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Shadows for Silence Now Available Individually on Ebook (With Epic Cover)

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Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell is a short cosmere novella that originally appeared in the George R. R. Martin anthology, Dangerous Women. Now, Dangerous Women is excellent and you really get your money's worth (it's huge), but if you haven't picked it up, you can now get Shadows for Silence individually on the Kindle store.

I can't find this on other ebook sites--though you can find Dangerous Women on ebook--but I presume it will be coming soon. The date this Amazon entry was made was March 3rd, so it was very soon. Maybe we are getting the cat out of the bag a little early...

But guys, look at this spectacular, spectacular cover for this ebook. I want to buy it as a gigantic poster, please. Isn't it great looking? (View it in its high resolution glory.)

As for the novella itself, Shadows for Silence occurs on a minor Shardworld called Threnody, which we've never seen before. But it is worth your read. Even considering how excellent Brandon is at worldbuilding, I would say Shadows for Silence is the most atmospheric thing he's written. It's so haunting, it's magnificent. As his novellas go, I'd say it is only topped by the Emperor's Soul. Shadows for Silence is wonderful and definitely worth picking up.

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Smokestone

I can't put my finger on what it is exactly, but I feel like the writing in Shadows for Silence, Defending Elysium, and Firstborn seems to come from one author, and all the other Cosmere stuff (including Emperor's Soul) comes from someone else.  Does anyone else get that vibe?  What I mean is, I'm sure they're all by Mr. Sanderson, but the way he approaches the story arc, the characters' relationship with magic and the world feels completely different.  It didn't surprise me that this was the case for Elysium and Firstborn since they are sci fi, but it's odd to me that Shadows feels the same way.

 

Don't get me wrong - I think Shadows is a great piece!  I'm just puzzled, and as a Sharder I'm drawn to solving puzzles...

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Phin

Be sure to look at the large image.

 

Its awesome in the photo seen above, but I missed something until I looked at the hi-res. 

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GreyPilgrim

Glad I can finally read this without buying into Dangerous Women. It seems like there is now a precedent that all cosmere works will eventually be individually available no matter where it is initially released.

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A Joe in the Bush

Be sure to look at the large image.

 

Its awesome in the photo seen above, but I missed something until I looked at the hi-res. 

What did you miss? The shades? The red Shade?

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Shaggai
 

What's the symbol on the blade, inside of the D?

It looks like a pretty simple trefoil.

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Sir Jerric

Who did the cover?

 Looks like Brandon just posted that "The new ebook has a great cover illustration by Miranda Meeks."

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Kaladin al'Thor

Just fininshed reading it, this is awesome! I love getting me some new Sanderson material I have never read before! I highly recommend it to anyone, especially Cosmere fans!

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