--- product_id: 15673817 title: "The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel" brand: "brandon sanderson, michael kramer, macmillan audio" price: "157.28 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/15673817-the-alloy-of-law-a-mistborn-novel store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel **Brand:** brandon sanderson, michael kramer, macmillan audio **Price:** 157.28 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel by brandon sanderson, michael kramer, macmillan audio - **How much does it cost?** 157.28 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/15673817-the-alloy-of-law-a-mistborn-novel) ## Best For - brandon sanderson, michael kramer, macmillan audio enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted brandon sanderson, michael kramer, macmillan audio brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice. One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity ## Images ![The Alloy of Law: A Mistborn Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91HgAset8bL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ In the spirit of dime westerns or maybe a pilot episode of a show? *by on Reviewed in the United States January 8, 2012* Ok. First off, reading the Mistborn trilogy is not REQUIRED, but HIGHLY recommended. It is described as a stand-alone book but I think Allomancy is complicated enough on it's own that you really need to read the earlier trilogy to understand what is going on without it causing any confusion. But, that is really not a review, is it? Just take my advise and read the other books first. They are really good too! (BONUS)I read this book after having just finished the Mistborn series a few days earlier. So, I did enjoy the occasional nod toward the old characters. But, I also then saw the similarities between Kelsier. I even think it was strong enough that Sanderson himself hints at it near the end of the book. But, it really isn't a copy of the old series just rehashed, that would be selling it oh, so short. The characters in this are interesting and likable in their own right. Sanderson has a knack for making his lead characters likable. The main villain in this book was also interesting with a hint of Zane from the past. But, again, maybe a bit took "likable". I like that Sanderson can make the reader and even the protagonist of the book understand the villains view. But, I think there could be more depth if the understanding was darker and scarier and just an understandable bad guy.Throughout the book, there are a lot of references to newspaper-like articles about the history and exploits of Wax and those like him in the Roughs (Wild West). Another main character even admits to being a fan of them. This really makes me think of the dime westerns and the quick read of the high-adventure. The fake news page in the book even has one in it! But, even with that dime western spirit and Sanderson's gift with writing amazing cinematic action sequences, this book eventually just feels like a pilot episode for some TV show.It was good. I really liked it. It obviously ended in a way that showed that there was more story to tell. It was not really a cliff-hanger. There was not that type of tension. This book really did have an ending. But, it really just seemed like an episode. I really could see this story continuing. The main characters have room to grow and Sanderson doesn't seem to be in a big hurry for them to change. Maybe he is taking a long-view on this story and not just a normal trilogy idea. I really could see this as a long-term series of short novels. Another series like that (not fantasy) would be the Anna Pigeon series by Navada Barr.This could go on for awhile...why three big book of 1000-plus pages. Why not ten books at 3-400? Just sayin'...This book is a good continuation of the Mistborn world. My rating on it is partially based on my love of the original story. But, it is a good alloy in itself: a blend of western dime, cinematic action, tv series-esque, and Sanderson's unique fantasy world magic. I would give the 3.75-4.0 stars on it's own. That might be a bit harsh. I really do think this has a lot of good potential.If a sequel is published and know I will buy it. How is that for a statement the publisher wants to hear. PS-love the maps, keep them coming. (Read Maphead by Ken Jennings for the significance). :-) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good but very rushed *by on Reviewed in the United States October 31, 2018* This book felt about half as long as the ones in the preceding trilogy. Almost more of a novella than a full novel. As a result of the cramped size of the book, character development feels sparse, and where it does occur, very forced. Though characters are not exactly Sanderson’s “thing”, (not that his characters are bad, it’s just not where he shines the most) he usually does a good job of revealing crucial background details about a character over a broader number of pages, and allows more natural character interactions to drive exposition. That isn’t happening here.The contrast is pretty significant, in fact. For example, he goes through a very long process of foreshadowing with the characters in Stormlight Archive, holding back or merely hinting at the traumas and regrettable decisions in their past. And while he doesn’t do that to the same degree in the prior Mistborn Trilogy, the process of characterization there is still more drawn out, and, therefore, more believable. This simply doesn’t happen in Alloy of Law. The book begins with a straight up and down depiction of the tragic event that defines Wax, the main character. The sidekick, Wayne, doesn’t even get that level of attention from Sanderson: Wayne reveals his dark secret in a paragraph-long expository block delivered to a character whom, in canon, he has literally met once or twice before. You could chalk that up to Wayne being a cheeky over-sharer, but you could also chalk it up to Sanderson wanting to cram a novel’s worth of character development into a page or two.Overall, the book feels much more like an