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Mistborn is a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson. It is a major part of the cosmere sequence and is set mostly on the Shardworld Scadrial.

It is most well known as the trilogy of Mistborn: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages, but there have been additional installments. Brandon originally planned a "trilogy of trilogies" but this has been expanded into a number of series over various eras in the history of Scadrial.

Era 1: First Mistborn Trilogy [ edit ]

by Marc Simonetti Artwork for the Brazilian release of the trilogy

The first Mistborn trilogy chronicles the efforts of a secret group of Allomancers who attempt to overthrow a dystopian empire and establish themselves in a world covered by ash.





Era 2: Wax and Wayne Series [ edit ]

Set about 300 years after Era 1, the Wax and Wayne series is about the exploits of Waxillium Ladrian, a "wild-west Deputy" forced to move into the big city, and starts investigating kidnappings and robberies.

The Alloy of Law was initially conceived as one of several short stories Brandon wanted to set between the first and second main trilogies that eventually grew into a full novel, and then a series.[3] The Wax and Wayne series is a single four book series, however The Alloy of Law stands more-or-less alone while the rest are plotted together like a trilogy.[4]





Brandon has also said that he may do some more stories before the second trilogy, set in a 1940's society.[4]

Era 3: Second Mistborn Trilogy [ edit ]

The second trilogy will be set in the early computer age with 1980s technology. The main character is planned as a Terris woman who is a computer programmer and Nicroburst; her brother is also planned to be a character.[5][6] Peter has described her as a "brown Terris geek girl", though he does point out that this could change by the time the series is actually being written.[7]

The Southern Scadrians will be well known by the rest of Scadrial in this era.[8]

Brandon had initially planned for the trilogy to feature an Allomancer SWAT team, but is now leaning more towards a spy thriller.[9] It will probably be released in the 2020s, after Stormlight 5 and the Elantris sequels.[10]

Era 4: Third Mistborn Trilogy [ edit ]

The third trilogy is going to be a space-opera with Allomancy-powered faster-than-light technology.[11] Hoid will be a main character in this trilogy.[12] The Sleepless, or Dysian Aimians, will also have a major role in this trilogy.[13]

There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.[14]

Other media [ edit ]

Cover Galleries [ edit ]

Era 1

Era 2

Publication [ edit ]

MISTBORN: THE FINAL EMPIRE (Tor, July 2006)

MISTBORN: THE WELL OF ASCENSION (Tor, Spring 2007)

MISTBORN: THE HERO OF AGES (Tor, Fall 2008)

Audio rights (entire series) to Macmillan Audio

Bulgarian rights (entire series) to Bard.

Chinese rights (traditional; entire series) to Fantasy Foundation

Chinese rights (simplified; entire series) to Shanghai Wanyu

Czech rights (entire series) to Talpress

French rights (entire series) to Calmann-Levy

German rights (entire series) to Heyne

Greek rights (entire series) to Fantastikos Kosmos

Hebrew rights (#1-2) to Opus Press

Hungarian rights (#1-3) to DeltaVision

Italian rights (#1-3) to Fanucci

Indonesian rights (#1-3) to Mizan Publishing

Japanese rights (entire series) to Hayakawa

Polish rights (entire series) to Mag

Russian rights (#1-2) to EKSMO

Russian rights (#1-3) to Azbooka-Atticus

Serbian rights (#1-3) to Laguna

Spanish rights (entire series) to Ediciones B

Turkish rights (#1-3) to Arkadas

UK rights (entire series) to Orion/Gollancz

Film rights for MISTBORN to Chris Geary and Paloppa Pictures LLC[15]

Awards [ edit ]

THE HERO OF AGES — #21 on NY Times hardcover list

THE WELL OF ASCENSION — Finalist for Romantic Times Award, Best Epic Fantasy

THE HERO OF AGES — Winner of the Romantic Times Award, Best Epic Fantasy

THE HERO OF AGES — Finalist for the inaugural David Gemmell Award

All three Mistborn Trilogy books are SF Book Club selections

THE HERO OF AGES — selected as an Indie Next List Notable for Dec. 2008[15]