We also learn more about the southern lands that had only been briefly mentioned before. Sanderson fills in some gaps that had been left from the other story lines and I really like the development of Steris and Marasi. I believe this is a great addition to the Mistborn series, the story flows with more of the action that was prevalent in the first three books. The same magic systems of Allomancy and Feruchemy are still prevalent and through the story we learn more about the forbidden art of “Hemalurgy. It is still set in the early industrial city of Ladrian, three hundred years after the end of the first trilogy.

This is the sixth book in the “Mistborn,” series and third with Wax and his side kick Wayne. Along the way he discovers hints that point to the true goals of his uncle Edwarn and the shadowy organization known as The Set. Waxillium Ladrian is recruited to travel south to the city of New Seran to investigate. A kandra researcher has returned to Elendel with images that seem to depict the Bands, as well as writings in a language that no one can read. The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metal minds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.

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