The Lost Metal: A Mistborn Novel

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Nearby, their motorcar pulled up to the curb and Hoid, the driver, stepped out. “Your carriage, sir,” he said, holding the passenger door. But rusts, who could deny a child when he looked at you like that? Wax had years to get accustomed to the depths of your depravity, Wayne. To me, it’s still remarkable how you manage to dig yourself deeper each and every time.” Unexpected Inheritance: At the end, the minor character Allriandre is ambivalent to learn that Wayne — The Atoner who had killed her father — has died and bequeathed most of his estate to her. Then she learns he had become one of the richest people in the country. To say that her financial woes are over is an understatement. This particular cavern held a long, narrow rift running from her left to her right. An ancient stone bridge had spanned it, but it had fallen long ago—and instead a newer construction of boards and rope stretched across the perhaps sixteen-foot gap. About thirty feet of stone ground separated her from the chasm and bridge—and a tunnel in the wall on the other side continued the path forward.

She gave him a flat stare, at which he just grinned. “We don’t eat people,” she said to the captives. “He’s just joking.” The Reveal: Following Mraize's comments about the Ghostbloods seeking power, it seems their ultimate goal is finding a way to fully democratize Investiture, particularly removing the genetic requirements for Allomantic powers. The platform faced north. To his left, the shimmering waters of Hammondar Bay were a vast highway toward… well, he didn’t rightly know what. The people of the Basin weren’t explorers. For all their love of stories about Wax in his young days, or worse that fool Jak, most were content to enjoy their city. That was a problem with Elendel: it had everything you thought you’d need, so why go looking elsewhere? They hadn’t even realized there was an entire Southern Continent out there until an airship had sailed up to investigate the Basin. Informed Attribute: Showing off the difficulty of pulling off an expansive literary universe, several of the World Hoppers are supporting characters from other novels… and it's very easy to miss their specific identities. For example, Codenames is Kaise, Sarene's cousin from Elantris. The Drunken Spur was on Feder Way, right on the corner of Seventy-Third. You couldn’t miss it, what with the swinging wooden sign outside and the mannequins in Roughs gear in the window. Not a lot of upscale cafés used mannequins, but this place was special. Kind of like how a kid who ate mud was special. But Jaxy liked it, so one made accommodations. Wayne was an accommodating kind of person, he was.

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Regardless, something about this perspective felt like it belonged to him. This was his city. He’d returned to it, and had—over the years— come to love it. It represented the best that people could achieve: a monument to ingenuity, a home to thousands of different ideas, types of people, and experiences.

Marasi stumbled up. He had fifteen of them in various states of captivity. Exactly as he’d said, he’d been able to use his speed bubble to counteract her slowness bubble and grab them one at a time. His control over his powers was increasingly impressive.He rejoined the procession on the street outside. Yes, they all seemed to know it was a funeral day, they did. So many heads down rather than looking up at the sun. So many dull faces, like they were the dead, still up and moving because… well, in the city, there were jobs to do. After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere - Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost. He loomed overhead, a terrible shadow, his arm raised to smash her skull. In response, she delivered three shots straight into his face. He dropped. Bittersweet Ending: Equally heavy on the bitter and the sweet. Wayne dies disarming the harmonium-trellium nuke, but dies a hero finally at peace with himself. Civil war with the rest of the Basin cities has been averted, but the problems that lead to it still somewhat remain. The Malwish retake the Bands of Mourning and close off most channels with the Basin, implying Scadrial is about to enter its equivalent of the Cold War. Autonomy agrees to leave the planet and Harmony alone... for now, and it's implied that other forces and Shards out in the Cosmere are still VERY interested in Scadrial. Wax is finally allowed to retire from Harmony's service, but Harmony's Shards are starting to become more at odds with one another. Harmony nevertheless agrees to help Kelsier start advancing Scadrial's technology to better prepare itself for the wider Cosmere. I’ve not been a huge fan of the second mistborn era series since the onset. Sanderson never really allowed them to have their own identity because of the tie ins (much of which felt forced) with characters from era 1. It kinda reminds me of the difference between The Last Airbender and legend of Korra and one of the reasons why Korra was ultimately less successful as a story. The performance of Michael Kramer is so good it carried me through it. This book really tried me though (despite another stellar performance of the material)…