Ixthos he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Brandon recently made an announcement that has massive implications for the future of his writings in the Cosmere. See the video here: What follows is in spoilers for this video, so please watch it first before continuing. Spoiler No, seriously, watch it first. Spoiler So, four new novels of which three are new Cosmere novels. Brandon hasn't released the names of these books yet, but you can see images for their covers from the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson?ref=bva2b9 Brandon will be releasing details slowly for some of these, though he's being careful to make sure they aren't spoiled for anyone who wants to be surprised. For now though, lets discuss which of these may be Cosmere based entirely on the covers. I think secret project 1, 3, and 4 are the Cosmere novels. Secret project 1 may somehow relate to Ambition due to Patji's statements about water, and the significance of water on both Taldain and First of the Sun, so I suspect it may be on Obrodai, a world Autonomy is claiming by forming an avatar but of which we don't know anything else. It also could be on First of the Sun. Secret project 3 looks a little like something involving a Mistborn, so possibly on Scadrial Secret project 4 something about it makes me think of Aether of Night, so the orange item held by the person there may be some new version of an aether What do you think? This is kind of exciting! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experience he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler Brandon mentioned that at least one of them is about a character we've seen, but haven't yet had from their own veiwpoint. Could the fourth one possibly be mraize? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthos he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just now, Experience said: Hide contents Brandon mentioned that at least one of them is about a character we've seen, but haven't yet had from their own veiwpoint. Could the fourth one possibly be mraize? Spoiler That certainly could be possible. Assuming my guesses are correct could he be in the Aether one or the Mistborn one or the Autonomy one? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler The first cover reminds me of Threnody, but that's purely off the color scheme. I have no clue what any of the art is of. I would guess the second one is the non-cosmere, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experience he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Ixthos said: Reveal hidden contents That certainly could be possible. Assuming my guesses are correct could he be in the Aether one or the Mistborn one or the Autonomy one? Spoiler Well, he could technically be in any of them, depending on their timelines. I guess I would just expect him to be on the fourth one most because doesn't he have aether, or has that not been confirmed? And honestly, my first thought when I saw number 3 was kaladin and syl. Idk tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthos he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Matrim's Dice said: Hide contents The first cover reminds me of Threnody, but that's purely off the color scheme. I have no clue what any of the art is of. I would guess the second one is the non-cosmere, though. Spoiler Well, the wine glass on the rocks kind of makes me think it's not Threnody agreed on the second point 1 minute ago, Experience said: Hide contents Well, he could technically be in any of them, depending on their timelines. I guess I would just expect him to be on the fourth one most because doesn't he have aether, or has that not been confirmed? And honestly, my first thought when I saw number 3 was kaladin and syl. Idk tho. Spoiler Well his cloths were stained with aether, so maybe this is how that happened Mistborn and Windrunners have a lot in common - Preservation, Protection / Associated with mist, associated with wind / telekinesis, control over pressure, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagelparadox Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler The third one lines up with the warbreaker box, and has pretty vibrant colors. Maybe it's Siri and Susebron? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperstones he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler #2 is non cosmere. The is a map of Africa on the cover. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathiau he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 It might be a good idea to have the mods move this to Unreleased Books Spoiler It might be relevant that the zoomed version of the 3rd cover focus on a swirl while the other focus on a face The things in the background of #4 kind of look like floating island to me so it might be Silence Divine? Also for some reason my brain decided the character design on #3 would fit Khirss and Nazh and is getting hyped for a Nazh origin story #1 can't be Threnody, there's no moon there. 14 minutes ago, Experience said: Reveal hidden contents Well, he could technically be in any of them, depending on their timelines. I guess I would just expect him to be on the fourth one most because doesn't he have aether, or has that not been confirmed? And honestly, my first thought when I saw number 3 was kaladin and syl. Idk tho. Spoiler My first thought was also "these two are bounded" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaviGzz Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 35 minutes ago, Ixthos said: Brandon recently made an announcement that has massive implications for the future of his writings in the Cosmere. See the video here: What follows is in spoilers for this video, so please watch it first before continuing. Reveal hidden contents No, seriously, watch it first. Reveal hidden contents So, four new novels of which three are new Cosmere novels. Brandon hasn't released the names of these books yet, but you can see images for their covers from the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson?ref=bva2b9 Brandon will be releasing details slowly for some of these, though he's being careful to make sure they aren't spoiled for anyone who wants to be surprised. For now though, lets discuss which of these may be Cosmere based entirely on the covers. I think secret project 1, 3, and 4 are the Cosmere novels. Secret project 1 may somehow relate to Ambition due to Patji's statements about water, and the significance of water on both Taldain and First of the Sun, so I suspect it may be on Obrodai, a world Autonomy is claiming by forming an avatar but of which we don't know anything else. It also could be on First of the Sun. Secret project 3 looks a little like something involving a Mistborn, so possibly on Scadrial Secret project 4 something about it makes me think of Aether of Night, so the orange item held by the person there may be some new version of an aether What do you think? This is kind of exciting! As I was watching the video the first character that came into mind was Nazh for the 3 cosmere books. Did he mention they were a trilogy or stand-alones? