WARBREAKER: A COSMERE NOVEL BY BRANDON SANDERSON

In the world ofWarbreaker,each person is born endowed with the power of one Breathwhich can be sold and collected by others, then used to Awaken objects and even corpses to do their bidding. A few individuals who die in glory return as gods, with the power of thousands of Breath, but no memory of their mortal livesand are enthroned in the Court of Gods in Hallandrens capital. To Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris, the abuse of Breath and the claim of the Returned to be gods are repugnant blasphemy. But with one princess wed to the God King of their nations enemies in a bid for peace, the other finds she must rely on Breath-using mercenaries to try to rescue her sister from her monstrous husband.

Lightsong the Bold, a lesser god who doubts his own religion, starts investigating mysterious murders in the Court of Gods and uncovers haunting clues to his own forgotten past. He is one of four gods who controls the army of Awakened Lifeless soldiers, and one faction is inciting an invasion of Idris despite the marriage treaty. Vasherwielder of the sapient sword Nightbloodworks behind the scenes against the declaration of war, but Lightsongs visions of bloodshed prophesy its inevitability. Can the new queen, unaware of her sisters imminent rescue attempt, persuade Lightsong and also somehow get through to the aloof God Kingwho she has been forbidden to speak to or even look in the eyesbefore her homeland is destroyed?

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