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Kelsier is a thief, a prison escapee, and a survivor of the Pits of Hathsin, and he assembles a crew to overthrow the Lord Ruler. Kelsier presents the enterprise as the most important purpose of their lives: destabilise the noble houses, cripple the imperial economy, raise a skaa army and remove a ruler widely believed to be a god.

At the heart of this story is Stasya, a young woman who stands apart from her village—not because she’s been banished, but simply because she doesn’t quite fit. She’s the sort who listens before speaking, walks the woods rather than gossiping at the local pub, and, perhaps most notably, understands animals in a way that unsettles her neighbours.