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#1 Mistborn: The Final Empire

by Brandon Sanderson

FantasyAdventureYoung Adult

What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland?

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Cover of Mistborn: The Final Empire
Hardcover
Pages 541 pages
Published 2006
Audiobook 7h 0m
Languages English, Arabic, Bulgarian +20
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Publisher's Summary

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.…

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Weighted Score
4.46 out of 5.0
Bayesian Score Formula
(R × v + C × m) / (v + m)
R (Avg Rating): 4.47 ★
v (Ratings Count): 4,677
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
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Hardcover Avg: 4.47
True Ratings 4,677
Written Reviews 451
Shelved (Popularity) 9,861
Users Read 6,395
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