Dawnshard: From the Stormlight Archive

Brandon Sanderson

Nov 2020 · Sold by Dragonsteel, LLC

About this ebook

From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine.

When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn't fallen into enemy hands. Knights Radiant who fly too near find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea.

Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once thought extinct. Now Rysn's pet is ill, and any hope for Chiri-Chiri’s recovery can be found only at the ancestral home of the larkin: Akinah. With the help of Lopen, the formerly one-armed Windrunner, Rysn must accept Navani's quest and sail into the perilous storm from which no one has returned alive. If the crew cannot uncover the secrets of the hidden island city before the wrath of its ancient guardians falls upon them, the fate of Roshar and the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.

Ratings and reviews

Amazing! Perfect read before jumping into rhythm of war. Sanderson does big epic series like no other, but his more compact novellas hold the same hints of bigger things while telling a tight focused well polished story that is just as enjoyable as the big books. It's not long, but totally worth the money.

This, although short was as enjoyable as the three books that came before it plus it didn't have the extra fillers and the melancholy of starting a new long book. but gotta say, Rysn became my favorite character in all of stormlight archive after the end of oathbringer and Dawnshard was a real joy for me since i got to learn more about Rysn. i hope to see more of her in rhythm of war.

A great story with loads of Lopen (if your a Sandersson fan, you'll know this a good thing). Bringing back another character for her own story is a great interlude between books. Really enjoyed it.

About the author

Brandon Sanderson grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn® trilogy and its sequels, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning; the Stormlight Archive novels The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance; Oathbringer, and Rhythm of War and other novels, including The Rithmatist and Steelheart. In 2013, he won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul, set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time® sequence.