To everyone who listen, primarily to those ignorant of this elegant piece of work, I'd like to draw your attention to Brandon Sanderson's start to an awesome trilogy...
Mistborn: The Final Empire.
Mistborn is a fantasy novel, and one of the best I've read. The story is above average, the characters are vivid and likable, the world is full of intrigue and substance and... well, it's just really good. I could babble on and continue over extrapolating to describe this book in a more professional manner, but to hell with that.
All I'll say is... this book is really ****ing good. Read it.