extended short story than a true novel; perhaps this is because the pace of the story is very rapid. Or perhaps it’s because the book was intended to be a tacked-on novella (as Sanderson has produced for other series’ of his) rather than a fully-fledged intro to a new series. (I may Google that after I finish writing this, actually. It would explain a lot.)The book is still good, of course. The action scenes are largely clean and well-written, though there were one or two times when I had to reread a description of some gunplay a few times before I “got” it.And, of course, the worldbuilding is there, as the author builds skillfully on the basic principles he set up already in the prior books set in this world. The really interesting thing is the combined Allomancy/Feruchemy powers of people Sanderson labels “Twinborn”. However, he only displays three characters with those kinds of powers in this book, and there’s only really a single memorable execution of a “combo ability”, so to speak, by any of the characters. It’s not the magic that drives this book, really. It’s simply integrated very well into the plot of the book. At no point does it feel like Sanderson is using his magic systems as a deus ex machina; characters with godlike powers counter one another very cleverly and in very logical ways. Like all his books, the systems of magic that make Alloy of Law a fantasy novel (rather than a run of the mill western) are so smoothly written and logically described that they enhance the believability of the narrative, rather than detracting from it.It’s a testament to his skill in designing a setting that when Sanderson’s characters use magical powers to escape perilous situations, it requires almost no suspension of disbelief from the reader. The powers of the characters are sensical and clearly delimited; instead of just “flying”, characters have to leap through the air with careful bursts of magnetic force. Instead of just being “invulnerable”, characters have to spend two weeks being sick so they can spend a minute healing a gunshot wound when they need it. It’s details like that that make the book (like all his books) a compelling read. I only wish there were more of it in there.Over all, The Alloy of Law suffered from a cramped plot and a lack of natural character development. But those flaws didn’t stop me from enjoying the book, and what Sanderson has done to bring the story from a medieval fantasy setting to a western fantasy setting is interesting enough to make me buy the next book in the series. Here’s hoping it’ll be longer than this one was. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sanderson delivers an exciting adventure in the evolving Mistborn setting *by on Reviewed in the United States November 29, 2011* Brandon Sanderson returns to the world of Mistborn in his new novel, The Alloy of Law (2011). Set three centuries after the first trilogy, The Alloy of Law is both a great standalone novel and an excellent example of bringing something new to a fantasy setting.Our hero is Waxillium Ladrian, a member of a noble house who returns to the big city of Elendel to head his struggling family after twenty years as a lawkeeper in the Roughs. Wax tries to put his past behind him and adapt to city life, but trouble finds him when he gets mixed up in trying to put a halt to a series of train robberies and kidnappings, including the woman he plans to marry as part of his plans to help revive his family's fortunes. He's aided by his Roughs deputy Wayne, who drew a laugh from me every time he appeared, and Marasi, cousin of the kidnapped betrothed, who is studying law at the university but has never had any practical experience, and she adds another dimension to Wax's quest to solve the mystery.The characters and plot are excellent, but what makes The Alloy of Law stand out for me is the setting. Sanderson takes the metal-based magic system developed in the first Mistborn trilogy and places it alongside technological progress. Instead of the usual static sword and sorcery fantasy setting, the addition of railroads and revolvers adds a believable element of progress and change to the world, and also interacts wonderfully with the aforementioned metal-based magic.But not only has technology changed over the centuries, but so has magic and religion. Abilities characters displayed in the first trilogy are now legendary, while new abilities have been discovered and old abilities are combined in new and imaginative ways. The characters and events depicted in the first series are now myths and the foundation of religions. It's great fun to see how the characters I enjoyed in the earlier books are perceived by future generations.If you haven't read the previous Mistborn books, I think you could still enjoy The Alloy of Law. It's definitely a good book on its own, especially if you're interested in fantasy outside the usual medieval technology level. But if you have read and enjoyed the Mistborn trilogy, I think you will get a lot out of this book, as the depiction of the world is very interesting.Sanderson has stated he plans to write two more Mistborn trilogies, one set in the modern era and another set in the future. I eagerly await those, after seeing how well he's executed the development of the world in The Alloy of Law. The only disappointment I have is that the The Alloy of Law is a stand alone book, with no direct sequels planned. I'd love to read more about Wax, Wayne, and the rest, and - while resolving the main plot- there's certainly room left at the end of The Alloy of Law for additional stories.I heartily recommend The Alloy of Law, especially to Mistborn fans or those who enjoy non-traditional fantasy settings. It demonstrates again why, since discovering him when he took over the Wheel of Time series, Brandon Sanderson has become one of my favorite authors. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/15673817-the-alloy-of-law-a-mistborn-novel](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/15673817-the-alloy-of-law-a-mistborn-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-14*