Week 46 Review: The Lost Metal

From Goodreads:

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 reveals that Harmony's power is blocked in Bilming. That means the city 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.

Harmony's vision of future possibilities comes to an abrupt halt tomorrow night, with only blackness after that. It's a race against time, and 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. 

My Review:
Oh, man, this book! I've been a fan of Brandon Sanderson's books since 2019, and specifically the Cosmere in 2020. And in that time, we've gotten 2 main Cosmere books-The Rhythm of War, and this book. And this is the end of Era 2 Mistborn, so it's kinda a big deal! And I loved it! 

Brandon said at their Dragonsteel Convention, that this book, the gloves were coming off, and there were going to be more Cosmere at the wider level, not the series, and wow, did it deliver! All these connections and appearances were being made, and it was so excellent!

Also mentioned at the convention was that instead of a stand alone and then a trilogy in this series, it's more books 2 and 3 have a conversation-and this book and book 1 are bookends together. Because it brings in a few plot points from that book, as well as showcasing how far these characters have come across the course of this series. 

All of the major characters were dealing with something, and almost all of them were dealing with an internal conflict. Wax with his relationship with Harmony, and how he's changed. Wayne has the man who he killed, and that man's daughter, and that whole moral dilemma. Marasi has questions about her future, and reevaluating her goals. 

Oh, that ending! It wasn't as painful as Era 1, but it was close. So much happened, and there were some really tense moments-but there were also some really fantastic reveals that I can't wait to see how they might affect the world for Era 3! 

Loved reading this book, I'm sad to say goodbye to these characters and this time on the world, but I'm excited for Era 3! 

Author: Brandon Sanderson 
Series: Mistborn #7, Misborn: Wax and Wayne #4
Read: November 16th, 2022
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love his writing and this series, and it's a End of Series 2022 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: November 15th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars