The Well of Ascension (Mistborn 2) The impossible has been accood incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years – has been vanquished But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triu a neorld has been left to his young protégé, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleé and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that , the ely since the Lord Ruler died, and seee vaporous entity that haunts her Stopping assassins may keep Vin’s Mistborn skills sharp, but it’s the least of her probleest city of the former empire, doesn’t run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier’s creho lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help It certainly won’t get easier with three ariants – now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler’s hidden cache of atium, the rarest and e of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seelimmer of hope But even if it really exists, no one knohere to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows