Warbreaker: A Cosmere Novel

Brandon Sanderson

Dec 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

WARBREAKER is the story of two sisters - who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, a lesser god, and an immortal trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago.

Theirs is a world in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city. A world transformed by BioChromatic magic, a power based on an essence known as breath. Using magic is arduous: breath can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

But the rewards are great: by using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be performed.

Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is a master of what Tolkien called 'secondary creation,' the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.

Ratings and reviews

Twisty turny, characters have unexpected depths and the story is definitely bold in its structure. hallandren is now probably one of my favourite fantasy settings too, the hot climate, the gaudy colours, bliss. The magic system is also intriguing and not abused to fix every situation, its very much in the authors style which I love.

my fav of BrandoSandos so far. bit of a slow burn, but paced exceptionally. I didn't want this read to end. Siri was my favourite character.

It's a little slow at the start, but as the story builds up you feel more invested, then bam! Sanderson flips everything on its head and you really want to know where things head to even more plot twists untill everything makes perfect sense and leaves you wanting more. But alas that's where the story ends and ends on a good but suden note. Enjoy!

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is a Number One New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a David Gemmell and Hugo Award winner, his novels have sold more than 40 million copies around the world. He is most famous for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga; his work also includes the Skyward science fiction series, the Legion spy sequence, and The Reckoners superhero novels. In addition to creating his own landmark series, he was chosen by Robert Jordan's estate to complete The Wheel of Time®, now an internationally successful series on Amazon Prime.