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Arcanum Unbounded

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
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Summary

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times best seller Brandon Sanderson's first collection of short fiction.

These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, Arcanum Unbounded includes the Hugo Award-winning novella The Emperor's Soul and the never-before-published Stormlight Archive novella Edgedancer.

The collection includes nine works in all:

  • Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive)
  • 'The Hope of Elantris' (Elantris)
  • 'The Eleventh Metal' (Mistborn)
  • The Emperor's Soul (Elantris)
  • 'Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania' (excerpt, Mistborn)
  • 'Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell' (Threnody)
  • 'Sixth of Dusk' (First of the Sun)
  • 'Mistborn: Secret History' (Mistborn)

This superb collection also includes essays which offer insight into the numerous worlds in which the stories are set.

©2016 Brandon Sanderson (P)2016 Macmillan Audio

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A must for all Brandon sanderson fans.
Adds to some extra bite to someof his best books.
Also now new short stories that you'll love

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All round excellence.

Exceptional story and fantastic voice work. I cannot recommend enough. Read other Cosmere stories first!

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Epic!

Just listened to Edgedancer so far, which was great - I would recommend for anyone just finished WoR!

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Excellent set of Novellas

For fans of Sanderson's Cosmere this is essential reading.
For anyone else - this is still excellent literature. Fun and fantastic.

For me it is the stories of Shai, Kelsior a and Lift that engage me the most. But all the novellas are the products of an artist at the top of his craft.

The selection of narrators are excellent?

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Enjoyed this book Sanderson still in great form

Enjoyed this book Sanderson is still in great form ,enjoyed listing to the narrator great voice

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Brilliant

Great books covering the series of books with added information. Not always easy to follow the pattern of the shards but wonderful imagination and characters to get to know

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Hesitating? Don't

I usually don't go for short stories because even with my favourite authors they always leave me wanting. But this one was like sitting down with an old friend and talking of missed loved ones. Got to spend time with some of my favorite characters and my mind is buzzing with all the implications of a connected Cosmere. So don't hesitate on this one.

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Brandon Sanderson is the most amazing writer.

Every thing Brandon touches is amazing. Each story works on its own but my i sugestion is to read mistborn and stormlight before hand otherwise there are major spoilers.

Kate Reading and Michael Kramer must be the absolut best narrators out there. Good job all of you.

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The Cosmere suddenly feels a LOT bigger

This collection of short stories and novella provides a great insight into the expanded Cosmere. Story's I have have read separately and never realised were part of something bigger take on new meaning. The annotations of Brandon and the Cosmere researchers feels great

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Great collection of stories

Sometimes amazing, sometimes too long, some of the stories: Edgedancer, Six of Dust, The Soul of Empire were great. some were boring like Episode 28-30... But generally it's good book.

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