First Look at the New Secret Project + Chapter Readings!

[@austinpassey1110]

born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the stars... born just in time to witness the Branderson

[@CosminFirsov]

Born in time to explore the cosmere

[@amoliski]

It's bananas to think that some day I'm going to show my kid my Sandershelf and say "I had to wait years for these to come out... anyway, there's thirteen recommended reading orders, but I think you should start with Mistborn"

[@Антон8]

Good enough.

[@jonathonj.4636]

Frost, Nazh, Hoid, Xisis, Dusk, aethers, metalborn, radiants, aviar, Hoards, Silverlight, and YOLEN all in one book??

[@HeskethMatt]

Spores too!

[@elijahanonymous4596]

​@@HeskethMatt They did mention aether's, even though spores are a little wierd, they do come from aethers

[@Nalucha]

I know, I’m beyond excited!

[@andrewbeccarelli7613]

I like 'Isles of the Emberdark' more than just 'Emberdark'

[@stone7858]

Yes! Definitely better

[@alandoce9186]

Agreeee

[@johnwoolard4599]

No writer puts their fans first like Sanderson; thank you.

[@avo3ad0]

It's true. I maintain that the community is a big part of the fun. The interaction with the author, and the fun fans. Brandon does such a good job at being transparent and involved.

[@Amy-wg5dh]

How the heck does he do all this, does he SLEEP

[@timjackson4387]

It’s weird that when Frost shows up it feels like an appearance from an old character we all know and love even though this is actually the first time we have seen him in person.

[@ccol17215]

Who is frost?

[@lptc5]

@@ccol17215A dragon we only know of through the letter Hoid writes him in the Way of Kings Epigraphs and his response to Hoid in the Words of Radiance Epigraphs

[@bloodredhanded]

There is an unpublished short story where he and Hoid talk about the events of Scadrial Era 1. I don't think it's really canon, but we have technically seen him in person if you count it.

[@edwardaugustus9680]

He also appears in Dragonsteel Prime but that's noncanon

[@LostinDiscovery]

You had me at Yolen! Dragons have officially entered the cosmere!

[@Grux_ASG]

This is a bit nutty

[@beeman4266]

​@Grux-Grux Yeah this is actually wild. We went from, "I'll write some books that take place on yolen towards the end of the cosmere." To, "Here's a book on yolen that I wrote in secret, for the 5th time."

[@hrothgarnogar]

Did you read Tress? Or The Way of Kings or Words of Radiance? Tress straight up features a dragon. TWoK and WoR both mention Frost by name. They've been present for a while!

[@grandllamaboy1936]

I have a stomach where my butterflies are meant to be

[@zyo00wv]

​@@hrothgarnogarbut we never had a PoV before

[@OhDuhEh]

Sanderson: reads the prologue of the new secret project Me: I MUST READ EVERY BOOK AGAIN

[@jstankowski]

100%😂

[@craigmoen1430]

Thought the same thing, hahaha!

[@lenanana8]

I'm doing that too! And we only have till the release of Stormlight 5! I'm so stressed and so excited!

[@keatonr776]

I literally gasped out loud when he said Yolen! AND A DRAGON POV!!!

[@MrSamman]

I know right! I paused when he said Yolen, then when he said priests I went no way then he said Dragon and I about threw my phone! I screamed when he said Frost

[@MrCyberMuffin]

@@MrSamman Yup, while she was waiting for her uncle to finish... I was like "it's frost, please let it be frost, ...FRICKING YES".

[@The_Reductionist]

@@MrCyberMuffin whos...frost?

[@Z3DT]

@@The_Reductionist He is a dragon Hoid writes to in IIRC Oathbringer. One of the parts' little opening paragraph bits was his letter to Frost, or Frost's response, I believe.

[@christoferguson]

@@Z3DT You're correct on both--part of the letter is from Hoid to Frost, the other is vice versa. The term you're looking for is epigraph. Edit: It's not Oathbringer though. It's Way of Kings and Words of Radiance.

[@Want300]

A casual drop about an awakened metalmind.... This book is going to be nuts.

