Brandon Sanderson
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"The Bands of Mourning: mythological bracers worn centuries ago by the Lord Ruler--until they were ripped from his body by the Ascendant Warrior, bringing about his death. The Bands were said to hold incredible power capable of sowing untold destruction--but were long ago lost to the mists of time. As trouble brews in the Elendel Basin, word reaches Waxillium Ladrian that the Bands of Mourning may have been found. Wax wants nothing to do with the...
Author
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
"So there I, Alcatraz Smedry, was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed--wait, you've heard that before? Oh yeah, I wrote it at the beginning of my first book. Well, this is the one where that actually happens, I promise! I managed to beat the evil Librarians attacking Mokia (it's not on the maps the Librarians let you see, so don't try to find it), but Bastille was hit by some kind of knockout ray and is in a...
4) Starsight
Author
Series
Skyward volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Physical Desc
461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned about her father were crushing. The rumors of his cowardice are true--he deserted his flight during battle against the Krell. Worse, though, he turned against his team and attacked them. Spensa is sure there's more to the story. And she's sure that whatever happened to her father in his starship could...
5) Defiant
Author
Series
Skyward volume 4
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spensa needs all the knowledge she gathered in the Nowhere to end the Superiority's quest for galactic dominance, but first she must determine how far she is willing to go for victory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor/Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other's communities from certain disaster?" -- Provided by publisher.
7) Cytonic
Author
Series
Skyward volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Physical Desc
415 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.
Spensas life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary. She proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus and she saved her people from extermination at the hands...
8) Warbreaker
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
592 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
By using "breath" and drawing upon the color in everyday objects, all manner of miracles and mischief can be accomplished. It will take considerable quantities of each to resolve all the challenges facing Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris; Susebron the God King; Lightsong, reluctant god of bravery, and mysterious Vasher, the Warbreaker.
9) Elantris
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Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
492 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
10) Skyward
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Physical Desc
513 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Spensa's world has been under attack for decades. Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending flight school at slim to none. No one will...
11) The alloy of law
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history--or religion.Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy...
Author
Series
Wheel of time volume 12
Language
English
Description
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. Meanwhile, Egwene al'Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is being held captive by the White Tower. Knowing the Seanchan attack is imminent, she fights to hold the Aes Sedai together in an epic contest that will prove the mettle of her followers and will decide the future of the White Tower---and possibly...
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Tor edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 366 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the "real world" should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval...
Author
Series
Mistborn volume 1
Language
English
Description
Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.
Author
Series
Mistborn volume 2
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
590 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charged with the task of rebuilding the world after the defeat of the brutal Lord Ruler, former street urchin Vin finds herself worshipped for her Mistborn powers and worries about the strange behavior of the mists since the death of the Lord Ruler.
16) The hero of ages
Author
Series
Mistborn volume 3
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Physical Desc
572 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness--the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists--is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed unless Emperor Elend Venture can find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
On the planet of Taldain, the legendary Sand Masters harness arcane powers to manipulate sand in spectacular ways. But when they are slaughtered in a sinister conspiracy, the weakest of their number, Kenton, believes himself to be the only survivor. With enemies closing in on all sides, Kenton forges an unlikely partnership with Khriss--a mysterious Darksider who hides secrets of her own.
Author
Series
Wheel of time volume 14
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
908 pages : maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The conclusion to the Wheel of Time series draws on notes left by the late Robert Jordan.
Author
Series
Wheel of time volume 13
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
861 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.
Author
Publisher
Tor Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stephen Leeds is perfectly sane. It's his hallucinations who are mad. A genius of unrivaled aptitude, Stephen can learn any new skill, vocation, or art in a matter of hours. However, to contain all of this, his mind creates hallucinatory people--Stephen calls them aspects--to hold and manifest the information. Wherever he goes, he is joined by a team of imaginary experts to give advice, interpretation, and explanation. He uses them to solve problems...for...