Tress of the Emerald Sea
A Cosmere Novel
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4.7 • 743 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride.
The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?
Note from Brandon:
I started writing this in secret, as a novel just for my wife. She urged me to share it with the world—and alongside three other secret novels, with the support of readers worldwide it grew into the biggest Kickstarter campaign of all time. I’m excited to present this first book to you at last: a different type of Brandon Sanderson story, one I wrote when there were no time constraints, no expectations, and no limits on my imagination. Come be part of the magic.
Customer Reviews
My unexpected surprise of the week
This was an amazing and unexpected surprise. I say that even knowing that I am a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson, so in retrospect, I'm not sure why I was surprised. The summary of the book probably put me on my guard as I wasn't sure if it was going to be something that I liked, and to be honest, for the first several chapters, I wasn't sure I would. Boy was that wrong.
Something happens along the way with this story. You slowly get sucked into this brilliantly descriptive story until it doesn't even feel like you are reading or listening to a story. It actually feels like you are in the middle of it as things are unfolding. The characters are so uniquely interesting, the world building is fantastic, and the storyline has a quick and easy pace that when there is a twist at the end, it completely comes out of left field (or at least for me it did).
I actually listened to this on audio and the narration was absolutely spot on - thank you Michael Kramer. Afterwards, I listened to the acknowledgments and when Mr. Sanderson talked about the actual print version, I then went out and got that as well. I am still looking forward to going through and seeing all of the illustrations that are included with the book. I have only peeked at the first few chapters, and they were amazing. I'm excited to see what else is in store with the rest of the book. I think that if I had seen them while reading, it would have made the experience better at the time in that the illustrations would have made the unusual world building even easier to understand and picture. But, trust me, it was still amazing with just the audio.
About the book, whimsical is a good word, but I'm not sure it gives the right connotation. We see the incredible growth of Tress as a character throughout the entire book and also see how her character impacts all of the others that she comes into contact with. Other than that, you don't need to know anything else other than give this a go - you won't be sorry.
A nostalgic page turner
I stared reading Tress while in the midsts of another great book only to not be able to put it to read the one I originally started. It’s really cute book a little predictable at times but that didn’t stop it from being enjoyable.
Pretty Good
I liked the original concept of a world of spores. The characters were interesting. I like how the main characters have names and the rest were Doug’s. It was funny.
Sometimes the story got a little preachy. For example, two pages explained irony and what to look for in irony.
The story was fun to read overall.