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathiau he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just now, XaviGzz said: As I was watching the video the first character that came into mind was Nazh for the 3 cosmere books. Did he mention they were a trilogy or stand-alones? Stand-alones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experience he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Just now, XaviGzz said: As I was watching the video the first character that came into mind was Nazh for the 3 cosmere books. Did he mention they were a trilogy or stand-alones? Spoiler He didn't say they were a triology, and I...don't think he specifically said they are stand-alones, but that's what I think is most likely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaviGzz Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) @mathiau @Experience thanks for the replies. He did mention the 3 cosmere were from a character we know but that has no viewpoints until now. As only 1 character. Would be weird if they were standalones, with that character in random stories with no interconnection. Guess we'll find out in the coming weeks. Edited March 1, 2022 by XaviGzz Misspelling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experience he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, XaviGzz said: @mathiau @Experience thanks for the replies. He did mention the 3 cosmere were from a character we know but that has no viewpoints until now. As only 1 character. Would be weird if they were standalones, with that character in random stories with no interconnection. Guess we'll find out in the coming weeks. Did he say that that character was in all three? I thought he was saying that one of them is that way. If it is all three, then I think Mraize is all the more likely. Him or Nazh Edited March 1, 2022 by Experience 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknopathetic he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Here are the stand-in covers they are using for marketing. These are not final but do give a sense of what each book is about: Click only if you want it spoiled. Not much to gleam, but it is obvious that the Blue Book Is Non-Cosmere as there is a map visible. Spoiler Edited March 1, 2022 by teknopathetic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathiau he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler I just checked which planet we know have a moon to know which planet it could be on (assuming it's one we know the starchart of and not, like, Vax) and I found Nalthis, Sel and I found that Nalthis, Roshar, First of the Sun, Elegy, Sel and Taldain do. Roshar stands out of the the lot since one of its moons is green. I doubt it's Elegy since it doesn't have a perpendicularity 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdsaint85 Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler Book #1 - I was hoping maybe is a Nalthis story. Maybe it's the lady with the hair giving me that thought but I'd be down for that. Book #2 - Agreed that it's the non-Cosmere one though it's hard to see the land on that globe in the cover. Book #3 - Is anyone else getting mist cloak vibes on Book #3 for the character at the top? I was hoping Secret History 2 but I suppose that wouldn't be a standalone. Maybe it's set on Sel though, Spook story filling in between Era 1 and 2? Book #4 - Have no idea. With it the objects in the back looking like advanced technology and all I wonder if it's possibly set on Sel that will fill in the gap between Era 2 and 3, which would work since it's released at the end of 2023 where he should be gearing up for Era 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morningtide she/her Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler I think that #3 might be an Alcatraz one? There's a gun and a book and a ridiculous hat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaKey Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Spoiler Book #4 looks sci-fiy, my guess is a new shardworld that Invention inhabits. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Oltux72 he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, paperstones said: Hide contents #2 is non cosmere. The is a map of Africa on the cover. Spoiler And most of Europe. You can see Anatolia, the Black Sea, Italy, the continent and the British Isles That leaves #1, #3 and #4 in the Cosmere by implication. #1 must be on a world with a moon. A fairly big moon at that. That rules out Scadrial, Threnody, Ashyn, Braize and, if the moon is to scale, also Roshar #4 seems to be in an urban environment with something in the sky. That may be clouds obviously. It may be something else. Ashyn? Edited March 1, 2022 by Oltux72 Forgot that Threnody is also moonless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdsaint85 Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Oltux72 said: Hide contents And most of Europe. You can see Anatolia, the Black Sea, Italy, the continent and the British Isles That leaves #1, #3 and #4 in the Cosmere by implication. #1 must be on a world with a moon. A fairly big moon at that. That rules out Scadrial, Ashyn, Braize and, if the moon is to scale, also Roshar #4 seems to be in an urban environment with something in the sky. That may be clouds obviously. It may be something else. Ashyn? Spoiler #1, yeah the moon perhaps makes the world have high waves like the cover seems to show. Perhaps this is a new Cosmere world we haven't seen. #4 if you look at the video full screen on a computer you can see there's detail that makes them seem to be ships in the air. Maybe it's on Scadrial leading up to Era 3 as the technology advances closer to space levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmulatonStromenkiin he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 hour ago, paperstones said: Hide contents #2 is non cosmere. The is a map of Africa on the cover. Spoiler Sorry if this isn't how it works, tech is weird. Makes me think of Alcatraz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Oltux72 he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 hour ago, XaviGzz said: As I was watching the video the first character that came into mind was Nazh for the 3 cosmere books. I doubt that on the grounds that we are supposed to get a novel featuring Nicelle Sauvage. I always understood that to be based on the Ghastly Gondola, hence already featuring Nazriloff. It would seem strange to steal his show. 16 minutes ago, thirdsaint85 said: Hide contents #1, yeah the moon perhaps makes the world have high waves like the cover seems to show. Perhaps this is a new Cosmere world we haven't seen. That said, we have one character we haven't had a view point of and Taldaine has a moon. The cover of #1 also seems to feature an adult woman. So could that be Khrissalla and this be the story of how she leaves Taldaine? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknopathetic he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) About Book 1 and Book 3 Spoiler Book 1 makes me think the Darkside, as Darkside is very aquatic with many island nations. The colours of Book 3 make me think of Warbreaker, though those could be Sky Colours from Darkside as well. Edited March 1, 2022 by teknopathetic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Spoiler book two has to be Apoclypse guard I mean come on, it has a bunch of worlds on the picture so I really think it is that one. Edited March 1, 2022 by Thaidakar the Ghostblood wooooordddssss 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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