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Arcanum Unbounded

The Cosmere Collection

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Arcanum Unbounded

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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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.©2016 Brandon Sanderson Anthologies & Short Stories Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical
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Critic Reviews

This collection is required reading for Sanderson fans, offering plenty for new readers who are undeterred by learning too much.
Fans of Sanderson's other works will eagerly devour this collection, in which familiar characters return and familiar worlds are further explored.
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it collection is great but the chapters and time stamp are missing.

filler words here

good stories, missing mechanics

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Wish the different stories were easily accessible and labelled somehow, looking for the title being updated

Great stories! Definitely builds on the Cosmere.

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Fans of Brandon sanderson will love this collection. Some stories are better then others but overall a good collection.

Good collection

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These short novels helped me realise how much I still need to learn about the Cosmere. The performers are absolutely great, and the stories are fantastic as always.

Different and super enjoyable

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I Loved it! The short stories where all great! Will definitely re-read this one again! Too much to remember.

Fantastic book

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