About the Book
Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.
Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.
But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.
Performed by Terence Aselford; Kimberly Gilbert; David Jourdan; Thomas Keegan; Bradley Smith; Michael John Casey; Tony Nam; Michael Glenn; Danny Gavigan; Nick DePinto; Scott McCormick; David Harris; James Keegan; Gary Telles; Elizabeth Jernigan; Nora Achrati; Eric Messner; Joe Brack; Dylan Lynch; Richard Rohan; James Konicek; Tim Carlin; Mort Shelby; Nanette Savard; James Lewis; David Coyne; Ken Jackson; Evan Casey; Gregory Gorton.
About the Author :
Brandon Sanderson is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn(R) trilogy, including New York Times bestsellers and the #1 New York Times bestseller Words of Radiance. In 2013, he won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul, set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time(R) sequence. He grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University.
David Harris is executive vice chair at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). He has been junior associate and, later, senior associate at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford and a Visiting Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has four honorary doctorates, including, most recently, from Brandeis University. Scott McCormick is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Michael John Casey is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Nanette Savard is an accomplished stage and film actress. She is an active voice-over performer who has narrated hundreds of audiobooks in every genre, garnering much critical acclaim.
Ken Jackson is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. James Lewis is a fiction author who gets bored rather quickly. I bounce around several different genres. Basically, I fall in love with a character, setting, or idea, and I go for it.
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
Richard Rohan is a stage, film, and voice-over actor who has narrated hundreds of audiobooks over the last decade, in every genre. He is particularly proud of his work as director and performer on the acclaimed Space Fantasy audio drama series Deathstalker.
Terence Aselford is an in-demand narrator with a background in film and stage acting. Gregory Gorton has narrated more than five hundred audiobooks. His television credits include Homicide: Life on the Streets and Unsolved Mysteries. Greg has been performing, writing, and teaching with Washington, DC's, premiere musical comedy improvisation troupe, Now This! and Now This, Kids! for more than fifteen years.
