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Secret History

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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Publisher's Summary

Mistborn: Secret History is a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy. 

As such, it contains huge spoilers for the books Mistborn (The Final Empire), The Well of Ascension and The Hero of Ages. It also contains very minor spoilers for the book The Bands of Mourning

Mistborn: Secret History builds upon the characterisation, events and worldbuilding of the original trilogy. Listening to it without that background will be a confusing process at best. 

In short, this isn't the place to start your journey into Mistborn (though if you have listened to the trilogy - but it has been a while - you should be just fine, so long as you remember the characters and the general plot of the books). 

Saying anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowledge of this story's existence is, in a way, a spoiler. 

There's always another secret.

©2018 Brandon Sanderson (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group

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A mandatory listen for an incredible series

Incredibly crafted story with a surprising amount of emotion portrayed by the writing and narration.

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Good at Connecting Thrrads

Though a little disjointed at times, this is a solid little novella to peer behind the curtain and connect some aspects of the Mistborn Trilogy (especially Book 3) that's confusing otherwise. Lacks typical flare of a Sanderson volume, but is fun to see Kelsier do what he does best and is not without spark. Not required reading, but worth it for a fan of the series

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Yes, Brandon, it was a little disjointed...

... but overall worth the read, especially if you like secrets and revelations. Good reading.

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My absolute favourite to date

Secret history is by far my most enjoyed book of the mistborn saga so far. Sure it's a short novella but by the lord ruler, it's worth a read. There's always another secret

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Mistborn has taken over my life

I downloaded this about a week after finishing the trilogy, with no idea what it was about...

Brutal start to return to, but I literally had chills listening to the first couple of chapters, to be immersed in this world again, and at this point in time, and with these characters... it certainly wasn't as immersive as the other books, but it was entertaining, and the narrator, as usual, was incredible. More intrigue raised about the bigger picture too, which I have had hints of from friends! I am anxious to learn more, but not sure I'm ready yet. In any case, an excellent way to return to the world and the story for a time.

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a great addition to mistborn series.

a great addition to mistborn series.i loved the performance of micheal kramer. i cant wait for the last book of mistborn series to release.

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great book. loved it from start to finish.

What a wonderful story and performed brilliantly. I appreciate the time, effort and skill here

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This is the story I needed

I loved every moment of this. Its what I needed to hear after finishing the Mistborn series.

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intriguing and unconventional

definitely kept me on my toes! an exciting and surprising journey behind the scenes of Mistborn. I'm glad I read the others recently as I could connect the events. time to move to the next installment!

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Lovely book, by a brilliant writer

The thing with the Mistborn Series and most of Sanderson's work is the interesting mechanics he uses to tell his narrative. Altering normal conventions of magic to bring in the fantasy elements and then combining it with a well thought out universe including afterlife is no easy task. However as always Sanderson excels at just that. A good story, well written and well spoken. Thanks guys!

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