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The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson—creator of the smash-hit science fiction and fantasy series Skyward, The Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn—comes a new science fiction adventure. Narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.

A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive?

Note from Brandon:

Sometimes an idea just won’t let go of you for years. The initial seed of this novel was the title that eventually turned into The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England. At first there was no story go to with that title, but I wrote it down and kept coming back to it, wondering what that book could possibly be about. Something else I thought about off and on for years was the classic concept of a man waking up in another time and another place, with no idea how he got there. It was when those two ideas came together, and I placed a book with that title into that man’s hands, that this novel was born. I hope you’ll have as much fun with it as I did!

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This book is way outside of the scope of what I’ve read from Sanderson before. I love the characters and their journey. Slightly too on the sappy side, but it’s a great world and a fun jaunt!

Fun, clever, and grand

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Once again Brandon Sanderson has created a new world of characters, possibilities and a story that is equally believable and fictitious. The narrators do an excellent job as they always do with other Brandon titles and I look forward to my next read/listen.

A pleasant, short listen with a straight forward story

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it made me chuckle, and I now have a new saying - seize the fish

good listen

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I've read almost all of Brandon's work now, and this might have to be one of my favorites. The quality and skill of these secret project books are on another level and a master class example of story writing in their own right. It's not just a must-read of Brandon's work, it's a must-read in any book list for science fiction and fantasy. Each secret project I have read could hold its own series as good as the Cosmere branch of books!And they would be fantastic. Don't sleep on these secret projects. I strongly encourage reading them whether you're a fan or even as a starting point into Brandon's work. I think they are some of his best work

Insanley good. READ THIS BOOK!

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I don’t want to give too much away, but as the main character was often confused, so was I. The pieces fall into place and he becomes the man he always wished he’d been, redeeming himself. He had people on his side, rooting for him, a new experience. A little bit of responsibility and others believing in him helped the transformation. We don’t need to move to a new world to have a fresh start. We do need to have our eyes open to the possibility of changing the world and ourselves.

Confused but in a good way!

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