Waiting on Wednesday

WoW is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine in which you can spotlight upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. It is well established that I am terrible at keeping up with releases so I am going to cheat a bit this week and talk about a book I am interested in and want to read soon.

At the moment I am reading a really interesting paper: Acclaiming the Future: A Critical Analysis of the Contemporary Value of High Fantasy Literature. In it, A van der Zee is comparing 'The Lord of the Rings' to Brandon Sanderson's fantasy series 'Mistborn'.

Mistborn is an epic fantasy trilogy and a heist story of political intrigue, surprises and magical martial-arts action. The saga dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge?

I think it sounds really interesting, especially because it challenges the more stereotypical storyline that many modern fantasy novels follow. One of the main reasons I love Star Wars so much (I know, not fantasy) is because the hero is not really a hero. So I am looking forward to this series, even though the novels have been published for years. 


So, how about you? Have you stuck to the rules and found an upcoming release?