The Well of Ascension

Mistborn, Book 2

By: Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 28 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical martial-arts action.

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.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson:

• The Cosmere
• The Stormlight Archive
• The Way of Kings
• Words of Radiance
• Edgedancer (Novella)
• Oathbringer

The Mistborn trilogy

• Mistborn: The Final Empire
• The Well of Ascension
• The Hero of Ages

Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series:

• Alloy of Law
• Shadows of Self
• Bands of Mourning
• Collection
• Arcanum Unbounded

Other Cosmere novels:

• Elantris
• Warbreaker

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series:

• Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
• The Scrivener's Bones
• The Knights of Crystallia
• The Shattered Lens
• The Dark Talent

The Rithmatist series:

• The Rithmatist

Other books by Brandon Sanderson:

• The Reckoners
• Steelheart
• Firefight
• Calamity

©2007 Brandon Sanderson (P)2009 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"All the explosive action any adventure fan could want." ( Locus)
"A great epic fantasy.... Fans of Terry Goodkind and Terry Brooks will find The Well of Ascension fulfilling, satisfying, and incredibly exciting." ( SFRevu.com)
"Vin's struggles with love and power inject the human element into Sanderson's engaging epic." ( Booklist)

Great follow up to the first can't wait to read th

Great follow up to the first can not wait to read the third Mistborn book!!!

Brilliant!

Can't believe I'm saying this, but part 2 was even better than part 1. A must read!

Best Author And Audio Book Narrator Ever!

I absolutely love this series, every book I've ever read by Brandon Sanderson is a reread, relisten. It all! And this narrator, you couldn't ask for a better one, he's amazing.

As usual Sanderson does not let me down

If you enjoyed the first book you truly will love this sequel. This novel gets more in depth with Sandersons skillful character building and ear grabbing action. Beware however that at some points you simply will not want to press stop or pause on this amazing title!

take a drink review.

The second installment of mistborn... im not a good reviewer. kinda wish the author would invest ina thesaurus but it's whatever.

take a drink every time someone "pauses"
everyone. freaking. pauses.
take a drink when steward guy says, "I think"

that should be all you need otherwise you risk alcohol poisoning.

Still a 5

Admitably the worst of the 3 books. You go the whole book just to finally see the end of the one plot point from the beginning. This book more sets up things for the 3rd. But it is still great and the narrator somehow freaking works.

Spectacular

It’s a little slower paced in the beginning but it certainly picks up. I was riveted throughout the performance. Love every surprise, and there are many.
I’d say the indecisiveness and manipulability of a certain character was laid on too thick by the author. I feel like a lot of it didn’t hold true to who they where setting the character up to be. Like they did a character personality swap to further their plot. Not cool. Great performance though.

The best fantasy story I have ever read

So good. Better than the first book. I can’t believe how good. I couldn’t put it down once the action really got going. Onward to Book 3.

Above average

I really enjoyed this sequel, however it definitely suffers from being a middle book. Most of this experience is setup. Not necessarily a bad thing, but would have like some more explanation to certain things before going into the next book. Overall still a great read.

unbelievable work of fantasy

im so quickly becoming a sando fan, his character development is really iconic and im already getting the third book.