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|publisher=Tor Books
|released=January 26, 2016
|ISBN=978-0-7653-7857-6
|page-count=447
|word-count=[[/Statistical_analysis|127,456]]
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'''''The Bands of Mourning''''' is the third book set in [[Mistborn Era 2]]. It was published on January 26, 2016, shortly after ''[[Shadows of Self]]''.{{bws ref|calamity-is-done|Calamity is done|date=2015-05-29}}
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With ''The Alloy of Law'' and ''Shadows of Self'', Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a ''New York Times'' bestselling spinoff of his ''Mistborn'' books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period corresponding to late 19th-century America.
Now, with ''The Bands of Mourning'', Sanderson continues the story. ''The Bands of Mourning'' are the mythical metalminds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Hardly anyone thinks they really exist. But now a kandra researcher has returned to Elendel with images that seem to depict the Bands, as well as writings in a language that no one can read. Waxillium Ladrian is recruited to travel south to the city of New Seran to investigate, and along the way he discovers hints that point to the true goals of his uncle Edwarn and the shadowy organization known as The Set.
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{{for|/Summary|a complete chapter by chapter summary}}
;Part 1
Six months after the death of [[Paalm]], Wax and [[Steris]] go to their wedding.
When Wax goes home, he finds [[MeLaan]] and another [[kandra]], [[VenDell]], asking [[Marasi]] for help. Another kandra named [[ReLuur]] was seeking the [[Bands of Mourning]] and came back wounded and missing a spike. They discuss various possibilities with combining [[Feruchemy]] and [[Hemalurgy]]. Wax agrees to help recover the spike because his sister has been kidnapped.
Meanwhile, Marasi and MeLaan have found the potential resting place of the spike, and they sneak into the room. While MeLaan picks the lock on a safe, Marasi discovers a [[Allik Neverfar|man]] with a mask on locked up in a cage. She insists that he come with them. They retrieve the spike from the safe and hear gunshots.
After a long, hopeless gunfight in which Marasi is injured, the two parties eventually meet up inside the ship. The masked man (Allik) leads them up through a door to a smaller boat. Wax Pushes the boat into the air, and Allik steers them away. They fly towards the "[[Sovereign's temple]]" to get there before Suit does.
Arriving at the temple, they know from ReLuur's drawings that this was where he was seeking the Bands of Mourning. They travel down a hallway riddled with lethal traps, which MeLaan triggers and survives. They arrive at a door that they can't open and go back to the entrance where Edwarn is waiting. They strike a deal, and they make it into a room with a dais and broken glass -- but no bands.
==Cover Gallery==
{{for|/Covers|the cover
== Interior Art ==
{{for|/Interior art|a gallery of the book's interior art}}
== Statistical Analysis ==
{{for|/Statistical analysis|a full statistical analysis}}
''The Bands of Mourning'' consists of thirty-one chapters, one prologue, and one epilogue, reaching a total 127,456 word count. There are eleven different unique point-of-view characters in a total of 83 POVs.
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! Word Count
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! Page Count
| style="text-align:center" | 447
| Tor hardback
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! Chapter Count
| style="text-align:center" | 31
| Including prologue and epilogue.
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! PoV Characters
| style="text-align:center" | 11
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! PoV Count
| style="text-align:center" | 83
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== Notes ==
[[category: Mistborn| e2.3]]
[[category: Mistborn Era 2| 3]]
[[es: Brazales de Duelo (libro)]]
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