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The final installment of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy takes readers to the loss‑and‑rising stakes at the center of the series. The heroes realize that the real danger is not a dark lord, but a living force of entropy—Ruin—arising from the world’s own imbalance. As mists choke life, Ashmounts pulverize harvests, and the ancient menace threatens civilization, Vin, Elend, Sazed, TenSoon, and others must summon the courage and faith to fight for their survival and that of the world. The book wraps up the arc by returning to the series’ core themes of resilience and hope.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Brandon Sanderson
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