Wax finds evidence that only a Steelrunner (a Feruchemist who can store and utilize speed) could have committed the murders, but when he tracks down the only Steelrunner in the city, he finds her dead, murdered with a Hemalurgic spike. This incident further stokes unrest over corruption and bad working conditions in the city. Wax is called off the job and summoned by the constables to aid in a major investigation: the brother of Elendel's governor has been murdered at a meeting with a number of powerful crime bosses, who have all also been killed. While hunting down a criminal called the Marksman with his partner Wayne, Wax sees the face of Bloody Tan (the man responsible for Lessie's death) in a crowd, but is unable to find him when he searches. Wax has now been deputized by the city's constabulary. Wax and Marasi have learned of the art of Hemalurgy from the book given to them by Ironeyes. In the present, it is one year since the defeat of the Vanishers. In a flashback, Waxillium Ladrian first meets his future wife Lessie on a bounty hunt, where they work together to bag a powerful crime boss. It is preceded by The Alloy of Law in 2011 and followed by The Bands of Mourning in 2016. It was published on Octoby Tor Books and is the second book in the Wax and Wayne series and fifth in the Mistborn series. Mistborn: Shadows of Self is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.
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