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| Warbreaker. Brandon Sanderson. The Cosmere. Fantasy |
I'm enjoying "Warbreaker" by Brandon Sanderson.
In the world of Warbreaker,
each person is born endowed with the power of one Breath―which 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 lives―and are enthroned in the Court of Gods in Hallandren’s
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 nation’s 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. Vasher―wielder of the sapient sword
Nightblood―works behind the scenes against the declaration of war, but
Lightsong’s visions of bloodshed prophesy its inevitability. Can the new
queen, unaware of her sister’s imminent rescue attempt, persuade
Lightsong and also somehow get through to the aloof God King―who she has
been forbidden to speak to or even look in the eyes―before her homeland
is destroyed?
