![]() ![]() It’s eventually deduced that the hostages may be the Vanishers' real targets: all are descended from the same ancient family, and all have specific magic powers. Meanwhile, strange crimes are afoot: mysterious thieves, "Vanishers," have stolen consignments from railroad cars, raided parties and taken hostages. ![]() Accompanying father and daughter is penniless cousin Marasi, more intelligent and personable and vastly more attractive. Lord Harms presents his rather too well-organized daughter Steris, who arrives for introductions complete with a 20-page pre-nuptial agreement. Sadly he returns to Elendel to do his duty and marry a rich heiress. Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, can both attract and repel metals using Allomancy and gain or lose bodily mass via Feruchemy. Having spent 20 years in the Roughs-Tombstone in the 1880s, with every day a bad day-expunging evildoers, Wax has learned that House Ladrian, complete with supercilious butler, is all but bankrupt thanks to a profligate uncle. ![]() Though lesser beings than their godlike ancestors, certain citizens gain magic powers from an ability to metabolize metals. Sanderson returns to planet Scadrial ( The Hero of Ages, 2008, etc.) where, 500 years later, the scenario is a fantasy Wild West where the largest city, Elendel, despite its unpredictable mists, boasts railroads, electric street lighting and nascent skyscrapers. ![]()
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