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'''Mistborn''' is a fantasy series by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It is a major part of the [[cosmere]] sequence and is set mostly on the [[Cosmere#Planets|planet]] [[Scadrial]].

It is most well known as the trilogy of ''[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]'', ''[[The Well of Ascension]]'' and ''[[The Hero of Ages]]'', but there have been additional installments. Brandon originally planned a "trilogy of trilogies" but this has been expanded into a number of series over various eras in the history of Scadrial.

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{{anchor|Era 1}}

== Era 1: Original Trilogy ==
{{image|MB Era 1 BR full cover art.jpg|side=right|width=400px|Artwork for the Brazilian and Spanish releases of the trilogy}}
The first Mistborn trilogy chronicles the efforts of a secret group of [[Allomancy|Allomancers]] who attempt to overthrow a dystopian empire and establish themselves in a world covered by ash.

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|- class=title
! width=5% | Year<br />Published 
! width=20% | Book Title
! width=20% | Order
! width=7.5% | Length
! width=20% | In-world<br />Year(s)
! width=40% | Notes
! width=7.5 | Refs

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2006
| ''[[Mistborn: The Final Empire]]''
| #1
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|1022|fe}}
| 
| 

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2007
| ''[[The Well of Ascension]]''
| #2
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|1024|fe}}
| 
| 

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2008
| ''[[The Hero of Ages]]''
| #3
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|1025|fe}}
| 
| 

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2011
| ''[[The Eleventh Metal]]''
| #0.5
| Short Story
| {{nosnippet|{{date|1019|fe}}
| Released in the [[Mistborn Adventure Game (rule book)|core rule book]] of the ''[[Mistborn Adventure Game]]'', later in ''[[Arcanum Unbounded]]''
| 

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2016
| ''[[Mistborn: Secret History]]''
| #3.5
| Novella
| {{nosnippet|{{date|1022-1025|fe}}
| Occurs concurrently with events from the end of ''Mistborn: The Final Empire'' to the end of ''The Hero of Ages''. Should ideally be read after ''The Bands of Mourning''.
| 

|}

{{Mistborn Era 1}}

{{anchor|Era 2}}

== Era 2: Wax and Wayne Series ==
Set about 300 years after Era 1, the Wax and Wayne series is about the exploits of [[Waxillium Ladrian]], a "wild-west Deputy" forced to move into the big city who starts investigating kidnappings and robberies.

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! 2011
| ''[[The Alloy of Law]]''
| #1
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|341|PC}}
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| 

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2015
| ''[[Shadows of Self]]''
| #2
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|342|PC}}
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|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2016
| ''[[The Bands of Mourning]]''
| #3
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|342|PC}}
| 
| 

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2022
| ''[[The Lost Metal]]''
| #4
| Novel
| {{nosnippet|{{date|348|PC}}
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| {{wob ref|13838}}

|- class='mistborn cosmere'
! 2014
| ''[[Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania]]''
| N/A
| Short Story
| {{nosnippet|{{date|341|PC}}
| Released in the [[Alloy of Law (rule book)|''Alloy of Law'' supplement]] of the ''[[Mistborn Adventure Game]]'', later in ''[[Arcanum Unbounded]]''
| {{ref|name=jak}}

|}

''The Alloy of Law'' was initially conceived as one of several short stories Brandon wanted to set between the first and second main trilogies that eventually grew into a full novel, and then a series.{{ref|name=alloy}} The Wax and Wayne series is a single four book series; ''The Alloy of Law'' stands more-or-less alone while the rest are plotted together like a trilogy.{{wob ref|9171}}

Brandon has also said that he may do some more stories before the second trilogy, set in a 1940's society.{{wob ref|9171}}

{{Mistborn Era 2}}

{{anchor|Era 3}}

== Era 3: Ghostbloods Trilogy ==
'''Mistborn: Ghostbloods''', the third trilogy, will be set in the early computer age with 1980s technology. The main character is planned as a Terris woman who is a computer programmer and [[nicrosil|Nicroburst]]; her brother is also planned to be a character.{{wob ref|162}}{{wob ref|4020}} Peter has described her as a "brown Terris geek girl", though he does point out that this could change by the time the series is actually being written.{{tweet ref|634012031415271424|text=Peter commenting on the next trilogy.|date=Aug 19th, 2015}} Brandon backs up this description,{{wob ref|4927}} and describes it as a sort of "how nerd culture works on Scadrial."{{wob ref|8279}} Brandon had initially planned for the trilogy to feature an Allomancer SWAT team, with a team of allomancers hired to take out a serial killer, but is now leaning more towards a spy thriller.{{wob ref|3778}}{{wob ref|10146}} It will probably be released in the 2020s, after ''[[Stormlight 5]]'' and the ''[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]]'' sequels.{{wob ref|9173}}

He will be writing it in a similar manner to the first trilogy, writing all three books before publishing so that he could properly foreshadow and edit past books.{{wob ref|14669}}{{wob ref|14708}} He is greatly looking forward to writing book ten.{{wob ref|3731}} These will be returning to the length of the Mistborn Era One books.{{wob ref|13553}}{{wob ref|14683}}{{wob ref|9042}}{{wob ref|304}}{{wob ref|13585}}

