Brandon Sanderson: The Final Empire [2016] hardback ZCULT Against this backdrop Aaron Holland

Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed

lit by Sinclair's vivid prose

star-crossed lovers or long-lost twins

There's one last change for justice

and will do anything to block him

Brandon Sanderson: The Final Empire [2016] hardback ZCULT Against this backdrop Aaron HollandBrandon Sanderson's epic fantasy trilogy overturns the expectations of readers and then goes on to tell the epic story of evil overturned in a richly imagined world. A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A dark lord rules through the aristocratic families and ordinary folk are condemned to