Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut "Elantris," dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in "Mistborn." For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark. Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed. Readers of "Elantris" thought they'd discovered someone special in Brandon Sanderson. "Mistborn "proves they were right.

布蘭登·桑德森（Brandon Sanderson）：

1975年12月19日生於美國內布拉斯加州（Nebraska）首府林肯（Lincoln），現居猶他州的歐瑞市（Orem），任教於楊百翰大學（Brigham Young University）。

作者的首部小說《伊嵐翠》，2005年甫一齣版即獲得《浪漫時代》（Romantic Times）奇幻史詩大奬，作者也連續2006、2007年兩年入選美國科奇幻界地位最高的新人奬項——約翰·坎伯新人奬，《伊嵐翠》更被邦諾書店（Barnes & Noble）列為頭號選書。

作者還陸續齣版瞭《迷霧之子三部麯》（Mistborn），均與全球著名的奇幻齣版社Tor簽約。

後《哈裏·波特》的美國齣版社Scholastic以高價買下作者其他所有奇幻作品的版權。