Editing Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements and dedications in [[Brandon]]'s books.

Often acknowledged are:
* Brandon's wife Emily, and his children and other family members
* Members of Team Sanderson; [[Peter Ahlstrom]]
* Agent [[Joshua Bilmes]] from JABerwocky
* Tor editor [[Moshe Feder]]

== Alcatraz ==

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=== Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For my father, Winn Sanderson, who bought me books
</pre>
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! Acknowledgements
|Thanks to my agents, Joshua Bilmes (who single-handedly transformed this manuscript from being a whimsical idea into a full-blown super-project) and Steve Mancino, who exceeded my expectations wildly in finding the book a home.

And, speaking of that home, Anica Rissi – my editor at Scholastic – took fantastic care of this book, helping make it the best book possible. Her tireless work is well appreciated, and the same goes for all of the wonderful people over at Scholastic.

As for alpha readers, I’d like to thank Stacy Whitman, Heather Kirby, Kristina Kugler, Peter and Karen Ahlstrom, Kaylynn ZoBell, Isaac Thegn Skarstedt, Ethan Skarstedt, Leif Ethan Skarstedt, Benjamin R. Olsen, Matisse Hales, Lauren Sanderson, Alan Layton, Janette Layton, Nathan Hatfield, Krista Olsen, C. Lee Player, Eric J. Ehlers, and Emily Sanderson. Special thanks to my grandmother, Beth Sanderson, for suggesting this project.

Also, I’d like to give a special acknowledgment to Janci Patterson who worked tirelessly to slay the typo demons in this manuscript. (Not that I didn’t manage to sneak a few more in afterward.)

Finally, a thanks to all of the evil librarians out there. It’s partially their fault that I ended up being a writer instead of something useful, like a plumber or a foghorn repair technician. It’s poetic justice that I would now use my nefarious talent to expose you all for what you really are.
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! People
|{{columns|
* Joshua Bilmes
* Steve Mancino
* Anica Rissi
* Stacy Whitman
* Heather Kirby
* Kristina Kugler
* Peter and Karen Ahlstrom
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Isaac Thegn Skarstedt
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Leif Ethan Skarstedt
* Benjamin R. Olsen
* Matisse Hales
* Lauren Sanderson
* Alan Layton
* Janette Layton
* Nathan Hatfield
* Krista Olsen
* C. Lee Player
* Eric J. Ehlers
* Emily Sanderson
* Beth Sanderson
* Janci Patterson
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=== Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For Lauren, who somehow manages to be both the baby of the family and the most responsible one of us all
</pre>
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=== Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For Jane, who does her best to keep me looking fashionable, and does it in such an endearing way that I can’t even convince myself to wear mismatched socks anymore (except on Thursdays)
</pre>
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! Acknowledgements
| I want to thank my awesome agent, Joshua Bilmes, for being, well, awesome. Thanks also to my editor at Scholastic, Jennifer Rees, whose pleasant personality and editorial know-how make the process of publishing a book so much easier. Peter and Karen Ahlstrom were kind enough to read the manuscript and give me excellent suggestions. Janci Patterson also gave me feedback that was very valuable, even though her comments were written in glaring pink ink! I’d like to thank my lovely wife, Emily Sanderson, who helped with this book in ways too numerous to list here. Finally, a special thank-you goes to Mrs. Bushman’s sixth-grade students (you know who you are!) who have been so enthusiastic about my books.
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! People
|{{columns|
* Joshua Bilmes
* Jennifer Rees
* Peter and Karen Ahlstrom
* Janci Patterson
* Emily Sanderson
* Mrs. Bushman’s sixth-grade students
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=== Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For Peter Ahlstrom

Who is not only a good friend and great man,

But one who has been reading my books since the days when they were terrible,

And who strives very hard to keep them from being that way again.

Insoluble, Incalculable, Indefinable.

Indispensible.
</pre>
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! Acknowledgements
|For help with these books, I proclaim the following people honorary Bazooka Bunnies:

The Indefinable Peter Ahlstrom, for whom the book is dedicated. He’s believed in me longer than anyone else on the list. Without his help, my books would be a lot worse.

Emily Sanderson, who (despite my various lunacies) still loves me, puts up with me, and even married me.

Karen Ahlstrom, who gives great advice, and who also puts up with Peter reading her my books for date night.

Janci Olds, who tells me what I need to hear about my writing. Bastille may be based on her just a tad, but don’t tell her, because she might end up chasing me around with a sword.

Kristina Kugler, who taught her two-year-old daughter to put her fingers up to her mouth and wiggle them when someone asks, ‘What does Cthulu say?’ (Does she need a better reason than that for an acknowledgment? Well, okay, she read the book too and gave lots of great feedback.)

Joshua Bilmes, who fights for these books. He’s our own personal Knight of Crystallia.

Jen Rees, who provides a sharp red pencil to fight off the goblins of bad writing.

Thank you all!
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! People
|{{columns|
* Peter Ahlstrom (indefinable)
* Emily Sanderson
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Janci Olds
* Kristina Kugler
* Joshua Bilmes
* Jen Rees
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== Arcanum Unbounded ==
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=== