White Sand: Volume One [Dramatized Adaptation]

White Sand, Book 1

By: Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by: Terence Aselford, Alexander Strain, Dawn Ursula, Jason B. McIntosh, Frank Britton, Yasmin Tuazon, Holly Vagley, Peter Holdway, Paul Reisman, KenYatta Rogers, Bradley Smith, Eric Messner, Duyen Washington, Jacob Yeh, full cast

Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

For the first time ever in audio! GraphicAudio and Brandon Sanderson are proud to present White Sand produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music.

On the planet of Taldain, the legendary Sand Masters harness arcane powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of their number, Kenton, believes himself to be the only survivor. With enemies closing in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss - a mysterious Darksider who hides secrets of her own.

White Sand brings to life a crucial, unpublished part of Brandon Sanderson’s sprawling Cosmere universe. Employing Sanderson’s celebrated approach to magical systems, White Sand is a spectacular new saga for lovers of fantasy and adventure!

Performed by Terence Aselford, Alexander Strain, Dawn Ursula, Jason B McIntosh, Frank Britton, Yasmin Tuazon, Holly Vagley, Peter Holdway, Paul Reisman, KenYatta Rogers, Bradley Smith, Eric Messner, Duyen Washington, Jacob Yeh, Michael Glenn, Zeke Alton, Lawrence Redmond, Tim Carlin, Joe Mallon, Jonathon Church, Matthew Pauli, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Chris Genebach, Joy Jones, Tony Nam, Scott McCormick, Thomas Keegan, Nick DePinto, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Steve Wannall, Chris Stinson, Alyssa Wilmoth, Nora Achrati, Ren Casey, David Fernandez, David Zitney, Tia Shearer, Andy Brownstein, Michael John Casey, Chris Davenport.

©2016 Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC (P)2019 Graphic Audio, LLC

awesome experience

It wasnt a struggle to finish. I think all of Sandersons books should be in graphic audio!

Cool magic system

Great story by Mr. Sanderson per usual. New unique magic system. Love the graphic audio.

really good of course for Sanderson

once again a new world from Brandon Sanderson. the characters are well developed an now I want to get book 2.

With permission from Brandon

I was concerned about buying this because I couldn’t find out if this was an unauthorized version that would cheat the author. I searched online and asked some fan sites and no one knew. I decided to try it and finally at the end credits it was confirmed that this was created with permission from Brandon Sanderson. The performance was very enjoyable and I am happily getting the rest.

Fun and captivating story

I really enjoyed the book. I was hesitant after reading some of the reviews. I definitely like the traditional audio book but this was a lot of fun. I didn’t mind the sound effects. I also purposely didn’t listen to the prose sample in Arcanum Unbounded so I wouldn’t try to compare it. I love the Cosmere and am truly excited about Sand Mastery and the innovative nature of a planet that does not rotate.

Brandon Sanderson Graphic Novel? Yes please!!!

Three things combined to make this awesome: Brandon Sanderson's writing, a full audio cast, and graphic novel. I can't wait to start volume 2!

Awesome Story and Experience

This was an amazing story and as my first graphic audio, it was an outstanding experience. Volumes 1-3 tell a fantastic story arc and it is enhanced by the cast and sound effects.

Great story, too much aargh, mphfff etc.

The story is very interesting I really liked it. However it was like a Dragon ball episode. It was full of aaargh and other sounds like this. Those were a but too much. Also at the end of the audiobook there is a recomendqtion which starts with a huge scream. That was way too loud and horrible.

Don't like the performance: love the story.

Books are about imagination and immersion to make the story feel real to me and I can't do that with this loud overbearing sound effects and screaming actors. I love to fall asleep listening to my stories so I can dream of being there. That was taken away from me on this story and it's sad because the story is fantastic alone. It didn't need all of that chaos. It reduces the quality of this story over all.

My first foray into graphical audio

I concur with one of the commenters below that say that this feels like a Star Wars story, in that it has the general vibe and pacing. Personally, I enjoyed my first graphical audio experience very much. It's unfortunate that this was split into three parts, which may be drawing the ire of some people here. However, given the amount of production that goes into sound design and voice acting, I'm not too surprised.

Overall, an interesting exploration of culture (Sanderson's specialty), and a fun imagining of how a society could work on a tidally-locked planet. (On a side note, in real life probably the winds would be extremely violent on a tidally locked planet given the temperature differentials, with the high-pressure cold air from the night side rushing in to fill the space left by the rising hot air on the day side.)