NEW 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION FEATURING BONUS CONTENT
HUGO AWARD WINNER

Includes:

Deleted prologue: “The Imperial Fool”

Prologue commentary from the acclaimed podcast Writing Excuses

An original introduction from the publisher

When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan comatose, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos.

Shai is given an impossible task: to create—to Forge—a new soul for the emperor in fewer than one hundred days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. She is confined to a tiny, dirty chamber, guarded by a man who hates her, spied upon by politicians, and trapped behind a door sealed in her own blood. Shai’s only possible ally is the emperor’s most loyal councillor, Gaotona, who struggles to understand her true talent.

Time is running out for Shai. Forging, while deducing the motivations of her captors, she needs a perfect plan to escape…

“Verdict: Sanderson, the best-selling author of the Mistborn Trilogy and The Way of Kings, has set this novella in the same world as Elantris, one of his earlier novels, but it is totally independent. Fantasy fans will love both the compelling story and the creative magical setting.” —Library Journal

The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson’s standalone novella from his Elantris world, came out in 2012. Ten years, ten editions, and one Hugo Award later, this commemorative 10th anniversary edition brings this story of a heretic thief

New bonus content: A deleted prologue “Imperial Fool”; prologue commentary from the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses, and an introduction from the publisher about the genesis of the book

To date, The Emperor's Soul has sold over 100,000 copies and has been reprinted in more than ten languages