[HarryT]

This book is a standalone sequel to the "Mistborn" trilogy, and is set some 300 years after the events that ended that trilogy. Technological progress has been rapid, and the world now has steam trains, guns, and primitive motor vehicles.

Lord Waxillium Ladrian returns to the city of Elendel as the heir of his House, following the death of his uncle, having spent 20 years enforcing the law out in the "Roughs" - the uncivilized land outside the city. He tries to act as a city nobleman is expected to act, and to settle down and find a wife, but is soon drawn into a web of danger and adventure.

This is a superb book, completely different in feel to the "Mistborn" trilogy. I didn't come to it with very high hopes, having heard some rather negative comments about it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. A fun read. Don't read it unless you've read the Mistborn trilogy first, though, or it's not going to make much sense.