Mistborn Brilliantly Used a 72-Year-Old Fantasy Trope for Its Biggest Twist (& Brandon Sanderson Almost Didn’t Do It)

Image courtesy of Tor Books/Macmillan Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn is one of the defining fantasy books of the 21st Century, and it uses one of the genre’s oldest tropes in a genius way to catch the reader off-guard. The first book in what would become a series, set within Sanderson’s “Cosmere” universe, saw Vin, Kelsier, and other members of their crew […]