<P>#1 <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s epic Mistborn Trilogy begins.</P><P>Once, a hero rose to save the world. He failed.</P><P>For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably.</P><P>Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and defeating the Lord Ruler. A new kind of uprising is being planned—one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine: a teenage street urchin named Vin.</P><P>Once, a hero rose to save the world and failed. This time, can a young heroine succeed?