Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, a lesser god, and an immortal trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Theirs is a world in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city. A world transformed by BioChromatic magic, a power based on an essence known as breath. Using magic is arduous: breath can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. But the rewards are great: by using breath and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be performed. Brandon Sanderson proves again that he is a master of what Tolkien called 'secondary creation,' the invention of whole worlds, complete with magics and myths all their own.

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。