If you enjoy queer protagonists, snarky humor, and don’t mind some salty language, check out book 1 of her fantasy series. But they are also frightened about what their people will do if we continue to impose tyrannical, imperial policies on them. It was one of the weight-affecting medallions the Malwish used to make their ships light enough to fly. Wayne held up the lantern, and one didn’t need a keen detective’s eye to see the door had been used recently.

However, he criticized the plot and questioned how self-contained it was in regard to crossovers with other Cosmere series. When she took a step—map in one hand, rifle in the other—each boot would pull free with a squelch of mythical proportions. Information about books that have not yet been released, like Stormlight 5, is allowed only on meta-pages for the books themselves. Unexpected Inheritance: At the end, the minor character Allriandre is ambivalent to learn that Wayne — The Atoner who had killed her father — has died and bequeathed most of his estate to her. The Reveal: Following Mraize's comments about the Ghostbloods seeking power, it seems their ultimate goal is finding a way to fully democratize Investiture, particularly removing the genetic requirements for Allomantic powers.Please excuse any rambling on our parts; we’ve been working on this while simultaneously doing a reread of the book and getting ready for the con, so we may be a bit unhinged. I don’t do politics right, but I do understand angry people and the hard lives of working women and men.

Death Is Gray: When Telsin suffers a Death by Depower as Autonomy rejects her as an avatar, her body turns grey for unknown reasons. It’s precisely the mood you’re supposed to have when your partner forces you to stick your frontside into a buncha stuff that comes out of your backside.

I’m a software developer by day, but I do some writing on the side, and have been one of Brandon’s beta readers for several years. Given that their direct and stated goals are to ensure Scadrial's safety, it makes a bit more sense. 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. Telsin is rather annoyed when she notes that, actually, Autonomy pretty clearly likes Wax better than her. Things like the floating globe used to contact Kelsier (a Seon, as seen in Elantris), proper names like "Nalthis," and "Dor," and the systems of investiture used by the Ghostbloods are all explained in their native texts.