Lightning Can Do Anything: Wayne mentions reading a book about time travel that starts when someone gets zapped by electricity. He lampshades that it was written when most people didn't understand electricity, and there was an older book with an identical plot that used a different plot device involving indoor plumbing. D o n ’ t think about it, Wayne thought, bungling his shuffle and spilling cards over the table and floor. And don’t look. Not until you see the light. Well,” she said, “I suppose we all gotta walk into the beast’s mouth now and then. So… maybe, I guess.” Tor.com is serializing The Lost Metal from now until its release on November 15. New chapters will go live every Monday at 12pm ET. We’re thrilled to also share selections from the audiobook edition, narrated by Michael Kramer—find the prologue through chapter two below!

Though he’d been waiting for this, Wax took his time sauntering up onto the podium, which was lit from above by a massive electric spotlight. He made a slow rotation, inspecting the circular chamber. One side held the elected officials: senators who were voted into office to represent a guild, profession, or historical group. The other held the lords: senators who held their positions by benefit of birth. In 2014, Sanderson revealed the tentative title of the fourth and final book of the Wax and Wayne series as The Lost Metal. [3] It was initially planned to be released in 2018, but was subsequently moved to Fall 2019. [4] [5] Later, due to the release of the previously unplanned Skyward series, the publication date was further postponed to 2022. [6] [7] The first printing of the novel consists of 500,000 copies. [8] Reception [ edit ] Retconjuration: Moonlight, one of the Ghostbloods, has this power. She uses it a few times to make a door where there wasn't one before. Lyn: Oh yes. I think that even the least observant readers could see this coming a mile off. I never thought that Wayne was going to make it out of this one alive…I was just hoping that he would get a good send-off. And his death certainly lived up to that for me. No “getting killed at the last minute” gut punch here. Wayne had an amazing, perfect (for him) death. I’m glad that he got his awesome huge explosion, glad that he got to be the hero, glad that he got the recognition that he deserved afterward. He’s remembered as a hero, and that’s beautiful. And his character arc was just…fantastic. And since I brought up character arcs…let’s talk about the other main characters. He took his seat finally, next to Yancey Yaceczko, a good-natured and patient fellow—and one of the senators who’d actually listened to Wax.

Let us know what you thought of the book—share your theories, your favorite bits, and thoughts about what you’d like to see as we learn even more about the Cosmere and how its worlds connect… So who gets stronger?” Ma asked. “The fellow what does the easy thing, or what does the hard thing?” Other kids were scared of mistwraiths, but Wayne figured they just didn’t know how to negotiate properly. He could make friends with something what lived unner a bed. You just had to give it something it wanted, like someone else to eat.

I think you thought of something that amused you, and wanted an excuse to say it.” She landed on the little platform next to him, and below she could finally see the bottom. They were roughly halfway. The current governor of Elendel is completely useless, clearly just a puppet for his second in command. It's one of many reasons that Wax knows putting him in charge of the entire Basin is a terrible idea. Agreed,” Wax said. “But how is elevating the Elendel governor—a position no one outside the city can vote on—going to unite people?” Luther, Lyndsey; Newberry, Ross (2022-11-09). "Brandon Sanderson's The Lost Metal: A Non-Spoiler Review by Wax and Wayne". Tor.com . Retrieved 2022-11-17. W e ’ r e going to find you, Trell, Marasi thought, creeping forward. She’d first heard that name uttered by a dying man, years ago—and she was increasingly certain Trell was a god of vast power like Harmony. You can’t hide forever. Not if you want to keep influencing the world.Hour Superpower: Wax and Wayne use Hemalurgic spikes taken from the bodies of Set agents to give Wax the power to use durulumin and Wayne the power to steelpush. At the end of the book, Wayne ingests lerasium to become a Mistborn to perform his Heroic Sacrifice, while Harmony implies that Wax unknowingly became a Mistborn himself at the start of the book when he unknowingly created and ingested lerasium during his attempt to split harmonium. Marasi carefully took a small me

Ross: I still love Steris, and the way she continues to epitomize Brandon’s excellent habit of showing the ways that neurodiverse characters often exceed the abilities of their more “normal” peers in ways that either advance the story or literally save the day. I have a ton of neurodiverse friends who identify with one or more of these characters, and the associations have almost universally been positive and helpful. Late-Arrival Spoiler: Those who skipped Rhythm of War will find The Ghostbloods' leader is Kelsier. Our Ghosts Are Different: Very little is said of Kelsier's condition, besides that a Hemalurgic spike pins his soul to his body and that death has separated him from his Allomancy.Lyn: And of course, we have Marasi. What an awesome character. I’ve always liked her and her quest to try to better the lives of the people, but she felt so much more…mature in this book. So as he was swallowed, Jak stretched out his arms and legs, then pushed—making himself a lump in Blatant Barm’s throat, so the monster couldn’t breathe. Monsters like that needs lotsa air, you know. And so, Allomancer Jak done choked Barm from the inside. Then, when the monster was dead on the ground, Jak sauntered out down its tongue—like it was some fancy mat set outside a carriage for a rich man.”

Look, I just wanted to point out something interesting. Useful observationalizing ’bout the nature of the cosmere and the relationship between the genders.”Captain Obvious: Wayne mentions that he "suspects" MeLaan is going to break up with him soon. When pressed, he admits that this is because she told him "Wayne, I'm going to break up with you soon."