

The downtrodden in Yeddaw have no champion, and Lift knows she must seize this awesome responsibility. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting people like her with budding powers. When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasnt fallen into. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale like Edgedancer before it gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine.

He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older - a wish she believed was granted. Brandon Sanderson grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. Edgedancer was released as a separate volume from that of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Tor Books on October 18, 2017. Brandon has recommended on many occasions to read Edgedancer before reading the third book in The Stormlight Archive (i.e., Oathbringer), as it contains an important plot point and adds a new dimension to the next story. Brandon later published the novella as its own book This separate book also includes the interlude from Words of Radiance. The 272-page novella focuses on Lift, who previously appeared in a Words of Radiance interlude. The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Arcanum UnboundedĮdgedancer was originally written exclusively for the anthology of cosmere stories included in Brandon's collection, Arcanum Unbounded, released on Novemby Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC.
