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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]].
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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.
  
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.
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== Era 1: The First Trilogy ==
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== Era 1: First Mistborn Trilogy ==
 
The first Mistborn trilogy chronicles the efforts of a secret group of [[Allomancy|Allomancers]] who attempt to overthrow a dystopian empire and establish themselves in a world covered by ash.
  
The first Mistborn trilogy chronicles the efforts of a secret group of [[Allomancy|Allomancers]] who attempt to overthrow a dystopian empire and establish themselves in a world covered by ash.
   
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== Era 2: Mistborn Adventures ==
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== Era 2: Wax and Wayne Series ==
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Set about 300 years after Era 1, 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.
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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.
   
 
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! ~2018
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! ~2020
 
| ''[[The Lost Metal]]''
  
| ''[[The Lost Metal]]''
 
| #4
  
| #4
 
| Novel
  
| Novel
 
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| {{sots ref|2018}}
   
 
|- class='mistborn cosmere'
  
|- class='mistborn cosmere'
 
! 2014
  
! 2014
 
| ''[[Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania]]''
  
| ''[[Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania]]''
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| N/A
 
| Short Story
  
| Short Story
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| Released in the [[Alloy of Law (rule book)|''Alloy of Law'' supplement]] of the ''[[Mistborn Adventure Game]]''
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| Released in the [[Alloy of Law (rule book)|''Alloy of Law'' supplement]] of the ''[[Mistborn Adventure Game]]'', later in ''[[Arcanum Unbounded]]''
 
| {{ref|name=jak}}
  
| {{ref|name=jak}}
   
 
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''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.{{ref|name=alloy}} Mistborn Adventures 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.{{ref|name=sots14}}
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''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.{{ref|name=alloy}} 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.{{sots ref|2014}}
   
 
{{Mistborn Era 2|cats=}}
  
{{Mistborn Era 2|cats=}}
   
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Brandon has also said that he may do some more stories before the second trilogy, set in a 1940's society.{{ref|name=sots14}}
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Brandon has also said that he may do some more stories before the second trilogy, set in a 1940's society.{{sots ref|2014}}
   
 
{{anchor|Era 3}}
  
{{anchor|Era 3}}
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== Era 3: Second Mistborn Trilogy ==
  
== Era 3: Second Mistborn Trilogy ==
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The second trilogy will be set in the early computer age with 1980s technology and will follow a Terris woman and her brother.{{qa ref|1120|33}} The woman is planned as a computer programmer and [[nicrosil|Nicroburst]].{{qa ref|622|77}} 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.{{tweet ref|634012031415271424|text=Peter commenting on the next trilogy.|date=Aug 19th, 2015}}
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Set soon after the Mistborn Adventures, the second trilogy is about a [[Allomancer#Mistborn|Mistborn]] serial killer.{{qa ref|836|34}} It supposedly introduces the [[Southern Peoples of Scadrial]].{{qa ref|977|152}}
  
   
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The [[Southern Scadrian]]s will be well known by the rest of Scadrial in this era.{{qa ref|977|152}}
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It will be set in a 1980's society. It will probably be released after any ''[[Elantris]]'' sequels.{{ref|name=sots14}} Peter has suggested that it is planned for 2020's release.{{tweet ref|549307564681220098}}
  
   
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The first book in the trilogy will feature an Allomancer SWAT team chasing a [[Allomancer#Mistborn|Mistborn]] serial killer.{{qa ref|836|34}} It will probably be released in the 2020s, after ''[[Stormlight 5]]'' and the ''[[Elantris]]'' sequels.{{sots ref|2016}}
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It will contain a female lead.{{reddit ref|books|2ytg2h|cpctd9o}} 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.{{tweet ref|634012031415271424|text=Peter commenting on the next trilogy.|date=Aug 19th, 2015}} Brandon has since said she would be a [[nicrosil|Nicroburst]] and programmer.{{cite}}
  
   
 
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== Era 4: Third Mistborn Trilogy ==
  
== Era 4: Third Mistborn Trilogy ==
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The third trilogy is going to be a space-opera with [[Allomancy]] powered faster-than-light technology.{{qa ref|987|36}} [[Hoid]] will be a main character in this trilogy.{{17s ref|post|119909}}
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The third trilogy is going to be a space-opera with [[Allomancy]]-powered faster-than-light technology.{{qa ref|987|36}} [[Hoid]] will be a main character in this trilogy.{{17s ref|post|119909}} The Sleepless, or Dysian Aimians, will also have a major role in this trilogy.{{wob ref|3341}}
   
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There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.{{ref|name=sots14}}
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There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.{{sots ref|2014}}
   
