Mistborn (series)
Mistborn is a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson. It is a major part of the cosmere sequence and is set mostly on the planet 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, later in Arcanum Unbounded | |
| 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 | ||
| 2016 | The Bands of Mourning | #3 | Novel | ||
| 2022 | The Lost Metal | #4 | Novel | [1] | |
| 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 | [2] |
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
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] Brandon backs up this description[8], and describes it as a sort of "how nerd culture works on Scadrial."[9]
It is planned to take place 50-70 years after Era 2.[10]
It would put more focus upon Kelsier and Trell.[11][12][13][14][15] MeLaan is also expected to play a role.[16]
There are going to be allomancy-involved sports.[17]
Various characters are planned to be Twinborns with "really neat combinations."[18]
The Southern Scadrians will be well known by the rest of Scadrial in this era.[19]
He will be writing it in a similar manner to the first trilogy, writing all three books before publishing so that he could properly foreshadow and edit past books.[20][21] He is greatlylooking forward to writing Book 10.[22].
Brandon had initially planned for the trilogy to feature an Allomancer SWAT team, with a team of allomancers hired to take out a serial killer, but is now leaning more towards a spy thriller.[23][24] It will probably be released in the 2020s, after Stormlight 5 and the Elantris sequels.[25]
These will be returning to the length of the Mistborn Era One books.[26][27][28][29][30]
It is planned for these to include a global map of Scadrial.[31][32][33]
Brandon has interest in writing a Cyberpunk novella or short story between Era 3 and 4, this is not a definite plan. If he does it, it would be done during the second half of the Stormlight Archive.[30][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Era 4: Third Mistborn Trilogy
The third trilogy is going to be a space-opera with Allomancy-powered faster-than-light technology.[41] Hoid will be a main character in this trilogy.[42] The Sleepless, or Dysian Aimians, will also have a major role in this trilogy.[43] The Iriali are also planned to have a major role.[44]
There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.[45]
He plans for each Era 4 book to be around the length of a Stormlight book.[26]
Other media
- Mistborn Adventure Game - tabletop RPG by Crafty Games
- Mistborn: Birthright - cancelled video game
- Mistborn film - various incarnations of a movie deal
- Mistborn: House War - board game by Crafty Games
Cover Galleries
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[46]
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[46]
Notes
- ↑ General Reddit 2020
— Arcanum - 2020-07-01# - ↑ Allomancer Jak release announcement
— Brandon's website - Oct 21, 2014# - ↑ Two More Mistborn Novels
— Brandon's website - Oct 29th, 2013# - ↑ a b State of the Sanderson 2014
— Arcanum - 2014-12-18# - ↑ JordanCon 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-04-23# - ↑ /r/fantasy AMA 2011
— Arcanum - 2011-08-31# - ↑ Peter commenting on the next trilogy.
— Twitter - Aug 19th, 2015# - ↑ General Reddit 2015
— Arcanum - 2015-12-17# - ↑ Oathbringer release party
— Arcanum - 2017-11-13# - ↑ Dragonmount Zoom Call
— Arcanum - 2020-12-10# - ↑ Idaho Falls signing
— Arcanum - 2018-12-29# - ↑ Shardcast Interview
— Arcanum - 2021-01-23# - ↑ JordanCon 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-04-21# - ↑ Skyward release party
— Arcanum - 2018-11-06# - ↑ Secret Project #4 Reveal and Livestream
— Arcanum - 2022-03-29# - ↑ Calamity Seattle signing
— Arcanum - 2016-02-17# - ↑ General Reddit 2017
— Arcanum - 2017-12-13# - ↑ 17th Shard Forum Q&A
— Arcanum - 2012-09-26# - ↑ Firefight San Francisco signing
— Arcanum - 2015-01-17# - ↑ General Reddit 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-01-19# - ↑ General Reddit 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-01-25# - ↑ Mistborn: Secret History Explanation
— Arcanum - 2016-01-30# - ↑ Stormlight Three Update #4
— Arcanum - 2016-10-04# - ↑ Idaho Falls Signing
— Arcanum - 2009-06-20# - ↑ State of the Sanderson 2014
— Arcanum - 2014-12-18# - ↑ a b General Reddit 2019
— Arcanum - 2019-12-10# - ↑ YouTube Livestream 30
— Arcanum - 2021-04-07# - ↑ /r/books AMA 2015
— Arcanum - 2015-04-13# - ↑ Bands of Mourning release party
— Arcanum - 2016-01-25# - ↑ a b YouTube Livestream 3
— Arcanum - 2020-01-25# - ↑ Cosmere.es Interview
— Arcanum - 2022-10-19# - ↑ YouTube Livestream 35
— Arcanum - 2021-09-09# - ↑ Isaac Stewart r/Stormlight_Archive AMA
— Arcanum - 2019-10-01# - ↑ YouTube Livestream 32
— Arcanum - 2021-06-03# - ↑ Kraków signing
— Arcanum - 2017-03-21# - ↑ General Reddit 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-08-18# - ↑ Travis Gafford Interview
— Arcanum - 2020-11-12# - ↑ General Reddit 2019
— Arcanum - 2019-12-19# - ↑ General Reddit 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-05-27# - ↑ Arcanum Unbounded Seattle signing
— Arcanum - 2016-12-01# - ↑ /r/fantasy AMA 2011
— Arcanum - 2011-08-31# - ↑ #SandersonChat Twitter Q&A with Audible.com
— Arcanum - 2016-02-04# - ↑ Leipzig Book Fair
— Arcanum - 2017-03-24# - ↑ General Reddit 2019
— Arcanum - 2019-05-28# - ↑ State of the Sanderson 2014
— Arcanum - 2014-12-18# - ↑ a b Brandon's Awful Agent page
— Awful Agent #