Shadows of Self

The fifth book by Brandon Sanderson is associated to the Mistborn series in many ways. This time the author makes us jump three hundred years in the future. People are not familiar with magical things anymore and they depend on science and technology.

Modern gadgets have taken control of everything and the masses don’t believe on the power of magic. Apparently, it is a new world but there is something in the background that is still playing with the minds of the people and their fate. Waxillium has been practicing many things for the past twenty years and suddenly a job in the city makes him use his skills in a better way.

Controlling crime was the thing Wax was trained for and now he has to stop all sorts of crime with the help of his friends and the love of his life i.e Marasi. Troubling times are coming soon to the world again and this time the world does not possess magic to defend itself. Days of The Way of Kings and The Well of Ascension are over but the world is blessed with new heroes with tricks and powers of their own.

Michael Kramer is the old classical voice narrates the rise of Wax and his friends in a world which was never ready for terrorism once again. Evil has fallen differently and things will not get normal after this and even if the evil is tamed it will need a lot of sacrifices. It is the climax that describes the true skills of Sanderson all the time. In this book the climax once again collects everything on one single point.