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Aug 03, 2017isaachar rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The 3rd book in the Mistborn Second era series did not dissappoint. This story is well outside of the 'western' theme of the first book, though it does have an occassional train robbery. This book is definitely setting up for elements of science fiction that will be in the 3rd Era Mistborn books. The people of the Basin learn they aren't the only humans on Scadrial, and that another civilization has developed unimaginable allomancy technology. There was even a brief appearance of the Survivor himself. I won't spoil anything, but I really enjoyed the villain Edwarn Ladrian. He was the right combination of arrogant, intelligent, mysterious and nefarious. There are still a lot of unanswered questions about him, and this book seems to add more. Wax and Edwarn each seem to hold separate characteristics of their ancestor Breeze. Wax with loyalty and a desire to help people, and Edwarn with intelligence, and a will to manipulate. While Edwarn was a big mystery, the 'new' villain (no spoilers) was fairly easy to see coming. I have to say I was expecting more information about the Trell diety and its worshipers. The information given was as sparce as it has been in other books. This is unlike the previous trilogy, where answers were doled out in large chunks and few loose ends were left by the end of each book. With only one book left in this era, I suspect Trell may be something that comes to fruition in the 3rd era series. While I really enjoy this series, I agree with other reviewers, this series wouldn't work as well without having read the original trilogy.