Isles of the Emberdark

A Cosmere Novel Secret Projects, Book 5

De: Brandon Sanderson

Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith, Jennifer Jill Araya

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 will never not love a Sanderson book!

The story was fun and engaging with lots of Easter eggs and Cosmere tie-in’s while still feeling like a whole, single story! The Narrators were amazing and brought the story to life! 10/10, would recommend!

If you are a cosmere fan you will love this book.

I loved every minute of it, Sanderson did fun and interesting things with this one.

Sadly PDF for Illustrations Not Included

As stated, the illustrations were not included at the time I purchased the audiobook. Narrators did describe the art. However, it has become standard for Sander son's work to include illustrations and for those to be in
included.

World Building

Like all the secret projects, this is something new for us fans. Even though it is new it has built on what we already love from Brandon’s worlds.

The performance is good, but the volume fluctuates a little bit.

Great book

Amazing book and story. I had always loved the novella Sixth of Dusk and wanted more in that world. I find myself feeling the same way now. Great book that ties it in to the rest of the cosmere. My only issue is that the narrators have different accents for the same characters and it bothered me. Also, I wish that they had used Kate Reading and Michael Kramer. Other than that, great book.