Tor Books is proud to announce the acquisition of two new novels by acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, whose recent book Towers of Midnight, Book Thirteen in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time®, recently debuted at #1 on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and ABA National Indiebound bestseller lists. Sanderson is also the author of New York Times bestselling novels The Way of Kings, The Gathering Storm, The Mistborn Trilogy, Warbreaker, Elantris, and the middle grade “Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians” series. He is currently working on A Memory of Light, the 14th and final volume in The Wheel of Time, and planning a sequel to The Way of Kings.
Sanderson’s first new project will be an original, standalone short novel set in the universe of his Mistborn trilogy (Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, and The Hero of Ages). Sanderson previously announced plans for a sequel trilogy set in the far future of that world, and the new novel, entitled Mistborn: The Alloy of Law, is set during a frontier era where “allomancy” meets gunplay. The Alloy of Law will be published in late 2011.
Sanderson’s second project, titled The Rithmatist, was first drafted in 2007 and perfected this year. Set in an alternate-history America where magic users (called “Rithmatists”) battle wild chalk creatures, The Rithmatist introduces Joel, a student at the Rithmatist academy with great interest in but no ability to use the magic. But when students start vanishing, it’s up to him to expose the sinister figure behind the disappearances. The Rithmatist will be published in 2012 after the publication of A Memory of Light.
Most people who frequent the blog know that I am a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson's work. His standalones (Elantris, Warbreaker), his series (Stormlight Archives and Mistborn series) and I am sure I'll like his WOT books as well. Basically, for me this is GREAT news, as I pretty much devour anything this guy releases.
The Mistborn book...has the first ever Allomantic gunfight. That ought to have fans of that magic system salivating! Oh man, how awesome is that?
The second one sounds pretty damn cool too, and I look forward to hearing more about it.
Can't wait for both really. :)
Eh, I'm massively looking forward to the Allomancy with gunfights, though the Rithmatist doesn't sound too much like my kind of thing. I'll probably give it a go anyway.
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