After bursting onto the fantasy scene with his acclaimed debut novel, Elantris, a nd following up with his blockbuster Mistbo r n trilogy, Bra ndon Sa nderson proves again that he is today’s leading master of what Tolkien called “secondary creation,” the invention of whole wo r lds, complete with magics a nd myths all their own. Warbreaker is the sto r y 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, a nd the immo r tal who’s still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their wo r ld is one in which those who die in glo r y return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Halla ndren’s capital city a nd wh ere a power known as BioChromatic magic is ba sed on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time fr om individual people. By using breath a nd drawing upon the colo r in everyday objects, all manner of miracles a nd mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna a nd Siri, princesses of Idris, Susebron the God King, Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, a nd mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.