For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed.
A brilliant thief and natural leader, Kelsier will turn his talents to the ultimate caper: one.
Hope is long lost, until a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa in the depths of the most hellish prison and discovered he has the powers of a Mistborn.
For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear while the Lord Ruler reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, a divinely invincible leader.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed