And we’re back! Another fantastic book by the great Brandon Sanderson.

I wrote in my last review of a Sanderson book, the prequel to this, that I found Shadows Of Self to be the weakest book in the whole Mistborn series so far (other than perhaps only Secret History). I was a little worried that perhaps this book would follow along the same path but I’m happy to report that my worries were completely unfounded – because this book is great!

Again we follow Wax, Wayne, Steris and Marasi, but this time we see the gang split up. After a kandra makes contact with Wax, trying to recruit him to investigate the existence of an ancient artifact and a missing kandra spike, only to have Wax refuse, Marasi decides to help instead. It’s only later that Wax decides to follow along, after a disturbing photograph reveals that his long-lost sister might be involved.

Much of the book is very familiar to any reader of the Mistborn series, and if you’ve read the first two books in this second quadrilogy, then you’ll know exactly what you’re getting into. However, what I really loved is that the gang moves out of familiar territory when they travel to the town of New Seran. Finding themselves away from home and their daily comforts, the stakes really ramp up fast – and there’s a whole array of new mysteries, intrigue and conspiracies on the line.

I particularly loved how much new and exciting world-building Sanderson crammed into this book. There are new places like mentioned above, but also new technologies, magics, and perhaps most exciting, new people. I thought I had a pretty good grasp on the lay of the land and how the Mistborn universe worked, but Sanderson never fails to throw spokes in the wheel and change things up. And it’s really, really cool to read.

I wasn’t that excited to carry on with the Mistborn series after I finished the last book, and I took some time away from steampunk fantasy to read some non-fiction and to sit down with the first Hannibal Lecter book, Red Dragon, among other things. But now I’m definitely hooked again, and I can’t wait to carry on with the fourth and final book!

Have you read the Mistborn series yet? Anything else by Sanderson that you’d recommend, or other authors with series that have amazed you recently? Let me know in the comments!

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