Instead, they simply worked with bowed heads, moving about their work with quiet apathy. They didn’t complain, of course they knew better than that.
The peasants were an indolent, unproductive lot. There was a sluggishness to their efforts-but, of course, that was the way of the skaa. Hundreds of people in brown smocks worked in the falling ash, caring for the crops. Tresting stood with his guest on a small hilltop patio that overlooked the fields. Fortunately, there wasn’t much wind the parasol would likely be effective. Ashfalls weren’t that uncommon in the Final Empire, but Tresting had hoped to avoid getting soot stains on his fine new suit coat and red vest, which had just arrived via canal boat from Luthadel itself.
The detail with which Sanderson explores the hows and whys of allomancy in the novel, setting up a crescendo of action and adventure by its end, is a solid illustration of his own “First Law of Magics,” which posits that a writer’s capacity to resolve a story’s conflict using magic is directly correlated with readers’ understanding of how that magic works.Lord Tresting frowned, glancing up at the ruddy midday sky as his servants scuttled forward, opening a parasol over Tresting and his distinguished guest. The 2006 epic fantasy follows a pair of allomancers-individuals who ingest small amounts of metal to fuel magical abilities-as they rebel against an immortal ruler’s thousand-year reign. With Mistborn: The Final Empire, Sanderson popularized his approach to crafting complex magic systems, in which the rules that govern the extraordinary have more in common with a chemical equation than with a wave of a wand. Now, he’s one of the genre’s most beloved-and prolific-authors. Mistborn: The Final Empire wasn’t Sanderson’s first novel to find a publisher-that was 2005’s Elantris-but it was the book that defined his approach to writing fantasy and set him on a path toward widespread recognition. For years, Brandon Sanderson spent his nights behind the desk at a Provo, Utah hotel, churning out manuscripts that he hoped one day might take their place on shelves.
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