Mistborn (series)
Mistborn is a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson.
It is most well known as a trilogy, but there will be additional instalments.
First Trilogy
The first Mistborn trilogy chronicles the efforts of a group of Allomancers who attempt to overthrow a dystopian empire and establish themselves in a world covered by ash.
The three books of the trilogy are:
- Mistborn: The Final Empire--Commonly referred to simply as "Mistborn"
- The Well of Ascension
- The Hero of Ages
Mistborn Adventures
Set about 300 years after the first trilogy, the Mistborn Adventures are 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
- Shadows of Self
- Bands of Mourning[1][2]
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Second Mistborn Trilogy
Set soon after the Mistborn Adventures, the second trilogy is about a Mistborn serial killer.[4] It supposedly introduces the Southern Peoples of Scadrial.[5]
Third Mistborn Trilogy
The third trilogy is going to be a space-opera with Allomancy powered faster-than-light technology.[6] Hoid will be a main character in this trilogy.[7]
Other media
Publication
- 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
- Serbian rights (entire series) 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[8]
Awards
- 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[8]
Notes
- ↑ Two More Mistborn Novels
— Brandon's website - 28 March 2014# - ↑ Tor Shadows of Self and Bands of Mourning announcement
— Tor.com - 2014-12-18# - ↑ Broken reference - Missing date declaration: So, there will be a total of FOUR Wax and Wayne era Mistborn novels
— Twitter - {{{date}}}# - ↑ A second trilogy?
— Theoryland - Sep 22nd, 2012# - ↑ When will we meet the southern people?
— Theoryland - Sep, 2012# - ↑ There's going to be three trilogies?
— Theoryland - Nov 6th, 2012# - ↑ 119909
— 17th Shard forums - 28 March 2014# - ↑ a b Brandon's Awful Agent page
— Awful Agent #