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New Brandon Sanderson Covers in the UK…

Posted on Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

Last week, we shared the recently-unveiled cover for Brandon Sanderson‘s upcoming, highly-anticipated new novel RHYTHM OF WAR. Today, we wanted to draw your attention to the new covers that will grace Brandon’s UK back-catalogue. All of these are published by Gollancz.

Above are the covers for the author’s Mistborn series. Next are the new covers for the first two Stormlight Archive novels (available in single-volume and split paperback editions)…

And finally, here are the new covers for Brandon’s stand-alone novels and novellas, which have also received some tweaks:

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

ARCANUM UNBOUNDED on sale all month!

Posted on Monday, December 2nd, 2019

Brandon Sanderson‘s ACANUM UNBOUNDED, a collection of short fiction set across his Cosmere universe, is a Kindle monthly deal in the UK! This is a great way to sample Brandon’s work, as well as gain extra insight into his various settings. Published in the UK by Gollancz, here’s the synopsis…

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson’s first collection of short fiction.

These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, Arcanum Unbounded include the Hugo Award-winning novella ‘The Emperor’s Soul’, an excerpt from the graphic novel ‘White Sand’, and the never-before-published Stormlight Archive novella ‘Edgedancer’.

The collection will include nine works in all:
‘Edgedancer’ (Stormlight Archive)
‘The Hope of Elantris’ (Elantris)
‘The Eleventh Metal’ (Mistborn)
‘The Emperor’s Soul’ (Elantris)
‘Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania’ (excerpt; Mistborn)
‘White Sand’ (excerpt; Taldain)
‘Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell’ (Threnody)
‘Sixth of Dusk’ (First of the Sun)
‘Mistborn: Secret History’ (Mistborn)

This superb collection also includes essays and illustrations which offer an insight into the numerous worlds in which the stories are set.

Gollancz has published a considerable number of Brandon’s books in the UK, including his best-selling and fan-favourite Mistborn series, the Stormlight Archive, the Reckoners series, and most recently the Skyward series.

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

Sanderson’s THE EMPEROR’S SOUL Out Tomorrow in UK

Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Brandon Sanderson‘s latest hardcover novella, THE EMPEROR’S SOUL, is released tomorrow in the UK! Published by Gollancz, here’s the synopsis…

Shai is a Forger: a foreigner who can flawlessly re-create any item by rewriting its history using skillful magic… although she’s currently condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s sceptre, she has one last opportunity to save herself. The emperor has barely survived an assassination attempt, he needs a new soul and, despite viewing her skill as a Forger an abomination, her captors have turned to Shai for help.

Skillfully deducing her captors plans, Shai know the first thing she needs is a perfect escape plan. but in the meantime, her fate and that of the empire lies in completing an impossible task: is it possible to create a forgery so convincing that it’s better than the soul itself?

Gollancz also published Brandon’s previous two novellas, LEGION and LEGION: SKIN DEEP.

Brandon Sanderson is the author of a whole host of best-selling novels published by Gollancz, including the Mistborn series, the Stormlight Archive, the Reckoners dystopian super-heroes series, and the stand alone novels ELANTRIS and WARBREAKER. He is also the author of the critically-acclaimed YA fantasy THE RITHMATIST, published in the UK by Tor Books. (Covers below)

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

Cover & Details: THE EMPEROR’S SOUL by Brandon Sanderson

Posted on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

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.

Happy Publication Day, Brandon Sanderson

Posted on Thursday, August 15th, 2013

Happy Publication Day to Brandon Sanderson! Brandon’s novellas LEGION and THE EMPEROR’S SOUL, previously only available in the UK as eBooks, have now been collected by Gollancz into a very nice-looking hardcover collection. Here is the artwork, by long-time Brandon illustrator, Sam Green…

In related news, in addition to a Hugo Award nomination, we’ve just heard that THE EMPEROR’S SOUL has been nominated for a 2013 World Fantasy Award in the Best Novella Category! Congratulations, Brandon!

The internationally bestselling author of the Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series presents two very different novellas that nevertheless showcase his remarkable gift for gripping narrative, world-building and empathetic characters. Available for the first time in one volume, a publishing event for all his many fans.

LEGION

Stephen Leeds, AKA ‘Legion,’ is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his ‘aspects’ are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society. The action ranges from the familiar environs of America to the ancient, divided city of Jerusalem. Along the way, Sanderson touches on a formidable assortment of complex questions: the nature of time, the mysteries of the human mind, the potential uses of technology, and the volatile connection between politics and faith.

THE EMPEROR’S SOUL

When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos.

Shai is given an impossible task: to create – to Forge – a new soul for the emperor in less than one hundred days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. Shai’s only possible ally is the emperor’s most loyal councillor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent.

Time is running out for Shai. Forging, while deducing the motivations of her captors, she needs a perfect plan to escape…

Brandon Sanderson is represented on behalf of JABberwocky Literary Agency in New York.