 
== Other media ==
  
== Other media ==
 
* [[Mistborn Adventure Game]] - tabletop RPG by [[Crafty Games]]
  
* [[Mistborn Adventure Game]] - tabletop RPG by [[Crafty Games]]
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* [[Mistborn: Birthright]] - video game
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* [[Mistborn: Birthright]] - cancelled video game
 
* [[Mistborn film]] - various incarnations of a movie deal
  
* [[Mistborn film]] - various incarnations of a movie deal
 
* [[Mistborn: House War]] - board game by [[Crafty Games]]
  
* [[Mistborn: House War]] - board game by [[Crafty Games]]
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== Cover Gallery ==
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px mode="packed" caption="Era 1">
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File:Mistborn Final Empire.jpg
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File:Mistborn 2.jpg
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File:The Hero of Ages Cover.jpeg
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File:Secret_History_Cover_Art.jpg
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</gallery>
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px mode="packed" caption="Era 2">
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File:The Alloy of Law Cover.jpg
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File:Shadows of Self US Hardcover.jpg
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File:Bands of Mourning US Hardcover.jpg
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</gallery>
   
 
== Publication ==
  
== Publication ==
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*Russian rights (#1-2) to EKSMO
  
*Russian rights (#1-2) to EKSMO
 
*Russian rights (#1-3) to Azbooka-Atticus
  
*Russian rights (#1-3) to Azbooka-Atticus
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*Serbian rights (entire series) to Laguna
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*Serbian rights (#1-3) to Laguna
 
*Spanish rights (entire series) to Ediciones B
  
*Spanish rights (entire series) to Ediciones B
 
*Turkish rights (#1-3) to Arkadas
  
*Turkish rights (#1-3) to Arkadas
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{{17s ref|post|119909|When are we going to get Hoid's book?|date=28 March 2014}}
  
{{17s ref|post|119909|When are we going to get Hoid's book?|date=28 March 2014}}
   
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{{bws ref|name=sots14|state-of-the-sanderson-december-2014|State of the Sanderson: December 2014|date=2014-12-18}}
  
 
{{bws ref|name=jak|mistborn-adventure-game-alloy-of-law-supplement-new-allomancer-jak-story-giveaway|''Allomancer Jak'' release announcement|date=Oct 21, 2014}}
  
{{bws ref|name=jak|mistborn-adventure-game-alloy-of-law-supplement-new-allomancer-jak-story-giveaway|''Allomancer Jak'' release announcement|date=Oct 21, 2014}}
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{{bws ref|name=sots14|state-of-the-sanderson-december-2014|State of the Sanderson: December 2014|date=Dec 18th, 2014}}
  
 
{{bws ref|name=calamity|calamity-is-done|"Calamity is Done" blog post|date=May 29th, 2015}}
  
{{bws ref|name=calamity|calamity-is-done|"Calamity is Done" blog post|date=May 29th, 2015}}
 
{{bws ref|name=alloy|two-more-mistborn-novels|Two More Mistborn Novels|date=Oct 29th, 2013}}
  
{{bws ref|name=alloy|two-more-mistborn-novels|Two More Mistborn Novels|date=Oct 29th, 2013}}
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{{qa ref|977|152|When will we meet the southern people?|date=Sep, 2012}}
  
{{qa ref|977|152|When will we meet the southern people?|date=Sep, 2012}}
 
{{qa ref|987|36|There's going to be three trilogies?|date=Nov 6th, 2012}}
  
{{qa ref|987|36|There's going to be three trilogies?|date=Nov 6th, 2012}}
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{{qa ref|1120|33|Era 3 right now is kind-of focused on...|date=Apr 23rd, 2016}}
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{{reddit ref|books|2ytg2h|cpctd9o|text=More works with female leads?|date=2015-03-12}}
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{{qa ref|622|77|Why did you settle on a Nicrosil Misting?|date=Aug 31st, 2011}}
   
 
{{tor ref|name=SoS-BoM|mistborn-alloy-of-law-sequels|''Shadows of Self'' and ''Bands of Mourning'' announcement|date=2014-12-18}}
  
{{tor ref|name=SoS-BoM|mistborn-alloy-of-law-sequels|''Shadows of Self'' and ''Bands of Mourning'' announcement|date=2014-12-18}}
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{{tor ref|name=SoScover|brandon-sanderson-shadows-of-self-cover-reveal|''Shadows of Self'' cover reveal|date=Feb 23rd, 2015}}
  
{{tor ref|name=SoScover|brandon-sanderson-shadows-of-self-cover-reveal|''Shadows of Self'' cover reveal|date=Feb 23rd, 2015}}
 
{{tor ref|name=BoMcover|cover-reveal-brandon-sanderson-bands-of-mourning|''Bands of Mourning'' cover reveal|date=Apr 9th, 2015}}
  
