The Cognitive Realm
I listened to The Fires of December samples on YouTube with my wife. We listened while we made dinner and did dishes, and by the time the last samples came out, we were eager to listen to the full audiobook together. We spent the evening after the book’s release curled up on the couch following December through time and up the River Violet.
Brandon Sanderson's newest Cosmere novel The Fires of December is here. Read the first eight chapters for free on The Cognitive Realm.
You won’t find elves or dwarves between the pages of a Brandon Sanderson novel. What you will find are thoughtfully constructed creatures, with decades of literary history and intentional interconnectivity breathing life into them.
Team Dragonsteel is in Indianapolis, Indiana for Gen Con 2026. The Dragonsteel Booth is set up in the exhibitor hall at booth #1149, right beside Steve Argyle. Brotherwise Games is set up in the exhibitor hall at booth #339, where they’ll have many of the Cosmere’s games.They also have ticketed events and demos in room #133, which is the only place you can pick up the Cosmere RPG.
Ash fell from the sky. Two decades ago, this iconic line started the story that set the Cosmere in motion. The world of ashfalls and allomancers, of kandra and koloss—the world of Mistborn reaches its twentieth birthday on July 17th of this year.
What we don’t know is why, 10,000 years ago, the shards decided that Adonalsium needed to go. And we don’t know how the conflict between them is going to end.