I've begun to read Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Winn Sanderson, a fantasy set in the world after a great and momentous conflict... where the "bad guy", an evil sorceror, won and succeeded in taking over the world. The problem, of course, is that what I read thus far was an excerpt from the beginning of the book on the publishing company's website and now find myself forced to purchase it to read the rest. Damn you, convenient online sales tools!