What I’m Reading: Mistborn

Cover art for Mistborn
Cover art for Mistborn

Mistborn is the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s Final Empire series. The setup is simple enough: imagine if the hero destined to save the world from a terrible evil did so … and then decided to use his new-found power to establish a tyrannical empire. The ascended “Lord Ruler” is considered a living god, and has united the world’s nations into his empire. But a handful of rogues gifted arcane powers are looking to bring down the Lord Ruler in a heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven.