Elantris - Brandon Sanderson

Elantris

By Brandon Sanderson

  • Release Date: 2007-04-01
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Description

In 2005, Brandon Sanderson debuted with Elantris, an epic fantasy unlike any other then on the market. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tor is reissuing Elantris in a special edition, a fresh chance to introduce it to the myriad readers who have since become Sanderson fans.

This new edition begins with a preface by author Dan Wells, the first person to read the completed novel, and a new afterword by Sanderson explaining how he came to write the book and its place in the Cosmere, the unified universe of all his Tor novels.

Also included is an expanded version of the "Ars Arcanum" appendix, with more of the technical details of the book's magic that fans can never get enough of.

Elantris was truly a milestone both for Sanderson and for the genre of epic fantasy. It deserves this special treatment, something Tor has done only once before, with Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. Sanderson fans old and new will be excited to discover it.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive
The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance
Edgedancer (Novella)
Oathbringer

The Mistborn trilogy
Mistborn: The Final Empire
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series
Alloy of Law
Shadows of Self
Bands of Mourning

Collection
Arcanum Unbounded

Other Cosmere novels
Elantris
Warbreaker

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
The Scrivener's Bones
The Knights of Crystallia
The Shattered Lens
The Dark Talent

The Rithmatist series
The Rithmatist

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
Steelheart
Firefight
Calamity

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Reviews

  • Starts slow but is worth it

    5
    By Wanpa Stompa
    This book starts a little slow as it has quite a bit to set up, but the characters are engaging and interesting. By the end you will be hooked and happy that you stuck with it

  • Amazing characters and story

    5
    By mushroom bot 24601
    It is just awesome: especially how Brandon Sanderson wrote it— he really is a great author —A loyal reader

  • Brando Sando

    4
    By lordlestibournes
    While it’s clear that this was Sanderson’s first published work, it’s still a great cosmere story. I wouldn’t recommend reading this first if you’re looking to start the cosmere though, start with mistborn. It was really cool to see how Brandon has improved in his writing, character development, and his worldbuilding. You can see the seeds of characters and worldbuilding that Sanderson has created in the Stormlight archive and mistborn series in this book. Overall, another engaging Sanderson story.

  • All around solid book

    5
    By BIG.MACK
    Not necessarily what you’d expect from your usual fantasy book but a fantastic starting point for those new to the Cosmere.

  • Best book ever

    5
    By Cats not dogs
    My dad suggested this book and I loved it so much.

  • Excellent

    3
    By Patches the Chimp
    Excellent book

  • What a great story

    5
    By Me365
    The world is vibrant, the characters deep and real and the magic unique and exceptional! All the pieces for a truly compelling fantasy story and Sanderson delivers it all with aplomb! I truly loved this story and this world, I can only hope to read more of Galladon.

  • A Great Story All Wrapped Up Neatly

    5
    By HisMajestyClay
    Loved this story. Though it is obvious this is Sanderson's first work it is also fantastically executed and all the characters stand out as unique and interesting. I'll definitely read it again someday!

  • Good tale

    4
    By jwellingtonb
    Multi threaded and intriguing, lacks some of the edginess of the authors later works, but I throughly enjoyed it.

  • Solid book, not as good as his later work

    4
    By Shiva champ
    It was his first book and he admits it had some areas that needed improvement. Very slow for a lot of the middle but the end is good. Still worth a read but not his best work.

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