The Emperor's Soul
2012 • 110 pages
Ratings219
Average rating4.5
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Ratings219
Average rating4.5
When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life and create--to Forge--a new soul for the emperor in less than one hundred days.
Series
1 primary book5 released booksElantris is a 6-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Brandon Sanderson, Pierre-Paul Durastanti, and Iulia Dromereschi.
Series
15 primary books45 released booksThe Cosmere is a 45-book series with 15 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Brandon Sanderson, Michael Kramer, and 9 others. The next book is scheduled for release on 12/14/2024.
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This was going to get 4 stars till I realized who ‘The Imperial Fool' was, and then went to read the deleted prologue on Sanderson's website
A short story by Sanderson which earned a Hugo award. Much of the feel from this seemed to be the inspiration for the soulcasters in his Stormlight Archives series. Like other worlds, this has a magic element which allows for “forging” – modifying the history of an object to change how it appears today. For instance – rewriting the history of a neglected table to have been cared for in order to make it strong a beautiful today. What about rewriting the past of a person? Would that change their soul?
I read this novella in a two-hour sprint, and it seems to me that every word, in this work of art, serves a definite purpose. Absolutely superb storytelling!
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