This December, Gollancz are publishing a hardcover edition of Brandon Sanderson‘s critically-acclaimed novella THE EMPEROR’S SOUL. Here’s the synopsis…

From the bestselling author of the Mistborn Trilogy and co-author of the final three books of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series comes the tale of a heretic thief who is the only hope for the survival of an empire.

Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Though condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s sceptre, she is given one opportunity to save herself. Despite the fact that her skill as a Forger is considered an abomination by her captors, Shai will attempt to create a new soul for the emperor, who is almost dead from the attack of assassins.

Skillfully deducing the machinations of her captors, Shai needs a perfect plan to escape. The fate of the empire lies in one impossible task. Is it possible to create a forgery of a soul so convincing that it is better than the soul itself?

Brandon is the bestselling author of the Mistborn, Stormlight Archive, Reckoners series and a number of stand-alone novels and novellas — all of which are published in the UK by Gollancz. His next novel is the fifth set in the Mistborn setting, SHADOWS OF SELF, due to be published in the UK by Gollancz on October 15th, 2015.

Zeno represents Brandon Sanderson in the UK and Commonwealth, on behalf of the JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.