{{tor ref|name=BoMcover|cover-reveal-brandon-sanderson-bands-of-mourning|''Bands of Mourning'' cover reveal|date=Apr 9th, 2015}}
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{{tweet ref|user=PeterAhlstrom|549307564681220098|Peter hints at Mistborn #8|date=2014-12-28}}
  
   
 
{{url ref|name=aa|url=http://awfulagent.com/jabclients/sanderson|text=Brandon's Awful Agent page|site=Awful Agent}}
  
{{url ref|name=aa|url=http://awfulagent.com/jabclients/sanderson|text=Brandon's Awful Agent page|site=Awful Agent}}
   
 
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Revision as of 13:29, 24 May 2019

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

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.

Year Book Order Length Notes Refs
2006 Mistborn: The Final Empire #1 Novel
2007 The Well of Ascension #2 Novel
2008 The Hero of Ages #3 Novel
2011 The Eleventh Metal #0.5 Short Story Released in the core rule book of the Mistborn Adventure Game
2016 Mistborn: Secret History #3.5 Novella Occurs concurrently with events from the end of Mistborn: The Final Empire to the end of The Hero of Ages. Should ideally be read after The Bands of Mourning.


Era 2: Wax and Wayne Series

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.

Year Book Order Length Notes Refs
2011 The Alloy of Law #1 Novel
2015 Shadows of Self #2 Novel [1] [2] [3]
2016 The Bands of Mourning #3 Novel [1] [4] [3]
~2020 The Lost Metal #4 Novel Not Released [5]
2014 Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania N/A Short Story Released in the Alloy of Law supplement of the Mistborn Adventure Game, later in Arcanum Unbounded [6]

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.[7] 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.[8]


Brandon has also said that he may do some more stories before the second trilogy, set in a 1940's society.[8]

Era 3: Second Mistborn Trilogy

The second trilogy will be set in the early computer age with 1980s technology and will follow a Terris woman and her brother.[9] The woman is planned as a computer programmer and Nicroburst.[10] 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.[11]

The Southern Scadrians will be well known by the rest of Scadrial in this era.[12]

The first book in the trilogy will feature an Allomancer SWAT team chasing a Mistborn serial killer.[13] It will probably be released in the 2020s, after Stormlight 5 and the Elantris sequels.[14]

Era 4: Third Mistborn Trilogy

The third trilogy is going to be a space-opera with Allomancy-powered faster-than-light technology.[15] Hoid will be a main character in this trilogy.[16] The Sleepless, or Dysian Aimians, will also have a major role in this trilogy.[17]

There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.[8]

Other media

Cover Gallery

  • Era 1
  • Mistborn Final Empire.jpg
  • Mistborn 2.jpg
  • The Hero of Ages Cover.jpeg
  • Secret History Cover Art.jpg
  • Era 2
  • The Alloy of Law Cover.jpg
  • Shadows of Self US Hardcover.jpg
  • Bands of Mourning US Hardcover.jpg

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
  • 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[18]

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[18]

Notes

  1. ↑ a b Shadows of Self and Bands of Mourning announcement
    — Tor.com - 2014-12-18# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "SoS-BoM" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ Shadows of Self cover reveal
    — Tor.com - Feb 23rd, 2015#
  3. ↑ a b "Calamity is Done" blog post
    — Brandon's website - May 29th, 2015#
  4. ↑ Bands of Mourning cover reveal
    — Tor.com - Apr 9th, 2015#
  5. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2018
    — Brandon's website - 2018-12-18#
  6. ↑ Allomancer Jak release announcement
    — Brandon's website - Oct 21, 2014#
  7. ↑ Two More Mistborn Novels
    — Brandon's website - Oct 29th, 2013#
  8. ↑ a b c State of the Sanderson 2014
    — Brandon's website - 2014-12-18#
  9. ↑ {{{3}}}
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "qa-1120-33" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ {{{3}}}
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "qa-622-77" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ Peter commenting on the next trilogy.
    — Twitter - Aug 19th, 2015#
  12. ↑ {{{3}}}
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "qa-977-152" defined multiple times with different content
  13. ↑ {{{3}}}
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "qa-836-34" defined multiple times with different content
  14. ↑ State of the Sanderson 2016
    — Brandon's website - 2016-12-18#
  15. ↑ {{{3}}}
    — Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "qa-987-36" defined multiple times with different content
  16. ↑ {{{3}}}
    — 17th Shard forums - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "17s-post-119909" defined multiple times with different content
  17. ↑ Leipzig Book Fair
    — Arcanum - 2017-03-24#
  18. ↑ a b Brandon's Awful Agent page
    — Awful Agent #
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