Warbreaker

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Brandon Sanderson: Warbreaker (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing)

audio cd, 1 pages

Published Dec. 1, 2015 by Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-6644-4724-0
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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 only be collected one unit at a time from individual people.

By using breath …

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Sympa mais sans plus

3 stars

Sympa mais sans plus, probablement destiné à un public légèrement plus jeune que moi.

Vasher et Saignenuit ont une relation intrigante, Chanteflamme est souvent drôle, le reste des personnages m'a paru plus cliché, notamment les deux princesses qui m'ont paru fades car facile à prédire.

J'ai lu ce livre principalement pour connaître l'origine de Saignenuit.