The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

2001 · 669 pages

courts and courtiers
women revolutionaries
adventure
magic
thieves
nobility

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About this book

For a thousand years ashes have fallen from the sky. For a thousand years nothing has flourished. For a thousand years the skaa have been enslaved and live in misery, mired in inevitable fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler has reigned with absolute power, ruling thanks to terror, his powers and his immortality, aided by "benders" and "inquisitors", along with the powerful magic of Allomancy.

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There's always another secret.
[..] overthrowing the Final Empire seems like a good start. Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
I've always been very confident in my immaturity.
That's the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin. Once you're there, the only thing you can really do is leave again