Several further Mistborn side-novels featuring Wax and Wayne.Sanderson plans to write the following books in the setting (and in some cases has already written very early drafts): Note that The Alloy of Law, which was written as an unplanned side-project, is part of the Cosmere universe (Hoid has a cameo in the book as a beggar at a wedding and also apparently writes the appendix, at one stage comparing the Mistborn world's magic with that of Sel, the Elantris planet) but is not part of the planned 36 volumes in the series (nor are its planned sequels). The Stormlight Archive: The Way of Kings (2010).Ultimately, it is clear that the ten-volume Stormlight Archive series will expand on the Cosmere and the linked setting of Sanderson's fiction.Īt the moment these works exist in the Cosmere setting: Hoid sends a letter to the organisation that sent them (an organisation called the ' Seventeenth Shard') expressing irritation with this move, a letter that appears throughout the second part of the novel. We also meet three other people who can travel between the worlds, two of whom we've met before (one in Elantris and one in Mistborn), who are apparently trying to track Hoid down. In The Way of Kings this background suddenly became more important to the plot: Hoid (aka 'Wit') now has a brief POV section and plays a larger role in events. Most notably, a character called Hoid plays a minor, background role in all five books, apparently observing events with interest. In his first five novels - Elantris, Warbreaker and the Mistborn trilogy - this took the form of a couple of easter eggs. It's been an open secret for a while that Sanderson's fantasy novels share a common background setting and mythology, the 'Cosmere'. And 'series' is probably the wrong word, a more accurate term would be 'setting'. The good news is that, if you've read all of his adult solo fantasy novels to date, you're already six books into it. Going through some old interviews, I was surprised to read that Brandon Sanderson is planning a 36-volume fantasy series.
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