Warbreaker

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Template:BookInfobox Warbreaker is a stand-alone fantasy novel by Brandon Sanderson, which is available for purchase in bookstores or for free download from his website.^[1]

Publication

WARBREAKER (Tor, Summer 2009)
Audio rights (unabridged) to Recorded Books
Audio rights (dramatic abridgment) to Graphic Audio
Chinese rights (complex, Taiwan) to Gaea
Czech rights to Talpress
German rights to Heyne
Italian rights to Fanucci
Polish rights to MAG
Spanish rights to Ediciones B
UK rights to Gollancz
French rights to Calmann-Levy
Bulgarian rights to Bard^[2]

Awards

Chosen by Library Journal as one of the 5 best SF&F novels of 2009
Chosen by Barnes & Noble as one of the 5 best SF&F novels of 2009
Chosen by The Onion A.V. Club as a Best of 2009
Nominated for the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award
Nominated for 2009 Romantic Times Award, Best Epic Fantasy
An ALA Top Five Fantasy of 2009
24 on NY Times hardcover list^[3]

Summary

The book is written in third person, featuring point of views from Vasher, Siri, Vivenna, and Lightsong. It is set on Nalthis, mainly in Hallandren and Idris

The plot summary of Warbreaker can be found here.

List of Characters

Magic System

Awakening, BioChroma, Returned, Breath

Notes

Published works of Brandon Sanderson (Bibliography · Sample material · Unpublished works · Media rights · People)
The Stormlight Archive	The Way of Kings · Words of Radiance · Oathbringer · Rhythm of War (Edgedancer · Dawnshard)
Mistborn	Era 1: The Final Empire · The Well of Ascension · The Hero of Ages Era 2: The Alloy of Law · Shadows of Self · The Bands of Mourning · The Lost Metal (Mistborn: Secret History · The Eleventh Metal · Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania)
Other Cosmere Works	Arcanum Unbounded · Elantris · The Sunlit Man · Tress of the Emerald Sea · Warbreaker · White Sand · Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (The Hope of Elantris · The Emperor's Soul · Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell · Sixth of the Dusk)
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians	Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians · The Scrivener's Bones · The Knights of Crystallia · The Shattered Lens · The Dark Talent · Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians
The Reckoners	Steelheart · Firefight · Calamity · Lux (Mitosis)
Legion	Legion · Skin Deep · Lies of the Beholder · The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds · Stephen Leeds: Death & Faxes
Cytoverse	Skyward · Starsight · Cytonic · Defiant (Defending Elysium · Sunreach · ReDawn · Evershore · Hyperthief)
The Wheel of Time	The Gathering Storm · Towers of Midnight · A Memory of Light (River of Souls)
Dark One	Dark One Book 1 · Forgotten
Infinity Blade	Awakening · Redemption
Other Stories	Firstborn · The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England · I Hate Dragons · Heuristic Algorithm and Reasoning Response Engine · The Rithmatist Dreamer · Perfect State · Snapshot · Children of the Nameless · The Original

[1] Warbreaker portal on BrandonSanderson.com

[2] ttp://awfulagent.com/jabclients/sanderson

[3] ttp://awfulagent.com/jabclients/sanderson

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