[@nathanieldouglas8518]

Spoiler: It was casually dropped in Sunlit

[@noahrichert338]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who freaked out about this! This is going to be incredible

[@xraysandaliens]

@@nathanieldouglas8518wait what

[@thetgi4458]

And with that, it’s time to delete “what would an awakened metal mind do” from my “questions to ask Brandon Sanderson” checklist

[@xraysandaliens]

@@nathanieldouglas8518 but when

[@DanTheMeek]

Isles of the Emberdark might be the most Fantasy name for a Fantasy book I've ever heard and I love it. Way of Kings, Mistborn, even Elantris, you might not know what the genre was. But Isle of the Emberdark, you know your in for a Fantasy adventure.

[@HeskethMatt]

Yeah I'm picturing broken floating chunks of land in a lightning filled cluttered void. Kinda like the Reef in Destiny

[@PartiBunni]

Lol the first time a friend of mine tried to convince me to read the Way of Kings, I thought it was a historical fiction based in the title (they refused to tell me anything about the book, just pestered me to read, and I am stubborn)

[@xraysandaliens]

my brain thought it was Amber Dark lol

[@Shinooobi211]

You’re*

[@xraysandaliens]

@@Shinooobi211huh

[@grandllamaboy1936]

The amount of LORE dropped in ONE prologue is like drinking from a firehose

[@tonytoestep]

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS 😭😂

[@i_dont_know_who_i_am69]

Lmao i read this comment and still wasn't prepared

[@Omnicrola]

.... and then the firehose continued with the other 2 chapters! There's so much to unpack in here.

[@matiasmartin8387]

I feel so fortunate that we could experiencie such interaction from an author

[@justfriendly7676]

SIXTH OF THE DUSK SEQUEL LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@robertkruger5744]

That’s wild because that novella is next on my list after I finish yumi

[@justfriendly7676]

@@robertkruger5744 highly recomended my guy. Easily my favorite out of the three main/standalone novellas he's published.

[@GoldenMechaTiger]

@@robertkruger5744Sounds like you can skip it since it will be included in this book

[@animorphs128]

Frost feels like a familiar old face even though we've only seen a letter from him before

[@JudahBoersma-ox4dq]

The contrast between the first paragraph and Sunlit Man is wild

[@quinncrook6058]

Yolen, Dragons, Dusk. Well, time to tack this at the end of the Cosmere Reading order.

[@who_the_fuck_is_riley5813]

To be fair he already said it was the furthest future Cosmere work so far

[@dianer5793]

YOLEN?! Oh my goodness. We are getting so spoiled with these novels, Brandon.

[@bestintheband5114]

"Declared slumber a lost cause" Me when I get a new Sanderson book:

[@svamerikanen]

The way I screamed when you read Dusk's name. I've been SO hoping it would be the Sixth of the Dusk sequel! It's Christmas in March!

[@Stormblessed__]

I’m four minutes in and my mind has been blown three times

[@francisterrado1165]

same. lol

[@SneakyTogedemaru]

Less than 2 minutes in and I already know it's dragons, bless your stars, Brandon! 5:18 - aww, she's such a kid! 7:45 - what a killer line to end the prologue on... Sets the mood. 25:24 - a skybreaker threatening people with a shardgun... either something went terribly wrong, or something went TERRIBLY wrong. Although he *did* ask for legality details. Armor first being described glowing purple and then inviting blue, all the more reason for me to suspect Nomad... And then cutting the chapter on "...yours." - you are really good at leaving us hanging, ey? Jokes on you, i'm into this particular kind of torture! A starship, an engineering room, a mention of awakened metalminds and how she never trusted them, ah, this feels oh so nostalgic...

[@newbiesama]

The World Yolen just slam hit me. 3:47 FROST! What!!! Also..Nazh?

[@DarkMatter946]

Are you wondering what I'm wondering?

[@7nage]

Artists, do your thing!

[@Flamminggoat72]

This is actually so insane. Brandon you absolute madman I have literal tears in my eyes.

[@mitchellwaits]

Just name-dropping Yolen within the first two minutes! Brandon, you are insane and we love you for it!

[@matthewletexier]

This is literally (and I mean literally) everything I wanted from this secret project. I am so so excited

[@Panamaniac3D]

Each word he says I can’t believe. I keep thinking this is can’t get any better and then the next paragraph comes and I am blown off my seat again. Wow.

[@Dynnen]

A Skybreaker with a SHARDGUN?!? Storms

[@deathfury4039]

Rusts and Ruin…

[@iamsushi1056]

We’ve been waiting for this RAFO to be resolved for _forever_

[@semic1648]

where they a parshendi too, who knows

[@semic1648]

were*

[@haldalas]

They were 100% a Singer, that must be the weird “accent” that wasn’t an accent that Dusk hears

[@ravaen87]

Count on Brandon to not only give us Yolen, but also dragon lore and link Sixth of the Dusk whilst leaving my jaw hanging for an hour. Shards.

