Series: Book 2 in the Mistborn series
Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction, General, Fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, Epic, Imaginary Places, Courts and Courtiers, Sieges, Lang:en
Summary
Sanderson's entertaining second Mistborn novel begins
after most fantasy series end, when the team of brave and
cunning heroes find that holding on to power is even harder
than overthrowing the previous tyrant. Elend Venture, the
scholarly new Lord Ruler of Luthadel, clings to power while
Luthadel's aristocrats and merchants grumble and two enemy
armies—one led by Elend's father, Lord
Straff—camp outside the city gates. Fortunately, Elend
can rely on help from his lover and unofficial court
assassin, the young allomancer Vin, but her magical
metal-using ability makes her a target. An orphan of
decidedly low origins, Vin is also having trouble adapting to
her position as royal consort, especially since the
underclass skaa, newly freed by Elend, look to her as their
protector. Meanwhile, the ancient evil known as the Deepness
is rising once again. This entertaining read will especially
please those who always wanted to know what happened after
the good guys won.
(Aug.)
In the Mistborn trilogy's middle book, the great
revolution's leader is dead, his apprentice Vin is
overwhelmed by his legacy, and the idealistic new ruler is
beset by those who want power themselves. Everyone wants to
find the overthrown despot's Atium supplies, and armies
besiege Luthadel. On patrol one night, Vin sees a figure
apparently made of mist. The history of Kwaan, who helped the
despot to power, emerges, portending a terrible power. The
Well of Ascension may furnish resolutions to all these
situations, but someone must find it. Vin's struggles with
love and power inject the human element into Sanderson's
engaging epic. Schroeder, ReginaFrom Publishers Weekly
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