Name: The Alloy of Law
Rating: 4.066608996539792 (289 reviews)
ISBN: 9780765368546

Brandon Sanderson

After twenty years in the Roughs, Waxillium Ladrian is forced by family tragedy to return to Elendel, where he learns the hard way that the elegant streets of the city can be more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.

A Mistborn Novel

The Alloy of Law

"Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is 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. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history--or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn who can Push on metals with hisAllomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs."--

a Mistborn novel

Henry Sorensen

I wish we’d make the rough vigilante marries autistic woman trope more of a thing
But seriously, I really enjoyed this one. Brandon’s signature pushing the limits of his own magic-system interactions really shines throughout this book. The tight cast of characters is definite plus too. I really like Era One, but the cast was kind of huge, especially by the end.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. 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. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer (forthcoming) The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Man, this is delightful. When I first read this eight or nine years ago, I was underwhelmed, but honestly, I really enjoyed this. I think it definitely helps that, unlike the first time I read this book, I'd just finished reading the original trilogy, so everything was still pretty fresh in my brain from those books.

Also, the first time I read this, I thought Steris was soooooo boring, and I could not fathom why Wax wasn't just falling at Marasi's feet in comparison. Now? Steris was barely in this, but she's probably my favorite (though Wayne is a solid contender). And she's also me. Very much me. I would be the kind of person to draft a multi-page contract for a marriage of convenience.

This is seriously such a clever, creative way to continue the story of Mistborn in a fresh way, where there's enough of the first trilogy to hook you in and then plenty of intriguing concepts and fun characters to keep you around for the ride. It's just so much fun. It's definitely a different tone from the first trilogy (or, at least, this book is), but in a good way. Eases up a bit on the kind of unrelenting grit of the original three.

Dessa

Man, this is delightful. When I first read this eight or nine years ago, I was underwhelmed, but honestly, I really enjoyed this. I think it definitely helps that, unlike the first time I read this book, I'd just finished reading the original trilogy, so everything was still pretty fresh in my brain from those books.
Also, the first time I read this, I thought Steris was soooooo boring, and I could not fathom why Wax wasn't just falling at Marasi's feet in comparison. Now? Steris was barely in this, but she's probably my favorite (though Wayne is a solid contender). And she's also me. Very much me. I would be the kind of person to draft a multi-page contract for a marriage of convenience.
This is seriously such a clever, creative way to continue the story of Mistborn in a fresh way, where there's enough of the first trilogy to hook you in and then plenty of intriguing concepts and fun characters to keep you around for the ride. It's just so much fun. It's definitely a different tone from the first trilogy (or, at least, this book is), but in a good way. Eases up a bit on the kind of unrelenting grit of the original three.

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, his standalone fantasies and his new series, The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson has shown his bountiful talents in his own fiction. Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story set years after the events of Hero of Ages. In a world recovering only slowly from evil, a world where allomancers wield immense power through their ability to unleash the magic bound up in common metals someone who can burn metals that no-one has burned before can tip the balance... Sanderson has the knack of giving the epic fantasy reader exactly what they want. This ability has thrown him to the forefront of the genre and the dramatic story within The Alloy of Law shows off this skill to its very best.

Sunny

About 25% in I was CONVINCED that this would be a dnf, but I am so so glad I continued on with it. 

I was squealing alllll the way through the epilogue and um????

omg.
brandon sanderson.
omg.

Nick Perronteau

4/5
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The chemistry between Wax and Wayne is what Sullivan’s ‘Theft of Swords’ wished it had.

Not often are time jumps done effectively in any story medium, but holy cow does Sanderson do it so well here! I guess the lesson to take away is to never doubt this man’s writing.

Jeff Kelly

Pulpy fun, but it's no Stormlight Archive. Good action sequences and interesting speculations about how alloymancy would affect a more modern world (think late 1800s - early 1900s, Wild West). The main character and his sidekick were a bit too capable and the way the female companion/love interest is described and generally portrayed is ridiculous.

Dipo Apelehin

I like where this is headed... 3 stars mostly because I'm greedy.

Jamieson

me everytime there was a reference to something in mistborn: 



I'm not sure how to feel about this? Here's some thoughts in dot point form because I don't have it together

 - this was hard to get into at the beginning, but then about 1/4 to 1/2 through I got really into it and the mystery. However, despite that I was engaged I thought this book took AGES to read even though its only *just* 300 pages long?

- I liked Wayne as a character most. Waxillium annoyed me, and I WANTED to like him but his character was so boring. He was just one of those male protagonists thats ridiculously good at everything and has one of those 'gotta save the women because im a strong man man' complex which is annoying

- Marasi could have been a great character but I kinda hate how she was written sometimes? She was written so much as being a love interest/damsel character and it was ANNOYING. She was supposed to be smart and capable but the narrative constantly put her in bad positions and had everyone slowly explaining concepts to her smhhh. And it was annoying after Mistborn which had Vin, and I just think the way Elend and Vin worked together was so much better and good? And I know it's unfair to compare the trilogies but I don't get how you went from THAT to THIS

- the setting was cool. I love Steampunk, I don't read much western but I liked it here. It was interesting to see how the world had developed since Mistborn and I liked that it's a moving world and not just static

- The action scenes were well written, and I liked the introduction of new alloys that changed how fighting was done in this world. For example, bendalloy and aluminium played an interesting part. But I feel this book didn't have the grand ending, or the twisty turny unpredictable grandness of other Sanderson books. It was much more predictable

- I would continue this series, but I don't feel I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT like I have in previous Sanderson books

- as always I need to mention like I do for every Sanderson books they're really unrepresentative

THOSE are my basic thoughts for now. I will think on this book some more and come up with a star rating (I know it's gonna be between 3-4 stars but not sure yet)

Sade A

RAHHHHHHHHHH!!! 
Was going to go with 3 stars previously BUT it got pretty kick ass in the end + points for all the mystery even though i kinda guessed who one part of the baddie was.
Alright so i have to say at first i wasn't totally enamoured by the story, Wax did a lot of thinking kinda boring but when Wayne popped into the show (hurrah!!!) things did start to pick up, and plus side he totally made me appreciate Wax's character more.
Love Marasi, smart capable woman she's got balls yo!! Although i can't help worrying about her, don't know why... Glad the whole love thing got nipped in the bud though.

I can say one of the things i did not really appreciate was how the book went on and on about how the metals worked, especially in regards to coinshots and lurchers - at this stage i'm treating it like the offside rule in football, explain it to me shit number of times, i really still don't get it; which was overly long in some parts and weirdly repetitive.

All in all a really good read, wouldn't call it an epic read though. For a moment i really did think Sanderson was going to dissapoint me (oh me of little faith). 
p.s: was i the only one that got Kelsier vibes from Miles? I felt he was totally channeling Kelsier albeit a Kelsier with zero compassion though. but still, chills

Natalie

The literal tin foil hats are a nice touch.

Entertaining and fast to read, but definitely Lesser Sanderson. Was lovely to read more in the Mistborn universe, though. Nice echoes of the trilogy, as well.

Abdul H

Alejandro

I thought that I wouldn't like Mistborn Era 2 after Era 1 becoming one of my favourite books of all time. And, at least for now, Era 2 doesn't top it but it doesn't have to. It's amazingly great as it is. 

Moving the world 300 years into the future, make it feel more modern, with fire weapons, yet still being clearly the same Mistborn world that we know and love. Taking the incredible reveals of last era and making it an intrinsic part of the lore. 

It's just gorgeous. 

I miss Kelsier and Vin, but I want to know more about Wax and Wayne.

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