The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel

Brandon Sanderson

Nov 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, his standalone fantasies and his new series, The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson has shown his bountiful talents in his own fiction. Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story set years after the events of Hero of Ages.

In a world recovering only slowly from evil, a world where allomancers wield immense power through their ability to unleash the magic bound up in common metals someone who can burn metals that no-one has burned before can tip the balance...

Sanderson has the knack of giving the epic fantasy reader exactly what they want. This ability has thrown him to the forefront of the genre and the dramatic story within The Alloy of Law shows off this skill to its very best.

Ratings and reviews

I must say that I'm a little disappointed. Having read the first three mistborn books I had big expectations of this one. The characters were well developed but the weak attempts at humor generously interspersed throughout the book soon became cringe-worthy.

Good read but unfortunately too much about getting to the end of the story. Some quite clever suggestions but the main characters you had a feel for who they would be all along.

A little slow to start, but quickly drew me in and held me tight to the end. Sanderson portrayed the brilliance of the antagonist excellently; and even with the reveal of their plot Sanderson still managed to pull an excellent twist at the end. 5/5

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is a Number One New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a David Gemmell and Hugo Award winner, his novels have sold more than 40 million copies around the world. He is most famous for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga; his work also includes the Skyward science fiction series, the Legion spy sequence, and The Reckoners superhero novels. In addition to creating his own landmark series, he was chosen by Robert Jordan's estate to complete The Wheel of Time®, now an internationally successful series on Amazon Prime.