[@sinasaeb2670]

YESSSSS I KNEW THERE WOULD BE SHARDGUNS

[@kobot4531]

I love how close Brandon is to the community : )

[@Nate-kw8fu]

Good thing this comes out next year, gives me time to prep by reading every book in the cosmere!

[@Perfectcrime87]

I just caught up now. I started late December

[@Xtrodinary20]

I heard Frost! OMG already loving it

[@anselspitler233]

Thank you for being such an active author and for caring about the fans so much! We all appreciate it!

[@myrojyn]

A Skybreaker with a gun is wild

[@user-jb4ni1yd8x]

*Anticipation spren sprout around my head*

[@joelrunnalls]

We need to come up with a new word that is the opposite of Sanderlanche where he blows our minds at the beginning of the book! So excited to read this book next year!

[@aeonarin]

A... Tsandomi?

[@ephraimcullen]

A Sanderblast?

[@joelrunnalls]

@@ephraimcullen why does this make so much sense to me!

[@NBLTKYO]

Sandslide

[@TheLordMarty]

A Sanderpunch

[@samwise_t]

So we got hints at Frost, Xixis, Cognitive Shadow Nazh, possible name drop for the Aether world, Dhatri, possible new shard with Prosperity, a knight radiant in 40k style power armor (Windrunner or Skybreaker?), Scadrian starships, Hoid is missing again, and the two powerhouse Sanderson series, Mistborn and Stormlight, heading to galactic conflict with the Sleepless involved? Sign. Me. Up.

[@prestonc9059]

I'm pretty sure the knight was a skybreaker because of him asking about the laws on first of the sun, also the skybreaker glyph looks kinda like a bird how dusk described it

[@prestonc9059]

Good catch on prosperity! It makes a lot of sense for the last shard to be prosperity from what brandon has said about what they're up to

[@prestonc9059]

@curtiswfranks I agree, it could go either way but people that can fly that care about laws is a way we've identified skybreakers in the past

[@prestonc9059]

@@curtiswfranks oh woah I didn't even think of that

[@AndrewAdcockTPA]

25:19 It formed into a WHAT NOW?! A… SHARDGUN?!

[@MementoAssets]

Nalegun

[@bronwynecg]

@@MementoAssets 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@MajorReynolds92]

i think he actually mentioned something like this in response to someone asking about the possibility of a Radiant making their bonded spren into a ShardGun and talking about how he'd make that happen if it's able to fit within the rules he's established for his Cosmere, wasn't expecting that to just get dropped on us like this though lmao

[@jacks1368]

We've actually had an early version of that chapter for a few years now, Brandon read it at the release party for RoW back in 2020. It's cool to see that the book it's from is finally getting released.

[@MajorReynolds92]

having read Sixth of the Dusk i find it very interesting that it's getting re-purposed as a flashback sequence

[@durvilemayfieldsr7150]

That's not Sixth of the Dusk. That was from a RoW release reading. We've been waiting on this sequel since then

[@uvadoc06]

​@@durvilemayfieldsr7150 The original Sixth of the Dusk is going to be included as flashbacks with some minor changes. That's the whole part about having a guide for those who have already read it and don't want to reread it.

[@Mawlivander]

My heart is just pregnant with anticipation!

[@joseph2920]

wtf

[@TheOriginalCameron]

Great use of words.

[@Tien1610]

I got a dejavu reading this

[@shutupdumbdog827]

WHAT

[@ultrasrifat1495]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mahalleinir_WoT]

You are just AMAZING, BrandoSando! Thank you for choosing to be the way you are. You bless us!

[@mr_queue]

Blessed Domai, this is amazing holy cow!!!! Thank you Brandon!

[@mr_queue]

Okay...so with this...Lift is TOTALLY a fledgling dragon!!

[@nelkabosal]

I can see that being possible. Not sure if for sure, but possible in my mind.

[@chrisgascoyne2958]

@@mr_queue Oooo I didn't think of that! That would actually be amazing

[@darthsisko1829]

I vote for "Isles of the Emberdark" for the title!

