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The Hero of Ages

by Brandon Sanderson Publisher: TOR BOOKS

Prophecy, power, and a world in peril

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  • Series recognition

    Mistborn series: over 10 million copies sold

    The source states that the Mistborn series has sold over 10 million copies; this is a series-level milestone, no...

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Prophecy, power, and a world in peril

The concluding volume of the original Mistborn trilogy picks up after Vin releases the power held in the Well of Ascension—an act that proves to have unleashed Ruin, a force bent on destroying the world. As earthquakes and fire threaten life across the planet, Vin and Emperor Elend Venture seek a way to resist: Elend looks for clues left by the Lord Ruler, while Vin tries to separate trustworthy prophecy from what has been corrupted. The conflict ties the series’ questions of fate and deception to a struggle for survival, with Vin’s possible role as the Hero of Ages at its center.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers following the original Mistborn trilogy and its continuing character arcs.
  • For teens and young adults interested in epic fantasy, prophecy, and world-threatening conflicts.
  • For readers who enjoy fantasy premises involving political intrigue and heist-story elements, both noted in the series description.

Themes

Prophecy and deceptionPower and responsibilitySurvival and world destructionTrust and truth

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Book overview

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.

Vin fulfilled the prophecy and released the power gathered in the Well of Ascension. But it was all a trick, and now the godlike being Ruin has been unleashed on the world, bent on its destruction by earthquake and Fire.

Having escaped death only through becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture now hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will help them fight back. Legends speak of a hero, but were any prophecies not corrupted? To make up for being duped, Vin must unravel the truth so she can become the Hero of Ages before Ruin can wipe out all life on the planet.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive

● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War

● Wind and Truth

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages


Wax & Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal


Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man


Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
(with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England


Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity
● Lux
(with Steven Michael Bohls)

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight
(with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

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