Series
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson · 1 novel · 1 novella · 4 short stories · 2005–2016
Brandon Sanderson's Elantris (2005) is set in Arelon, where the once-magical city of Elantris has fallen under a rotting curse that afflicts anyone it chooses, including the exiled prince Raoden, while incoming princess Sarene navigates court intrigue and a hostile religious order bent on conquering the kingdom. The Emperor's Soul (2012), a novella set elsewhere in the same world, follows a magical forger hired to reconstruct the soul of a comatose emperor. Both belong to Sanderson's larger Cosmere continuity of interconnected worlds.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Elantris at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s2
- 2010s4
Shape
1 novel · 1 novella · 4 short stories
1 author
reads like:epic fantasypolitical intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedinformativeadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 25% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 6 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Emperor's Souldarkest
- Elantrisbrightest
- The Selish Systemcalmest
- The Hope of Elantrismost intense