

Survival in the Forests of Hell is dictated by three absolute laws: do not light a fire, do not shed blood, and do not run at night. These are the Simple Rules that keep the settlers of the planet Threnody alive in a landscape haunted by the "Shades"—spectral, lethal remnants of the dead that turn aggressive at the slightest provocation. To break a rule is to invite a touch that withers the soul, yet for Silence Montane, the owner of a remote waystop, the rules are becoming increasingly difficult to balance against the crushing weight of economic ruin and the predatory demands of local tax collectors.
Silence exists in a state of calculated desperation, maintaining a facade of domesticity while secretly operating as a bounty hunter to settle her mounting debts. The narrative explores the ...
Survival in the Forests of Hell is dictated by three absolute laws: do not light a fire, do not shed blood, and do not run at night. These are the Simple Rules that keep the settlers of the planet Threnody alive in a landscape haunted by the "Shades"—spectral, lethal remnants of the dead that turn aggressive at the slightest provocation. To break a rule is to invite a touch that withers the soul, yet for Silence Montane, the owner of a remote waystop, the rules are becoming increasingly difficult to balance against the crushing weight of economic ruin and the predatory demands of local tax collectors.
Silence exists in a state of calculated desperation, maintaining a facade of domesticity while secretly operating as a bounty hunter to settle her mounting debts. The narrative explores the ...
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37 books in catalog
Brandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested for him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. This all changed in eighth grade when an astu...
37 books in catalog
Brandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested for him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it. This all changed in eighth grade when an astu...
The Cosmere
The Cosmere