Dawnshard
Written by Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
of War, this newest story (like Edgedancer before it) takes a deeper look at several characters in the saga, and brings them to the forefront.
When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn’t fallen into enemy hands. Knights Radiant who fly too near
find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea.
Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once thought extinct.
Now Rysn’s pet is ill, and any hope for Chiri-Chiri’s recovery can be found only at the ancestral home of the larkin: Akinah. With the help of Lopen, the formerly one-armed Windrunner, Rysn must accept Navani’s quest and sail into the
perilous storm from which no one has returned alive. If the crew cannot uncover the secrets of the hidden island city before the wrath of its ancient guardians falls upon them, the fate of Roshar and the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling fantasy author, who writes for both adults and younger readers. Amongst others, he's known for his Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series, the latter including The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance. He's also completed the final books in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, based on Jordan's notes and material. Sanderson teaches writing at Brigham Young University and lives in Utah.
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Reviews for Dawnshard
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Realy enjoyed the book even if certain parts were a little hard to follow ??
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is my favorite of the Stormlight Archive. Lopen gets to shine here along with evolving. Rysn is the other main character, and she is glorious in this. Love the story and the character development.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing series. Even 7hour books like this cover all my bases for five a star rating. Patrick Rothfuss really needs to hire Brandon Sanderson to complete the Kvothes story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great inter-novel story. There's more happening in this novella than in many novels. Definitely helps to have all that existing world building to rely on, but still a lot of new insight in this oh so complex world of Roshar.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I struggled to focus on this novella -- I think my brain was distracted, dredging up and searching through my memories of this series. It’s been over three years since Oathbringer and I can better remember the main characters’ personalities and personal arcs than details about minor characters or worldbuilding. And, unfortunately, it’s the last two which are relevant to this, a side story about a voyage/quest undertaken by some minor characters (most notably, Rysn and Lopen).But Sanderson is a successful storyteller, and the end of this adventure was satisfying. “Vstim said to always read contracts with friends an extra time,” Rysn said softly. “That’s it?” “I asked him, on another occasion, to explain. He said, ‘Rysn, being cheated is a terrible feeling. Being cheated by someone you love is worse. Discovering such a deception is like finding yourself in a deep dark ocean with nothing around you but formless shadows of things you once thought you understood and enjoyed. It is painful beyond explanation. But that is never a reason to pretend it can’t happen. So read those contracts again. Just in case.’”
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brandon Sanderson’s novella Dawnshard focuses on the quest to a mysterious island of Aimia that has ramifications not only for Roshar, but also to the Cosmere as a whole. The primary characters are Rysn and the Lopen, secondary characters from the main Stormlight novels in either the Interludes or Kaladin chapters. While the story begins slowly, Sanderson’s writing really gets things moving soon enough and the surprising foreshadowing of some conversations between characters to developments in the narrative are so subtle that only seeing those conversations again do you realize what Sanderson did. Overall, the novella doesn’t need to be read before Rhythm of War but if one chooses to, you’ll better understand some of the character development that Lopen exhibits from Oathbringer.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stormin' awesome in every way! A must listen for stormlight fans. Amazing narration, as always. Perfect!