Scadrial, three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, is on the edge of becoming modern. There are now railroads to complement the canals, electric lights in the streets and opulent homes, and the first steel-framed buildings rushing for the clouds.
Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the others are now part of history—or religion. Even as science and technology advance, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a part in this resurrected world. These are vital tools for the valiant men and women working to restore order and justice in the Roughs.
Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn who can push metals with his allomancy and manipulate feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at command, is one such example.
Wax has returned to Elendel after twenty years in the Roughs due to a family tragedy. Now he must grudgingly lay down his weapons and accept the responsibility and dignity that come with being the leader of a great house. Or so he thinks, until he realizes the hard way that the city's mansions and magnificent tree-lined streets can be just as hazardous as the dusty plains of the Roughs.