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Mistborn
Vin becomes part of a scamming crew with an unusual job; prepare the capitol city for rebellion against the Lord Ruler. Vin is skaa-the lowest caste in her world. As part of a thieving crew, she uses her talents to influence the emotions of her company's victims. When a job goes horribly wrong, she joins a new crew with one goal; collapse the government. She does not believe the plan can work, after all, no one had ever been able to unseat the Lord Ruler...
Steelheart
In a world where superpowers have corrupted the gifted, one boy will take on the most powerful of them all to avenge his father. Steelheart follows David Charleston, a teenage orphan whose father was murdered in front of him, as he seeks revenge on the murderer. The problem is, the murderer has superpowers. David lives in a world where some normal people were given amazing powers by an explosion in the sky. These super humans, known as Epics, all have...
The Hero of Ages - Mistborn 3
Sanderson's Hero of Ages takes readers on one last trip to the world of Scadriel and Vin the Mistborn, a magical warrior with the power to "burn" certain metals in her body to gain superhuman abilities. On Scadriel, people with powers like Vin are known as allomancers. A typical allomancer can burn only one type of metal and thus gain only one super power, but the rare Mistborn can burn every metal and achieve near godlike abilities. In the first...
The Way of Kings
Kaladin Kaladin Stormblessed is a slave who has lost all hope that his own life has meaning. He was destined to inherit the role of town surgeon from his father but due to the cruel vengeance of a jealous and malicious lord, he and his brother, Tien, were instead conscripted into the army. While in the army, his brother Tien is killed, an event which devastates Kaladin. Feeling he cannot return home to face his parents, he instead puts his entire heart ...

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The Well of Ascension - Mistborn 2
Vin is a Mistborn, a magical warrior with the power to "burn" certain metals in her body to gain superhuman abilities. This type of metal burning is known as allomancy. A typical allomancer can burn only one type of metal and thus gain only one super power, but the rare Mistborn can burn every metal and achieve near godlike abilities. In the first book in the Mistborn series, Vin learned about her Mistborn powers under the tutelage of her mentor Kelsier....
Warbreaker
This is a story about reversals of roles between 2 princesses from Idris. Warbreaker is a standalone fantasy written by author Brandon Sanderson. It starts off with two Princesses from Idris. The eldest, Vivenna, has a duty to the God King of Hallandren, which is their rival nation. Vivenna has been trained all her life for her duty. However, in a stunning role reversal, they send her untrained and unsophisticated younger sister, Siri, instead. Vivenn...