The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel

Brandon Sanderson

Nov 2011 · The Mistborn Saga Book 4 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Michael Kramer

About this audiobook

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.

Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.

Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice.

One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.

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

Ratings and reviews

Michael Kramer was a fantastic narrator for this story. And the book itself was wonderfully written. I'm a fan of Brandon Sanderson, and it was very interesting to see him build a Western setting around a fantasy backdrop. He crafted his world masterfully, albeit with some common Western tropes. The use of those tropes does not weaken this work, though. Also, Wax reminded me a lot of Batman for some reason. So that was cool.

This was my first experience with Brandon Sanderson. Loved it so much that I just bought the next one in the series.

love Sandersons work, and this is one of his best.

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn® trilogy and its sequels; the Stormlight Archive series; and other novels, including The Rithmatist and Steelheart. He won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul, and was chosen to complete Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time® sequence.

Michael Kramer received an Earphones Award for his narration of the Kent Family series by John Jakes and for Alan Fulsom's The Day After Tomorrow. He has also read for Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time fantasy-adventure series. His work includes theater acting and recording books for the Library of Congress's Talking Books program.