It is planned for these books to include a global map of Scadrial.{{wob ref|15817}}{{wob ref|15087}}{{wob ref|13162}} There are short comic books that are planned to be interspersed in them, similar to the broadsheets in Era Two.{{wob ref|11072}} There are going to be allomancy-involved sports,{{wob ref|8882}} and various characters are planned to be [[Twinborn]] with "really neat combinations."{{wob ref|1167}} It is planned to take place fifty to seventy years after Era Two,{{wob ref|14582}} by which time the [[Southern Scadrian]]s will be well-known to the rest of Scadrial.{{wob ref|6767}} It will put more focus upon [[Kelsier]] and [[Trell (Trellism)| Trell]].{{wob ref|12227}}{{wob ref|14641}}{{wob ref|9602}}{{wob ref|11596}}{{wob ref|15584}} [[MeLaan]] is also expected to play a role.{{wob ref|4827}}

== Possible Cyberpunk Mistborn Trilogy ==
Brandon has interest in writing a "Cyberpunk" Mistborn trilogy between Eras Three and Four.{{wob ref|1782}}{{wob ref|14382}} Whether he writes it depends on how Era Three plays out{{wob ref|13556}} and if he feels he has enough time to write more books before he gets too old.{{wob ref|4729}}{{wob ref|10957}} The books would be similar in length to Era Two (around 100,000 words){{wob ref|13585}} and be written around the same time as the second half of the Stormlight Archive.{{wob ref|14801}} This trilogy would become Era Four and push space age Mistborn to Era Five{{wob ref|14801}} and put Mistborn up to a fitting sixteen books.{{wob ref|16103}} If a whole trilogy isn’t feasible he wants to at least write a novella.{{wob ref|13560}} Nothing about the characters or plot are known but Brandon wants to play with unsealed metalminds as cyberpunk-esque “metallurgic wetware”.{{wob ref|14739}} As of 2024, he feels "almost certain" that he would be writing the trilogy.{{cite}} <!--- C2E2 2024 reference --->

{{anchor|Era 4}}

== Era 4: Fourth Mistborn Trilogy ==
The fourth trilogy is going to be a space-opera with [[Allomancy]]-powered faster-than-light technology.{{wob ref|9005}} [[Hoid]] will be a main character in this trilogy.{{wob ref|436}} The [[Sleepless]], or Dysian Aimians, will also have a major role in this trilogy.{{wob ref|3341}} The Iriali are also planned to have a major role.{{wob ref|12793}}

There may be two more currently untitled cosmere series written before this trilogy.{{wob ref|9181}}

He plans for each Era 4 book to be around the length of a Stormlight book.{{wob ref|13553}}

== Other media ==
* [[Mistborn Adventure Game]] - tabletop RPG by [[Crafty Games]]
* [[Mistborn: Birthright]] - cancelled video game
* [[Mistborn film]] - various incarnations of a movie deal
* [[Mistborn: House War]] - board game by [[Crafty Games]]

== Cover Galleries ==
<center>'''Era 1'''</center>
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<center>'''Era 2'''</center>
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== Publication ==
{{columns|
*MISTBORN: THE FINAL EMPIRE (Tor, July 2006)
*MISTBORN: THE WELL OF ASCENSION (Tor, Spring 2007)
*MISTBORN: THE HERO OF AGES (Tor, Fall 2008)
*Audio rights (entire series) to Macmillan Audio
*Bulgarian rights (entire series) to Studio of A.
*Chinese rights (traditional; entire series) to Fantasy Foundation
*Chinese rights (simplified; entire series) to Shanghai Wanyu
*Czech rights (entire series) to Talpress
*French rights (entire series) to Calmann-Levy
*German rights (entire series) to Heyne
*Greek rights (entire series) to Fantastikos Kosmos
*Hebrew rights (#1-2) to Opus Press
*Hungarian rights (#1-3) to DeltaVision
*Italian rights (#1-3) to Fanucci
*Indonesian rights (#1-3) to Mizan Publishing
*Japanese rights (entire series) to Hayakawa
*Polish rights (entire series) to Mag
*Russian rights (#1-2) to EKSMO
*Russian rights (#1-3) to Azbooka-Atticus
*Serbian rights (#1-3) to Laguna
*Spanish rights (entire series) to Ediciones B
*Turkish rights (#1-3) to Arkadas
*UK rights (entire series) to Orion/Gollancz
*Film rights for MISTBORN to Chris Geary and Paloppa Pictures LLC{{ref|name=aa}}
}}

== Awards ==
*THE HERO OF AGES — #21 on NY Times hardcover list
*THE WELL OF ASCENSION — Finalist for Romantic Times Award, Best Epic Fantasy
*THE HERO OF AGES — Winner of the Romantic Times Award, Best Epic Fantasy
*THE HERO OF AGES — Finalist for the inaugural David Gemmell Award
*All three Mistborn Trilogy books are SF Book Club selections
*THE HERO OF AGES — selected as an Indie Next List Notable for Dec. 2008{{ref|name=aa}}

== Notes ==
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{{bws ref|name=jak|mistborn-adventure-game-alloy-of-law-supplement-new-allomancer-jak-story-giveaway|''Allomancer Jak'' release announcement|date=Oct 21, 2014}}
{{bws ref|name=alloy|two-more-mistborn-novels|Two More Mistborn Novels|date=Oct 29th, 2013}}

{{url ref|name=aa|url=https://awfulagent.com/jabclients/brandon-sanderson|text=Brandon's Awful Agent page|site=Awful Agent}}

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