Nov. 13th, 2009

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Second in the Mistborn series. "Okay, I'm the leader. Now what shall we do?"

The rebellion has succeeded, and the Evil Overlord is dead, but the problems for Vin, the street-urchin turned powerful Allomancer, and her beloved Elend, nobleman turned King and trying to introduce democracy to a city that's lived under the dictatorship of the Evil Overlord for a millennium, are only just beginning, and there are still plenty of unanswered questions about how the world got into this mess in the first place.Read more... )
I'm still not in love with Sanderson's prose or dialog, but the story moves along smartly, and the characters are engaging enough. I probably won't be getting to the final volume for a month or too, though.

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Nov. 13th, 2009 10:56 pm
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It's disorienting seeing Col. Telford from SGU on NUMB3RS.

Minor Spoilers for WOT:The Gathering Storm )

No, that wasn't the daily bookpost; that will be along shortly.

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