
Frontier lawman Waxillium Ladrian, now a senator, investigates a shadowy cabal's plot involving powerful explosives and divine interference in a steampunk world of metal-based magic.
Frontier lawman Waxillium Ladrian, now a senator, investigates a shadowy cabal's plot involving powerful explosives and divine interference in a steampunk world of metal-based magic.
For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set―with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders―since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel S...
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Minor romantic subplots with fade-to-black moments; no explicit content.
Frequent physical and magical violence, gun violence, explosions, and loss of life.
Mild language used sparingly; not a focus of the narrative.
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Themes of gods and divine influence; central to plot with Harmony and Trell.
Fantasy magic system (Allomancy) not framed as occult; no rituals or demonology.
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Themes of political corruption and societal conflict between cities.
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Brief mentions of systemic suffering and kidnapping; not central.
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Not Sanderson's best, but he's Sanderson, so it's still pretty storming good.