The Well of Ascension cover art

The Well of Ascension

Mistborn, Book 2

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Well of Ascension

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

 THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE


****

The Dark Lord is dead, and now a new world can be built.

The impossible has happened. The Lord Ruler is dead has been vanquished. But so too is Kelsier the man who masterminded the triumph. The awesome task of rebuilding the world has been left to his protege Vin; a one-time street urchin, now the most powerful Mistborn in the land.

Worryingly for her Vin has become the focus of a new religion, a development that leaves her intensely uneasy. More worryingly still the mists have become unpredictable since the Lord Ruler died and a strage vaprous entity is stalking Vin.

As the siege of Luthadel intensifies the ancient legend of the Well of Ascension offers the only glimmer of hope. But no-one knows where it is or what it can do...

****

FANTASY DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN SANDERSON:

'Highly recommend to anyone hungry for a good read'
ROBIN HOBB

'Epic in every sense'
GUARDIAN

'Sanderson is the most immersive fantasy writer I've ever encountered'
BEN AARONOVITCH

'All the explosive action any adventure fan could want'
LOCUS©2009 Dragonsteel Entertainment LLC (P)2011 Orion Group Publishing Limited Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 New Spring cover art
White Sand: Volume One [Dramatized Adaptation] cover art
The Shadow of What Was Lost cover art
The Sacrifice cover art
Elfshadow cover art
The Will of the Many cover art
The Silver Serpent cover art
Mage Slave cover art
Six of Crows cover art
Storm Front cover art
The Wolf of the North Trilogy cover art
Free the Darkness cover art
Twinborn Chronicles: Awakening Collection cover art
A Warrior's Path cover art
Forging Hephaestus cover art
The Chronicles of Jonathan Tibbs: The Complete Trilogy cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
This is an amazing book. I loved the first book in the series, and I was a bit concerned by some of the reviews I'd read about the second book, but I needn't have worried.

This second book was more 'political' and 'scholarly' than the first book, with less emphasis on allomancy than the first one, but it was just as gripping and exciting, while giving us more insight into the characters and the nature of the landscape of the Final Empire.

Michael Kramer reads the books wonderfully and is totally captivating.

I also love the fact that it's child friendly, and hasn't turned into soft porn like some other sequels I've read recently... While it's not aimed at younger children, you could listen to it with them around without worrying. It's a great book for teens and adults.

Awesome

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Brandon Sanderson books just keep getting better the world building is amazing can't wait next 1

another great Brandon Sanderson book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Last 150 pages are amazing!! And he full book itself is perfect.👌
The character development is amazing as each of them have their own parts to play in the new world.
The World building is really cool too 😁

Perfect Book!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Brilliant characters going through engaging events. The book has multiple parts, each like a book in itself with the same characters. So I think this book is excellent value too

Like 5 books in 1

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
loved it!! simply amazing even more so than the first book cannot wait to hear the 3 rd !!!

simply amazing.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
After The Way of Kings I struggled to imagine a series as good. However, after finishing the second in the Mistborn series, I have to say this is virtually on the same level. Can’t recommend enough.
Doesn’t get better then Michael Kramer as well! Truly makes the books what they are in my opinion.
10/10

Favourite fantasy author

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A predictable follow on from the end of the first novel – but there are still a lot of surprises to keep you entertained

Story – 4/5

Brandon Sanderson manages to develop his unique and excellent magic system into something even bigger. The main characters become stronger, and you learn a lot more about things identified in the first novel. The battles and fights involving Allomancy also take a step up.

The characters develop a lot less in this book, but enough to still keep you interested and entertained. There is a lot more politics and investigation involved in this story though that outweighs the loss of character development; creating a more detailed and intriguing world. There are also introductions of new creatures/beings.

The issue I had at times with this novel is that it felt too long at times. There was a lot of pondering and overlong conversations that allowed my mind to drift, so I had to keep rewinding to keep up. All in all though, it was worth persisting, as the ending is action packed and surprising and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Performance – 4.5/5

Michael Kramer is one of the very best audiobook narrators out there – he portrays sadness, happiness, comedy, action and all other scene types masterfully and he makes the enjoyment of the story far easier than most narrators. His voice acting is also superb. Each character has a subtly distinctive voice, and you will definitely not be confused with who is who in a conversation.

If you enjoyed his narration in the first book, you will not be disappointed; he is consistently excellent in the entire trilogy.

Overall – 4/5

Apologies for the star ratings not matching the written review, I am forced to round halves on Audible.

A bit long, but what an ending

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I got a little frustrated in book 1 with all the burning pushing and pulling allamancer stuff. However, book 2 builds nicely on the characters and the plot deepens and unfolds in different ways that I'm sure Sanderson fans will know and love. It's always a great sign when I'm itching to get book 3 downloaded!

Better than book 1 - highly recommended

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The story, though long, is full of a great deal of deceit and builds on the history set up in the first book. Very enjoyable.

Deceit and depth

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great series, great book and great narrater!
Cant ask for a better book to listen to.

Amazing story, very gripping

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews