The Alloy of Law

Scadrial is now on the brink of modernity, three centuries after the events of the Mistborn trilogy. Railroads are replacing the canals, electric lighting is present in both the streets and the mansions of the affluent, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers are racing towards the skies.

The others, including Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, and Spook, are now relegated to history—or religion. But in this resurrected world, the ancient magics of allomancy and feruchemy still have a place, even as science and technology soar to new heights. They are essential instruments for the courageous men and women striving to impose justice and order in the border areas known as the Roughs.

One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn with the ability to employ Feruchemy to change his weight at whim and Push on metals with his Allomancy.

Wax has lived in the Roughs for twenty years, but a family catastrophe has pushed him back to Elendel. He now has to grudgingly lay down his weapons and take on the responsibilities and dignity expected of the leader of a noble family. That is, until he discovers the hard way that the city's magnificent tree-lined avenues and mansions can be just as perilous as the Roughs' desolate plains.