Elantris: Tenth Anniversary Author's Definitive Edition

Brandon Sanderson

Oct 2015 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Jack Garrett

About this audiobook

In 2005, Brandon Sanderson debuted with Elantris, an epic fantasy unlike any other then on the market. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tor is reissuing Elantris in a special edition, a fresh chance to introduce it to the myriad readers who have since become Sanderson fans. This new edition begins with a preface by author Dan Wells, the first person to read the completed novel, and a new afterword by Sanderson explaining how he came to write the book and its place in the Cosmere, the unified universe of all his Tor novels. Also included is the first book appearance of the short story "The Hope of Elantris," revealing interesting action referred to late in the novel, and an expanded version of the "Ars Arcanum" appendix, with more of the technical details of the book's magic that fans can never get enough of. Elantris was truly a milestone both for Sanderson and for the genre of epic fantasy. It deserves this special treatment, something Tor has done only once before, with Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. Sanderson fans old and new will be excited to discover it.

Ratings and reviews

While engaging enough to finish not as good as every other book/series by this author. Like most stories focused on politicians this seemed to me to be about mostly useless people alternately patting themselves on the back or pointing blaming fingers at each other for completely random happenstance. Not my cup of tea but not a bad time passer.

A great novel with interesting, complex characters and solid world building. Starts somewhat slow (depending how you feel about political scheming), steadily picking up (very rapidly towards the end in true Sanderson fashion).

Great book and the recording is nearly flawless. I believe this is Brandon's first book. This particular one has information about Brandon's journey as an author which is quite interesting as well. There is plenty of politics, magic, mystery, war and ofcourse a bit of romance. On to the next book in the Cosmosphere!

About the author

Brandon Sanderson was born on December 19, 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in creative writing from Brigham Young University. His first book, Elantris, was published in 2005. His other works include the Mistborn series, the Stormlight Archive series, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series, and the Reckoners series. In 2007, he was chosen by Harriet Rigney to complete A Memory of Light, book twelve in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. He has continued the series with Towers of Midnight and A Memory of Light. In 2018 his title, White Sand Volume 2, made the Best Seller List.