantasy combines Vin’s coming-of-age-in-magic and its well-worn theme of revolt against oppression with copious mutilations, a large-scale cast of thieves, cutthroats, conniving nobles and exotic mutants. The fast-paced action scenes temper Vin’s interminable ballroom intrigues, while the characters, though not profoundly drawn, have a raw stereotypic appeal.” — Publisher’s Weekly.