The Lost Metal is the conclusion of Era Two of the Mistborn Saga, set in a world where technology has evolved into an intermediary Wild West vibe. The plot revolves around the main characters - Wax, Wayne, Marasi, Steris, and a host of new and old characters - as they try to save their city from the impending threat of Trell. The book delves into the complexities of the cosmere universe, requiring readers to be familiar with Sanderson's other works, and sets the stage for the next generation of Mistborn series.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
It carries medium content warnings, likely due to themes of violence, political conflict, and emotional distress.
Has Romance?
The book includes a medium level of romance, integrated within the broader plot and character dynamics.
From The Publisher:
Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal.
For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set-with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders-since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate-whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose-and Bilming is even more entangled.
After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere-Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost.
Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin.
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5 comment(s)
A satisfying end to the Wax and Wayne series, but it definitely falls lower in my ranking of Sanderson's books. I struggled through the first half of the book, but enjoyed the last third or so.
An incredible ending to the Mistborn Era 2 Tetralogy. Between this book and Tress, the Cosmere feels both larger and smaller than ever.
A fantastic send off for these characters and this era of history on the planet Scadrial. I’m not sure if I’m more excited about the answers we got or the future that’s been teased for Era 3.
It’s impossible to say much more about this one without spoiling anything. If you haven’t started exploring the Cosmere yet, rusts and ruin man, what are you waiting for!?
A fitting end to the series.
Left me sad because it’s over .
I am.
I am flabbergasted that I am giving a Mistborn Era2 book only ⭐⭐⭐, but here we are.
I think it boils down to the INCREASED focus on Cosmere connections and worldbuilding we get in this book.
(I would recommend reading at least Mistborn: Secret History, Emperor's Soul, and Words of Radiance before getting to this novel.)
It's a whole lot of our page time being Wasted on info dumps that I feel like could have been taken out (along with the characters giving them) and produced a more focused and entertaining novel.
If I wanted to learn about Shard/worldhopper/magic systems in depth, I would go read the extensive wiki.
Here is my full video review: https://youtu.be/LDICzLzYnz4
I want to take a moment here to reflect on my relationship with recent Sanderson releases. I haven't loved them (I'm thinking of Rhythm of War, Starsight, and Lost Metal) as much as his older novels. Either my taste or his style has been shifting, and I think it's some of both.
For all of those novels, my complaint is the same: too much worldbuilding, not enough character work. (We can't even blame the enlarging of the Cosmere, because Starsight doesn't get that excuse.) It's just that worldbuilding details don't excite or entertain me when divorced from the angst of the characters.
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