![]() ![]() ![]() This book is number one for me because it has three unique magic systems, where most books have just one. ![]() One burns metals in their stomach to enhance physical abilities, another can put abilities into metal and then later on draw that out to enhance their abilities, and the last use metal to control others. Maryka Biaggio, a former psychology professor, has many scholarly publishing credits to her name, but Parlor Games is her debut novel. All are metal based but how the metal is utilized is different in each type of system. Moreover, there are three distinct systems in play in Sanderson’s world. In Mistborn, even though the systems in a way are created by the deities that fashioned the universe, the scale of how much magic a person can use is specifically determined by their birth or race. That is the concept that magic or power is not inherent to someone but must come from somewhere else. Shes a psychologist (the author, that is), which may have helpedthats really what kept me reading. As a faith-based author, my own systems tend to center around deities. the (anti)heroine is a good one the author holds back from painting her with too broad a brush. Not only is she an experienced author, but she is also a superb conference. I could populate this list with all of the books by Brandon Sanderson, but Mistborn, for me, has some of the most interesting magic systems. I met Maryka Biaggio at this years Historical Novel Society conference. ![]()
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