It was great to return to Scandrial and the Mistborn universe in this novel, which shows how the planet has changed over three hundred years. Religions and cults have formed around the lenegendary figures of the original trilogy, and technology has progressed greatly over the years. The development of the technology allows for the interesting experience of reading about magic co-existing with steam trains.
Sanderson's books being famous for their world building, The Alloy of Law is unique in that there isn't much world building in it. The world and its magics have been explained in the prequel trilogy, and...