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.
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== Era 1: Original 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.
YearPublished	Book Title 	Order	Length 	In-worldYear(s)	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 who starts investigating kidnappings and robberies.
YearPublished	Book Title 	Order	Length 	In-worldYear(s)	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 	 	 	
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	
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. The Wax and Wayne series is a single four book series; The Alloy of Law stands more-or-less alone while the rest are plotted together like a trilogy.
Isaac Stewart is writing Book of Nails, a novel detailing the truth behind Nicelle Sauvage's sensationalized stories in the Era 2 broadsheets.
Brandon has also said that he may do some more stories before Era 3, set in a 1940's society.
== Era 3: Ghostbloods Trilogy ==
Mistborn: Ghostbloods, the third 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. 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. Brandon backs up this description, and describes it as a sort of "how nerd culture works on Scadrial." 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. It will probably be released in the late 2020s.
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. He is greatly looking forward to writing book ten. These will be returning to the length of the Mistborn Era One books.
It is planned for these books to include a global map of Scadrial. There are short comic books that are planned to be interspersed in them, similar to the broadsheets in Era Two. There are going to be Allomancy-involved sports, and various characters are planned to be Twinborn with "really neat combinations." It is planned to take place fifty to seventy years after Era Two, by which time the Southern Scadrians will be well-known to the rest of Scadrial. It will put more focus upon Kelsier and Trell. MeLaan is also expected to play a role.
== Possible Cyberpunk Mistborn Trilogy ==
Brandon has interest in writing a "Cyberpunk" Mistborn trilogy between Eras Three and Four. Whether he writes it depends on how Era Three plays out and if he feels he has enough time to write more books before he gets too old. The books would be similar in length to Era Two (around 100,000 words) and be written around the same time as the second half of the Stormlight Archive. This trilogy would become Era Four and push space age Mistborn to Era Five and put Mistborn up to a fitting sixteen books. If a whole trilogy isn’t feasible he wants to at least write a novella. Nothing about the characters or plot are known but Brandon wants to play with unsealed metalminds as cyberpunk-esque “metallurgic wetware”. As of 2024, he feels committed to the idea of writing the trilogy, but doesn't promise it with certainty.
== Era 4: Fourth Mistborn Trilogy ==
The fourth trilogy is going to be a space-opera with Allomancy-powered faster-than-light technology. Hoid will be a main character in this trilogy. The Sleepless, or Dysian Aimians, will also have a major role in this trilogy. The Iriali are also planned to have a major role.
There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.
He plans for each Era 4 book to be around the length of a Stormlight book.
== 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 ==
Era 1
Era 2
== Publication ==
== 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
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