The Well of Ascension
core novel 2007 Cosmere
Record
| First published | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.37 (725,345 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 590 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765316882 |
Synopsis
The Well of Ascension begins about a year after the Lord Ruler's fall, as the Final Empire's collapse has plunged much of the land into chaos. In the capital, Luthadel, the newly crowned King Elend Venture attempts to govern through a fledgling council-based government, with Vin, the Mistborn who helped end the old regime, at his side. Their fragile rule is threatened almost immediately as three separate armies converge on the city: one led by Elend's own father, one by a rival claimant to power, and a third made up of monstrous koloss under the command of a former ally turned enemy. As the crew works to hold Luthadel together, Sazed, a Terrisman scholar, digs into records from before the Final Empire's founding, and Vin becomes convinced that an artifact called the Well of Ascension may hold power capable of saving the city.
Where it sits
- Universe: Cosmere
- Series: Mistborn Era 1 core; position 2 of 3 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 1: position 2 of 3: previous Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006) · next The Hero of Ages (2008)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmere
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well_of_Ascension
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn:_The_Well_of_Ascension
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