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Warbreaker

  • 2009 first published
  • 611 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (23 ratings)
  • 18 editions

Brandon Sanderson's Warbreaker (2009) is a mythic fiction novel. Key subjects include magic, gods, imaginary places and princesses.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 23 ratings, and 125 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 18 editions across 4 languages.

It runs to roughly 611 pages — 11–12 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Warbreaker

After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, and following up with his blockbuster Mistborn trilogy, Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is today’s leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own. Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn’t like his job, and the immortal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. By using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Magic
  • Gods
  • Imaginary places
  • Princesses
  • Sisters
  • Fantasy
  • Gods and goddesses
  • Geographical myths
  • Bóstwa
  • Księżniczki i królewny, Postacie fikcyjne
  • Magia
  • Rodzeństwo

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Warbreaker?

Warbreaker was written by Brandon Sanderson and first published in 2009.

What genre is Warbreaker?

It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction.

How long is Warbreaker?

The median edition has 611 pages, about 11–12 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Warbreaker?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters and The library at Mount Char.

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