[@that_nerdy_hylian]

I haven't been this excited for something since the trailers for Tears of the Kingdom

[@kimlindseyOH]

Yes! I knew the new SP would be the story it is, though of course I had no idea about the second storyline in the Prologue - Wow!

[@easymoney4228]

I am so ready for sci fi cosmere stories! Spaceships and exploring the unknown dimensions with a wacky but loveable crew? Sign me up.

[@cpaulwick]

Y’all focusing on Dragons, but there is a Super War between Scadrial and Roshar! Was that a Stormlight Powerpack?

[@Seven11Bros]

probably because that chapter brandon has read to us before so it was not new to most of us. The Dragon and Yolen stuff is new to us and very exciting. not that the super war isn't gonna be exciting, weve just been aware of it for some time.

[@MrHulaine]

I reakon bullets of some sort - makes sense that a spren can become the shape of a gun/function like one, but not really that it could fire part of itself (in the form of bullets) over a distance. That's my guess at least!

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

@@Seven11Bros Well, it's still definitely gonna be exciting!

[@dylanb2990]

@@MrHulainecouldn’t it? Similar to how they can throw their swords if they concentrate on not dismissing it. And then they can dismiss the bullets and resummon them after firing perhaps.

[@abdulazizbature2615]

@@MrHulaine maybe it drains the storm light and uses it as an energy projectile

[@Corrie-l5g]

I want to narrate this so badly. I'm a huge fan Brandon!!

[@noutsakh.2135]

22:35 I"M NOT GONNA SURVIVE THIS READING

[@gaminglgnd5544]

Omg when I heard yolen and frost I couldn't stop grinning

[@Jenin_12]

Full exciting things round-up *Spoilers! Yolen Dragon PoV Frost Hoid Sixth of the Sequel Shardgun Perpendicularities can stop existing Aethers can die Awakened Metalmind Nazh is back, dead, and a shade Sleepless Silverlight Xisis

[@benarkos539]

Can't seem to remember who Nazh is

[@Jenin_12]

@@benarkos539 Assistant to Khriss; annotated the Wax and Wayne maps; hails from Threnody.

[@prestonc9059]

​@@benarkos539he also showed up in secret history for a bit

[@king_dot]

Don’t forget this will probably be the first time we’ll see Silverlight

[@Jenin_12]

@@king_dot Good point.

[@DoNotLookDown]

Yolen? Oh shit, we gettin dragons. I was torn on whether to support the backerkit but this might be push me over the edge.

[@daviddarlingauthor]

Point of note, Brandon. (when describing the white scales). Wouldn't it be a 'tint' of white, not shade? Shade is adding black to a base color, but there is no base color to white. It's your world though! Looking forward to holding the project once completed.

[@Sylvi_Sendero77]

To be fair albinism doesn’t always mean a complete lack of melanin but a severe lack of it. I personally have albinism but don’t have a complete lack of melanin so I don’t have complete white hair.

[@cosmerejunkie7931]

What an awesome way to end the day! Thank you! 🎉

[@Mawlivander]

17th Shard got the dream right! A coming of age dragon story! 😂 Storms yes!

[@Iwillgotohell2]

a coming of dragon age

[@Iwillgotohell2]

a dragon age origin if you will

[@hrothgarnogar]

I don't think that's correct though... this coming of age portion is just the prologue. The bulk of the book is 56 years later.

[@Mawlivander]

@@hrothgarnogar yeah, but every Cosmere story is a woven thread of many other stories. It still has that coming of age story of Starling and her transformation as a part of it, albeit probably a small one. Should be ridiculously epic as a whole!

[@gavinsmith9871]

Along with the Sixth of Dusk sequel at the same time.

[@zackerychambers4638]

Brandon, you're seriously going to make me buy each secret novel one after the other, aren't you? They just keep getting better.

[@reilimoreira2592]

I heard "Yolen" and had to pause and listen to it again. 😮

[@Tread_On_Them]

Isles of the Ember Dark is a STORMING AMAZING NAME

[@quasibrodo923]

Barely started the prologue. I had some high hopes and I think they'll be exceeded

[@dendralen]

Isles of the ember dark is a great title, keep it!

[@Zacarz]

Im sorry... AWAKENED METAL MIND = PSUEDO SHIP AI?! BRILLIANT

[@shinobikeeton3385]

Huh, "soft violet blue at the joints" with regards to the armor

[@joelrunnalls]

It’s a first look at Yolen and Dragon POV!

