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Violence
Very heavy
Full-scale world-ending violence; koloss armies; significant casualty scale
Language
Some
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
The psychological weight of the world's ending; significant deaths; the revelation of what the Hero of Ages actually means
What this book is about
The third Mistborn novel: Ruin has been released and is working to end the world. Vin and Elend must find the caches and understand what the Hero of Ages is actually meant to do. The Hero of Ages has one of the most acclaimed endings in fantasy, resolving everything across the trilogy with extraordinary precision.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
World-ending scale violence
Significant character deaths
The ending—one of the most acclaimed in fantasy—is devastating
The revelation reframes the entire trilogy
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