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Warbreaker

Written by: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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Publisher's Summary

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 be collected only 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.

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Good story but narrator not so much

Perhaps I may be spoiled by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading but I had difficulty with this narrator. She puts in unnatural pauses mid sentence, speaking with a rhythm that doesn't follow that of the dialog of the book and emphasizing words that shouldn't be.

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Another excellent Novel by the author

Slowly going through all of this authors works related to his cosmere universe. Started with Stormlight Archive, then the Mistborn novels of era 1 and 2, then going back to his first novel Elantris and now to this which occurs before mistborn and stormlight archive books.

This novel does a great job at exploring the ways in which you can be groomed for certain life roles your entire life, but life itself has a different path for you. character growth is quite excellent!

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Great book

Great book, highly recommended.

Anything by Brandon Sanderson is pretty great.

The performer also did a very good job.

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Mr. Sanderson does it again

Mr. Sanderson proves once again that his imagination is limitless. Warbreaker takes you on a journey of self discovery, betrayal and a mighty twist at the end. A must read.

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stunning!!

how exciting was this book!! I can hardly even wait to hear more of their stories.... this is a must read

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Incredible! Mind blowing ending!

Slow at first but incredible plot!! After reading mistborn this is a solid solo book

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Enthralling

There is nothing else to say about this stroytelling other than absolutely vividly enthralling. Thankyou.

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I love all his books!

This one included. It is an excellent story and well performed and read. great character development.

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Enjoyed this from Start to Finish

Really enjoyed this book. Great story and Narration was perfect!! Off to start Way of Kings. I recommend this to any reader.

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Excellent Listen

Have been a fan of Brandon Sanderson writing for a few years now. This book is no exception to his excellence in crafting a story, and was not disappointed with the reader despite the fact it wasn’t Michael Kramer. I felt Alyssa Bresnahan did an excellent narrative in giving the story life and kept it interesting. In my opinion it’s an excellent listen!

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