The Final Empire
About this book
For a thousand years ashes have fallen from the sky. For a thousand years nothing has flourished. For a thousand years the skaa have been enslaved and live in misery, mired in inevitable fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler has reigned with absolute power, ruling thanks to terror, his powers and his immortality, aided by "benders" and "inquisitors", along with the powerful magic of Allomancy.
Reader Profile
4.5/5 · 1071003 readers · 670 pages · ≈ 12 h 24 m · Moderate
What order should I read the Mistborn series?
Read The Final Empire first, then follow the publication order above — The Well of Ascension, then The Hero of Ages, then Mistborn: Secret History, then The Alloy of Law, then The Well of Ascension, then The Hero of Ages, then The Lost Metal.
How long does it take to read The Final Empire?
About ≈ 12 h 24 m — 670 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Final Empire?
670 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Final Empire?
It sits on the Adventure, Fiction shelves.
Is The Final Empire in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Final Empire?
Brandon Sanderson.
Mistborn — reading order
- → The Final Empire (2001) you are here
- 1 The Well of Ascension
- 2 The Hero of Ages
- 3 Mistborn: Secret History
- 4 The Alloy of Law (2001)
- 5 The Well of Ascension (2007)
- 6 The Hero of Ages (2008)
- 7 The Lost Metal (2022)
“Sometimes I worry that I’m not the hero everyone thinks I am. The philosophers assure me that this is the time, that the signs have been met. But I still wonder if they have the wrong man. So many people depend on me. They say I will hold the future of the entire world on my arms. What would they think if they knew that their champion—the Hero of Ages, their savior—doubted himself? Perhaps t”