The Well of Ascension
The tyrant is dead, and now the rebels have to govern, with three armies besieging the capital and the economy collapsing under them.
The second Mistborn novel picks up after the tyrant’s fall, with the harder question: what happens when the rebels have to govern? Vin and Elend find the capital besieged by three armies, the economy collapsing, and a prophecy about the Well of Ascension pulling Vin toward a power she doesn’t understand. Sanderson turns the usual fantasy victory into a study of politics, doubt and consequence, and sets up one of the genre’s most admired endings.
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