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Tress of the Emerald Sea

A Cosmere Novel

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Tress of the Emerald Sea

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride. Narrated by Michael Kramer.

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?

Note from Brandon:

I started writing this in secret, as a novel just for my wife. She urged me to share it with the world—and alongside three other secret novels, with the support of readers worldwide it grew into the biggest Kickstarter campaign of all time. I’m excited to present this first book to you at last: a different type of Brandon Sanderson story, one I wrote when there were no time constraints, no expectations, and no limits on my imagination. Come be part of the magic.

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What can I say? I loved this book it's enjoyable, whimsical and had me in stitches at times. Some of the characters are very recognisable from the cosmere.

An absolutely brilliant book

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This was an extremely enjoyable listen. Listening to this while my girlfriend was reading it was a fantastic experience. It is her first Sanderson book outside of the mistborn trilogy and honestly we both loved it. Being able to make connections and chat as we went through it has made this fantastic adventure a 5/5 for me.

Listened to this along side my girlfriend reading it

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I would have liked more of the worlds magic to be explored and where it came from but I guess that’s a story for another day. One thing I disliked which is also one thing I liked a lot is all the cosmetics connections, this book treads the line of being good fan service for people who read all of Brandon’s previous books and very hard to understand for people who haven’t read them, I wouldn’t say reading all of the cosmere is a requirement but it definitely leaves a lot of holes unfilled if you don’t (then again you can always read a quick explanation on the web about it but this is a minor critique after all). Other then that it’s a lovely story about a lovely girl with strong determination to embark on a fish out of water journey to find what she is looking for in this world.

A great fairy tale

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“Danger doesn’t make a thing less beautiful—in fact, there’s a magnifying influence. Like how a candle seems brightest on the darkest night.”

Honestly a 5/5 was for me 🌟 I absolutely loved this story! The tale is written from the POV of the narrator (in this case the famous Hoid) and follows a classic linear tale of heroism with a quest and several hardships along the way. I personally loved the breaks in the forth wall where Hoid speaks directly to the reader and all the idiosyncrasies of the characters (especially Ann)

“Men, what you want to find is a woman who looks at you like Ann looked at that cannon. Because if such a woman exists, you’ll want to move to a completely different kingdom, inform the authorities, and watch the post for packages containing random disembodied fingers.”

I will say this isn’t the same type of writing I’ve seen in Sanderson’s other books, similar yes, you can still hear his voice throughout but this book was much more whimsical with a fairytale vibe

Epic

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I absolutely adored this book. It’s like a cosy epic adventure, and I couldn’t put it down. It was both exciting to listen to and soothing enough to help me fall asleep, in part thanks to the excellent narrator. I’ve not read any of Brandon Sanderson’s other books before, but if they’re anything like Tress, I will have to check them out!

Like a warm hug of adventure

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