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The Well of Ascension

Brandon Sanderson

2009

Epic FantasyMagic SystemsSequelAdventure

THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE **** The Dark Lord is dead, and now a new world can be built. The impossible has happened. The Lord Ruler is dead has been vanquished. But so too is Kelsier the man who masterminded the triumph. The awesome task of rebuilding the world has been left to his protege Vin; a one-time street urchin, now the most powerful Mistborn in the land. Worryingly for her Vin has become the focus of a new religion, a development that leaves her intensely uneasy. More worryingly still…

Published
2009

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Plot4/5
Character3/5
Prose2/5
Ideas3/5
World4/5
Structure2/5

A plot-driven with strong world, tense and immersive read.

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