
The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn

Did Zane have a spike of that metal and that’s why he heard god?
“I am worse than the Lord Ruler.
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
She could still hear that terrible booming voice. I am FREE.…
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
He knew at that moment that he would never believe again.
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
Alendi must not reach the Well of Ascension, for he must not be allowed to release the thing that is imprisoned there.
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
This thing wants the power held in the Well, and it has raped our religion’s holiest tenets in order to get it.
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
The texts now outline a terrible consequence if the Hero of Ages takes the power for himself.
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
Something has taken control of our religion, something nefarious, something that cannot be trusted. It misleads, and it cloaks in shadows. It uses Alendi to destroy, guiding him along a path of death and sorrow. It is pulling him toward the Well of Ascension, where the millennial power has gathered.
Brandon Sanderson • The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn
I sense a craftiness behind these changes, a manipulation subtle and brilliant.