The Bands of Mourning
The Cosmere/Mistborn adventures continue!
We're given a central treasure hunt adventure involving the metalminds of the Lord Ruler, containing everything he stored within them. Then you throw in the political strife of a society in which a central hub city is controlling everything and the outlying territories are chafing under that situation. Add in a dash of the conspiracy faction that seems to be following some old god toward destroying everything (reasons still unknown) and the new revelation of a society beyond the bound of the "known" part of the world that has Allomantically-drive technology.
It's a pretty wild ride for Wax and Wayne and Co. And the characters progress too, several moving beyond their crushes and lingering lost loves. MeLaan the kandra provides a neat perspective on things. Even the paperwork-loving Steris gets in on the adventure and sort of likes it. Harmony remains a sensible representation of mortal raised to godhood trying to do the right thing. All in all, the characters work well and remain a part of why the story is so enjoyable.
I like the way society is shown to be experimenting in a scientific way with the more magic-like Allomancy (and related arts), pushing for new uses and combinations, working toward things that can be used without inheriting the powers directly. The only real down side is that it gets hard to keep track of everything.
Still, a good read and I look forward to the next Cosmere-based book.
We're given a central treasure hunt adventure involving the metalminds of the Lord Ruler, containing everything he stored within them. Then you throw in the political strife of a society in which a central hub city is controlling everything and the outlying territories are chafing under that situation. Add in a dash of the conspiracy faction that seems to be following some old god toward destroying everything (reasons still unknown) and the new revelation of a society beyond the bound of the "known" part of the world that has Allomantically-drive technology.
It's a pretty wild ride for Wax and Wayne and Co. And the characters progress too, several moving beyond their crushes and lingering lost loves. MeLaan the kandra provides a neat perspective on things. Even the paperwork-loving Steris gets in on the adventure and sort of likes it. Harmony remains a sensible representation of mortal raised to godhood trying to do the right thing. All in all, the characters work well and remain a part of why the story is so enjoyable.
I like the way society is shown to be experimenting in a scientific way with the more magic-like Allomancy (and related arts), pushing for new uses and combinations, working toward things that can be used without inheriting the powers directly. The only real down side is that it gets hard to keep track of everything.
Still, a good read and I look forward to the next Cosmere-based book.
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