Mistborn: Secret History

Brandon Sanderson

Jan 2016 · Sold by Dragonsteel, LLC

About this ebook

Note: This novella is included in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, now available in print, ebook, and audiobook from Tor (US/Canada) and Gollancz (UK/Commonwealth).

Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn Trilogy.

As such, it contains huge spoilers for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning.

Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterization, events, and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Reading it without that background will be a confusing process at best.

In short, this isn’t the place to start your journey into Mistborn. (Though if you have read the trilogy—but it has been a while—you should be just fine, so long as you remember the characters and the general plot of the books.)

Saying anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowledge of this story’s existence is, in a way, a spoiler.

There’s always another secret.

Ratings and reviews

has an awful lot of "pertinent exposition" (read as; boring stretches)... normally, I can read these without going back to the source material and just sort of Bob along recalling the material as I go. But not this time. I'll be going back to the Wax & Wayne series as soon as I'm done writing this.

I always felt like there should be more to Kell's sorry. This story was great from start to finish. Would love for more stories like this. A behind the scenes story. I also love learning all I can about the cosmere and this book has plenty to digest. It was so much fun to read this book and think about how it was affecting the world. It made me want to go back and read the original trilogy again. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has read the original trilogy. Thanks Brandon.

One of the best stories in the Mistborn series so far, Secret History seamlessly weaves into the original trilogy, bringing to light answers to several mysteries during the revolution against the Final Empire. It also acts as a bridge to the events of the Wax and Wayne series that follows Hero of Ages. Just when you thought Sanderson couldn't surprise you anymore about Vin, Kelsier, Sazed, and the rest of the Crew!

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is the author of bestselling series such as The Stormlight Archive and The Reckoners. He lives in Utah.