The Well of Ascension (The Mistborn Book 2)

L'impossible a été accompli. Le Seigneur Maître, l'homme qui prétendait être un dieu incarné et qui a brutalement régné sur le monde pendant mille ans, a été vaincu. Mais Kelsier, le héros qui a orchestré ce triomphe, est mort lui aussi, et maintenant la tâche formidable de construire un nouveau monde a été laissée à sa jeune protégée, Vin, l'ancienne gamine des rues qui est maintenant la plus puissante Brumomancienne du pays, et au jeune noble idéaliste qu'elle aime.

As Kelsier’s protégé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.

Stopping assassins may keep Vin’s Mistborn skills sharp, but it’s the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn’t run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier’s crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won’t get easier with three armies – one of them composed of ferocious giants – now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler’s hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal.

As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.