Smakebit: Mistborn - The Final Empire

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Började lyssna på Brandon Sandersons fantasyserie Mistborn idag. Den första boken heter The Final Empire. Det handlar om ett askfyllt land där majoritetsbefolkningen (skaa) är slavar, men det finns planer på en revolution. Utdragen är från början av boken och visar hur slavarna behandlas:

     “You have more . . . direct control over your skaa here. How many would you say you lose a month?”
     “Oh, a half dozen or so,” Tresting said. “Some to beatings, some to exhaustion.”
     “Runaways?”
     “Never!” Tresting said. “When I first inherited this land from my father, I had a few runaways—but I executed their families. The rest quickly lost heart. I’ve never understood men who have trouble with their skaa—I find the creatures easy to control, if you show a properly firm hand.” 
     The obligator nodded, standing quietly in his gray robes. He seemed pleased—which was a good thing. 

och lite senare när en fjortonåring förs mot herrgården:
     Kelsier turned. “Does Lord Tresting ever return the girls after he’s finished with them?”
     Old Mennis shook his head. “Lord Tresting is a law-abiding nobleman—he has the girls killed after a few weeks. He doesn’t want to catch the eye of the Inquisitors.”
     That was the Lord Ruler’s command. He couldn’t afford to have half-breed children running around—children who might possess powers that skaa weren’t even supposed to know existed. . . .
     The screams waned, but Kelsier’s anger only built. The yells reminded him of other screams. A woman’s screams from the past. He stood abruptly, stool toppling to the ground behind him.

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