[@BlackHand531]

I was really hoping for 6th of if the dusk continuation... But here we are.

[@BlackHand531]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 NONONONONONONO! HE'S DOING IT!!

[@freddymeisner]

Lmao right???

[@stevencooney3347]

This is the first cannon Yolen, right? Incredible!

[@Codeman1930]

I’m fairly certain that this is correct

[@deadlightlabyrinth]

Isles of the Emberdark is a phenomenal name. ❤

[@wanderingshade8383]

So, this is why Brando was willing to talk about dragon stuff in that qna last year or the year before.

[@EoinW974]

Dragons! Let’s Go!!! That’s what I’ve been waiting for!

[@roberteftimie2206]

I pray he lives a long, healthy life so he can finish the Cosmere, because I am reminded of Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time

[@aprilw2287]

Five minutes in and I'm too excited to continue.

[@MrLimpWrist]

I'm freaking out at the timing of this. I'm on my first journey through the Cosmere and had just finished Sixth of Dusk story in Arcanum Unbounded as this video was released...Wow.

[@Thelnquisitor]

Fantastic as always. I would STILL like to hear Brandon read us ALL of one of his stories.

[@viiraxe]

“Yo dawg! We heard you like Brando Sando books, so he put a book in your book so you can enjoy the book while you book.”

[@AdorkaStock]

i actually laughed out loud :'D

[@Dialethian]

"He very carefully did not punch one of them."

[@yafes_han]

It is Yolen. I wouldn't dare expecting Yolen but here we are. Well, he is Brandon Sanderson and he likes surprising us.

[@joelrunnalls]

OMG Frost’s niece!!

[@jamestuttlebee2498]

THIS IS MIND-BLOWING!

[@BennyCotterell]

What I REALLY want to see is an army of futuristic Radiants with Shardguns and Stormlight powered battleships fighting against an army of Mistings, Mistborns, Feruchemists, Hemalurgic beings, and all sorts of combinations with crazy contraptions that helps them best utilize their own powers.

[@bakedrybread728]

It’s here!!!

[@DiceMustFlow]

So cool! I just listened to the Chapter 3 portion of this story earlier this week from Brandon’s Rhythm of War release event from 11/17/20, starting at 2hrs 29min.

[@jokerblade5779]

Adore you Brandon!!

[@benbenedictfyu63284]

the sky breaker showing up is insane

[@newbiesama]

Frost, Nahz, dragons, shades, Scadrials, Rosharians, Duskers, silverlight, Ethers, sleepless. Can he add even more into a single novel???

[@gareypisello3321]

OK the prologue had me excited, and then he read the first sentence of chapter 3 and I SCREAMED

[@WasatchWind]

Heck yeah Scadrian supremacy!!

[@LyssComplicated]

*vibrates in excitement so hard*

[@bruceh9780]

The Mechanic sounds like Kaylee from Firefly. I'm all for it!

[@blaketouchet6925]

I was completely getting Firefly vibes all through that chapter. Glad I'm not the only one.

[@ExploringTheCosmere]

A dragon POV, more info about Cosmere spaceships, AND SHARDGUNS?! I'm officially hype for this novel 😄

[@williamthelizzard167]

Brandon you are an absolute hero of ages.

[@zekespops1]

Bruhhh, Yolen!! Frost!!! Aggghhhh!!!! Now I have to back this project and I was trying to be responsible/cheap. Dang ol Brando that sun of gun Sando!!

[@ValyrianPrince]

I’m intrigued as to how he will handle sci fi. I enjoyed sunlit man more than anything since Rhythm

[@RedBlitzen]

Currently at 49:12. Thought. "Who better to survive the Emberdark, one of the most dangerous areas known in the entire Cosmere, than someone who MADE THEIR LIVING on PATJI!

[@insight3973]

Yolen !! Dragons 😊

[@lindybjork2712]

Can't wait for this to come out.

[@rileyrayburn863]

These potential titles are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jeffweskamp3685]

(spoiler below) STAR TREK, COSMERE STYLE!!!!

[@LightNight2]

SHARD GUN, LET'S GOOOO

[@venomturtle17]

It took me too long to connect Yolen and dragons to Jane Yolen. I loved the Pit Dragon trilogy as a kid.

[@Youowemeasoda]

Wait…. Was the DragonSteel 2023 convention pin actually a bit of foreshadowing or “just a coincidence…?????? 🤯