The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler -- the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years -- has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.
As Kelsier's protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.
Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city …
The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler -- the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years -- has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves.
As Kelsier's protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.
Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies – one of them composed of ferocious giants – now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal.
As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.
Panokset kovenevat ja Sandersonin fantasiamaailma syventyvät samaa tahtia
4 stars
"The Well of Ascension" jatkaa loistavasti siitä, mihin "The Final Empire" jäi. Draaman konteksti on kuitenkin laajentunut pelkästään positiivisella tavalla. Ensimmäisen kirjan kamppailu käytiin mikrotasolla, yhden rosvojoukon yksilöiden pyrkiessä kukistamaan kuolematonta jumalkeisaria. Toisessa kirjassa päästään mesotasolle, kun uutta poliittista järjestelmää muovataan, politikoidaan ja soditaan. Samalla Sanderson paljastaa enemmän ja enemmän maailmastaan.
Ainoa häiritsevä yksityiskohta on piinaavan kiusallinen kolmiodraama, mutta se teini-ikäiselle päähenkilölle sallittakoon.
Der Plot des zweiten Bandes plätschert leider eher so dahin. Im Gegensatz zum ersten Band, wo alles aufeinander aufbaut, ist es hier ein ständiges hin und her und es ist nicht ganz klar wo es hingeht.
Letztendlich ist das aber auch das anhaltende Gefühl bei einer Belagerung.
