One most impressive things about this series is the unique power system of using metals to gain (sometimes physics-based) superhuman abilities. If you want to know more about the Cosmere Universe, you can check Brandon Sanderson’s website, where he explains it better than any other could. So, Mistborn is set in the same universe as Elantris and The Stormlight Archive despite having a different story. Mistborn book series is set in the Cosmere Universe, that is, most of Brandon Sanderson’s books have the same fundamentals of magic and cosmology even though if the stories are separate. Mistborn The Final Empire, which is the first book in the series, records the account of one man with such powers who assembles a team of criminals to s pur the Lord Ruler to great annoyance. These groups are said to possess possible powers that might bring down the dreaded Lord Ruler and lift the oppression from the Skaa community. They are those blessed with the gift of drawing powers from metals. There are also the allomancers (magicians) who dwell among the commoners, and they are often seen burrowing in the Skaa community, protecting their houses and skewing politics. The nobles, on the other hand, take pleasure in balls and court intrigue.

The Skaa people are however oppressed, poor, starving, and live in perpetual dread of the Lord Ruler. Sitting on the throne is the Lord Ruler a god served by sinister and powerful men whose eyes are made of metal spikes. Mistborn book series is set in a world where ash falls from the sky, and mists envelop the streets by night.

The story begins with Mistborn The Final Empire (which some call Mistborn book 1), a reason why Mistborn is also known for some readers as The Final Empire series.

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