Steris has a close, but complicated, relationship with her father. When she was kidnapped by the Vanishers, Lord Harms was devastated, [17] and offered to bankroll Wax’s efforts to find her. [1] Lord Harms loves his sole legitimate daughter deeply, and even allows her to bully him into various activities.

The real world alloy for Bendalloy is 50% bismuth, 26.7% lead, 13.3% tin, and 10% cadmium. This is supported in-world by it being called an alloy of bismuth and cadmium. [1] A bit lighter than the original trilogy – and I actually prefer it. The pace is a lot faster, and the world has been re-developed by making it hundreds of years later. This has a more western feel to it, with guns being used, and the Mistborn powers have also been re-established in a refreshingly new way.Take Me Instead: Enraged at the Vanishers taking two young women as hostages, a retired constable vehemently demands to be taken instead. He gets shot. Whereas the Mistborn trilogy took place in a medieval-ish setting, the people of Scadrial have progressed and are currently experimenting with electricity, guns and railways, so it is comparable to the Victorian Era in that regard. The three Metallic Arts are still renowned, but have deteriorated much since the events of the Mistborn trilogy, which is now considered history and rather mysterious. Religion has found a place among the people again, with some of the old characters as major inspiration. The foreknowledge of prior events combined with the Victorian setting makes the book feel both familiar and refreshing. It’s great to see how Sanderson extended the Metallic Arts to a more modern setting, maintaining the balance between realism and fantasy. Bullets don’t conveniently slow down so you can Push them for instance, if you hear the shot you’re too late, end of story. Metal still dominates the world, and small influences like sayings based on metals show this ever so clearly. Especially the more prominent Feruchemy and the casual knowledge of the ‘mysterious last four metals’ make for very interesting new settings and power combinations. In that regard it certainly doesn’t feel like the same old Steelpushing and Copperclouding, but rather as something new and interesting. 16 Allomantic metals with Feruchemical counterparts make for a lot of very, very interesting combinations after all! Once, this city had felt like home. That was before he’d spent twenty years living out in the dust, where the law was sometimes a distant memory and people considered carriages a frivolity. What would Lessie have thought of one of these horseless contraptions, with the thin wheels meant for driving on a city’s fine paved streets? Transportation that ran on oil and grease, not hay and horseshoes? The trio goes to Ranette’s. Wayne offers Ranette Wax’s gun as a bribe. Ranette makes guns for people. She has also been making something called Hazekillers, which is used against Allomancers. She gives Wax a new gun, called Vindication.

If you’re looking something that will appeal to young adults, try Steelheart, Mistborn, or The Rithmatist. If you enjoyed his narration in the original trilogy, you will not be disappointed; he is consistently excellent in all of the audiobooks I have listened to him in. He smiled. Coinshots like him were relatively rare, but Elendel was a major city with an enormous population. He wouldn’t be the first man these people had seen bounding via metal through the city. Coinshots often acted as high-speed couriers in Elendel. The Hope of Elantris · The Emperor's Soul · Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell · Sixth of the Dusk)I was so excited when I saw this audiobook was available - I loved the Mistborn series and am eagerly awaiting the sequel to the Way of Kings (have just finished listening to it a second time, a year after I first listened to it). Behind him, he could hear musical laughter coming from the warmth of the room. Cett Mansion was a grand place, full of expensive woods, soft carpets, and sparkling chandeliers. No one joined him on the balcony. At a wedding party held by House Tekiel, the Vanishers show up and try to kidnap Steris and Marasi. Wax and Wayne, working as a team, manage to save Marasi, and kill most of the Vanishers when the event becomes violent. However, their leader and a few others slip away with Steris. Wax decides to solve the case and rescue his wife-to-be. After a careful recollection of the events at the wedding, Wax comes to the conclusion that the band is led by a former lawman named Miles, who is a Twinborn with the ability to cure any injury almost immediately. Bittersweet Ending: Everybody Lives, but the Man Behind the Man gets away, and Wax rejects Marasi. Also, the first four hostages (and possibly Wax's sister) are still missing.