Shadows of Self
core novel 2015 Cosmere
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (227,136 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 376 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765378569 |
Synopsis
Mistborn: Shadows of Self takes place in the city of Elendel about a year after the events of The Alloy of Law, in which Waxillium Ladrian helped bring down the criminal gang known as the Vanishers and was deputized as a special lawman within the city constabulary. Working alongside his partner Wayne, Wax investigates crime in the growing metropolis while still shadowed by the memory of Lessie, the woman he lost years earlier to a killer he never caught. His routine is disrupted when assassinations target the city's crime bosses and the governor's own family, and the evidence points to a killer with abilities unlike any Wax has faced. Guided by cryptic warnings from the god Harmony, Wax and Wayne race to identify the source of the attacks before the unrest engulfs Elendel and threatens the fragile order Wax has spent the past year trying to protect.
Where it sits
- Universe: Cosmere
- Series: Mistborn Era 2 (Wax and Wayne) core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Brandon Sanderson
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Mistborn Era 2 (Wax and Wayne): position 2 of 4: previous The Alloy of Law (2011) · next The Bands of Mourning (2016)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmere
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_of_Self
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn:_Shadows_of_Self
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