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Name: The Final Empire
Rating: 4.421875 (128 reviews)
Author: Brandon Sanderson

A millennium of ash and stagnation has left the land of the Final Empire in a state of unbroken desolation. The Lord Ruler, wielding powerful Allomancy and surrounded by feared benders and inquisitors, governs with iron terror and apparent immortality. The oppressed skaa live in continual gloom, their daily lives shackled by the Lord Ruler’s absolute power. Amid this bleak reality, a small group of rebels rises, united by a daring plan to overthrow the tyrant and restore freedom to their people.

First publish date: 2001

Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy

Authors: Brandon Sanderson

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