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" and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.

布蘭登．山德森（Brandon Sanderson）

西元一九七五年生於美國內布拉斯加州林肯市，從小就討厭死讀書，直到中學八年級時老師給了他一本芭芭拉．漢柏莉（Barbara Hambly）的《龍魘》，才一頭栽進奇幻小說的世界。他開始大量閱讀羅伯特．喬丹（Robert Jorden）、梅蘭妮．朗恩（Melanie Rawn）、歐森．史考特．卡德（Orson Scott Card）的書籍，甚至嘗試寫作。

大學時代的山德森更因為愛好寫作，在就讀楊百翰大學時從生物化學轉至英文系，讓原本期待他從醫的父母大吃一驚。當時他在旅館當夜班櫃檯人員，趁著工作空檔寫作不輟，半工半讀完成學業。光是大學時代他就完成了七部小說，期間屢屢遭到退稿，直到二○○三年終於獲得美國奇幻最大出版社Tor編輯莫許．費德青睞。

二○○五年，山德森的首部作品《伊嵐翠》在美出版。數年內，「迷霧之子」三部曲、番外篇及《破戰者》陸續問世，構思已久的「颶光典籍」系列首部曲終於付梓，期間執筆續寫偶像喬丹的「時光之輪」系列更是叫好叫座。截至目前，山德森的作品已翻譯成超過二十種語言，全球銷售累計破三百萬冊。曾自稱是「夢想家」的山德森仍以驚人的速度創作，持續將自己的夢想幻化成書，與全球讀者共同分享。