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Isles of the Emberdark

A Cosmere Novel Secret Projects, Book 5

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Isles of the Emberdark

Written by: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Jennifer Jill Araya
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a legendary standalone novel that navigates the seas and the stars of a far-future Cosmere. Narrated by Kaleo Griffith and Jennifer Jill Araya.

All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar—the supernatural birds his people bond with—on the deadly island of Patji. Then one fateful night he propels his people into a race to modernize before they can be conquered by the Ones Above, invaders from the stars who want to exploit the Aviar.

But it’s a race they’re losing, and Dusk fears his people will lose themselves in the effort. When a chance comes to sail into the expanse of the emberdark beyond a mystical portal, Dusk sets off to find his people’s salvation with only a canoe, his birds, and all the grit and canniness of a Patji trapper.

Elsewhere in the emberdark is a young dragon chained in human form: Starling of the starship Dynamic. She and her ragtag crew of exiles are deep in debt and on the brink of losing their freedom. So when she finds an ancient map to a hidden portal between the emberdark and the physical realm, she seizes the chance at a lucrative discovery.

These unlikely allies might just be the solution to each other’s crisis. In their search for independence, Dusk and Starling face perilous bargains, poisonous politics, and the destructive echo of a dead god.

Sanderson expands his thrilling novella “Sixth of the Dusk” into a mythic novel of legends, lore, and warring galactic superpowers.

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I liked it overall, but I found it fits the Sanderson mould almost too comfortably. The basic elements are the same as almost every other standalone Cosmere novel.

I also think the book too heavily focuses on the next novel and expanding the Cosmere. It does not focus enough on itself, on this novel, leaving the book wanting. Everything is build up, with a lack of payoff.

Performers were good, though the male performer is a bit too robotic at the start.

Good, but not great

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By the end of this never-still book, I was left with a signature Sanderson feeling of satisfaction mixed with a desire for more. More of these amazing characters, more of this world, more of the Cosmere.

Expand the Cosmere like never before.

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First of all I am a HUGE Sanderson fan. But this book has been unparalleled by anything other than project Hail Mary. (Which is my favourite audiobook ever)

I highly recommend this book :)

This could be a movie!! :)

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