Born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1975, Brandon Sanderson spent his early twenties working graveyard shifts at a hotel — writing novels at the front desk between guest check-ins. By the time his debut, Elantris, was published by Tor Books in 2005, he had completed thirteen novels in the drawer. His subsequent Mistborn trilogy and the ongoing Stormlight Archive series established him as the primary architect of the Cosmere, an interconnected fictional universe in which most of his fantasy series share...
The Hero of Ages
The Hero of Ages
Synopsis
With the power of Ruin released into the world, ash is falling faster, crops are failing, and the mists are killing. Vin and Elend spread out across the crumbling Final Empire seeking caches left behind by the Lord Ruler — caches that may hold the key to survival. But the question at the heart of the final Mistborn volume is not military or magical: it is theological. Sazed, Keeper of religions and one of the trilogy's moral centers, has lost his faith entirely after loss after loss, and must reckon with whether any of the hundreds of religions he carries in his metalminds has the truth that could save the world. The Hero of Ages resolves threads planted in the first two books and answers questions readers have carried for thousands of pages, with a climax that recontextualizes everything that came before.
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Elend VentureProtagonist
Scholar-turned-emperor, leading the remnants of the empire alongside Vin.
VinProtagonist
The Mistborn hero searching for the Lord Ruler's caches to save a dying world.
SazedProtagonist
A Keeper of religions who has lost his faith and must find truth among the hundreds he carries.
RuinAntagonist
The cosmic force of destruction released into the world.
TenSoonSupporting
A kandra who defied his contract and faces judgment by his own people while holding knowledge crucial to the world's survival.
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Edition
The Hero of AgesPaperback, Oct
768 pages
Tor TeenISBN: 97807653771595 editions available
