Well of Ascension

The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler – the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years – has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves. As Kelsier’s protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her. Stopping assassins may keep Vin’s Mistborn skills sharp, but it’s the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn’t run itself, and Vin [...]and the other members of Kelsier’s crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won’t get easier with three armies – one of them composed of ferocious giants – now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler’s hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal. As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. From Publishers Weekly Sanderson's entertaining second Mistborn novel begins after most fantasy series end, when the team of brave and cunning heroes find that holding on to power is even harder than overthrowing the previous tyrant. Elend Venture, the scholarly new Lord Ruler of Luthadel, clings to power while Luthadel's aristocrats and merchants grumble and two enemy armies—one led by Elend's father, Lord Straff—camp outside the city gates. Fortunately, Elend can rely on help from his lover and unofficial court assassin, the young allomancer Vin, but her magical metal-using ability makes her a target. An orphan of decidedly low origins, Vin is also having trouble adapting to her position as royal consort, especially since the underclass skaa, newly freed by Elend, look to her as their protector. Meanwhile, the ancient evil known as the Deepness is rising once again. This entertaining read will especially please those who always wanted to know what happened after the good guys won. (Aug.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist In the Mistborn trilogy's middle book, the great revolution's leader is dead, his apprentice Vin is overwhelmed by his legacy, and the idealistic new ruler is beset by those who want power themselves. Everyone wants to find the overthrown despot's Atium supplies, and armies besiege Luthadel. On patrol one night, Vin sees a figure apparently made of mist. The history of Kwaan, who helped the despot to power, emerges, portending a terrible power. The Well of Ascension may furnish resolutions to all these situations, but someone must find it. Vin's struggles with love and power inject the human element into Sanderson's engaging epic. Schroeder, Regina Enter Series Index : 02 of 03 Uncomma Author : Brandon Sanderson Record Notes : Cover Checked 07 21, Perm IE IC 09 01 14 ES Group : Serified_E Calc Series A (group): Mistborn Trilogy Test Search : Well of Ascension / Brandon Sanderson ISBN : 0575089938 Test Compare Series to Entered: eq Formats : EPUB First Tag : Epic, Fantasy, Fiction, General work b : SciFan.Mistborn Trilogy work a : Mistborn Trilogy ES Cover Quality : ICBF ES Suffix : _ Quick Search : Brandon Sanderson Mistborn Trilogy Number of Words in Auth: 2 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : isbn:0575089938 Test Text Series Index: 2 Single Author : Brandon Sanderson Raw Title : Well of Ascension Compare Author : eq Sorted Author by LN, FN: Sanderson, Brandon Title Length : 17 Calc Series Group : Mistborn Trilogy Title Parm A : Well of Ascension New Series : Mistborn Trilogy.. Record ID : 1627 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_E.Mistborn Trilogy.Scifan.02 of 03._.ICBF EBook : Have Custom Series : SIPY.Mistborn Trilogy.Scifan.2 of 3._.ICBF Calc Genre : Mistborn Trilogy ES Name : Mistborn Trilogy ES Genre : Scifan Calc New Series : Mistborn Trilogy.... Calc ESI Part 3 : 03 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 02 ABook : E_Only Calc ESI Combined : 02 of 190 Num of Aut : 1