'The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel' by Brandon Sanderson
Best known as the man who actually completed Robert Jordan's 11,000-page, 635 chapter, 4 million word "Wheel of Time" series by writing books 12 through 14, Sanderson's own world-building chops are just as impressive. The Mistborn novels take place in Scadrial, where the mechanism for magic is manipulated by "pushing" or "pulling" metal -- every hero or villain is a mini-Magneto. This fourth installment takes place 300 years after the conclusion of the first three, and modernity in the form of electricity, skyscrapers, and, yes, guns, makes the Allomancers and Ferromancers even more potent. Fans of high fantasy and adventure who can broaden their horizons to include a dash of actual (or at least psuedo-) science will find plenty to like here, and the prolific Sanderson has already announced the sequel. -- David Katzmaier
November 16, 2012 4:18 PM PST
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