Elantris: A Cosmere Novel

Brandon Sanderson

Aug 2011 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

Elantris was built on magic and it thrived. But then the magic began to fade and Elantris began to rot. And now its shattered citizens face domination by a powerful Imperium motivated by dogged religious views. Can a young Princess unite the people of Elantris, rediscover the lost magic and lead a rebellion against the imperial zealots?

Brandon Sanderson's debut fantasy showed his skill as a storyteller and an imaginer of baroque magical systems to be fully developed from the start.

Ratings and reviews

He must have been working on this book as well helping Robert Jordan on Wheel of Time'. Some uneccessary over description. Read his 'Epic' series, could not put the down. Good dry humour in all his novels

Overall very interesting way of how magic was executed and conceived. Mid-way i felt it draggy and found myself rushing towards the end to find how magic came about and how to stop the 'rot'. Ending was a bit rushed for me too. Overall still a very good read. I enjoyed it very much.

some interesting ideas but it never really grabbed me. of course I am a bit older ... maybe aimed at a younger audience?

About the author

Brandon Sanderson is a Number One New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a David Gemmell and Hugo Award winner, his novels have sold more than 40 million copies around the world. He is most famous for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga; his work also includes the Skyward science fiction series, the Legion spy sequence, and The Reckoners superhero novels. In addition to creating his own landmark series, he was chosen by Robert Jordan's estate to complete The Wheel of Time®, now an internationally successful series on Amazon Prime.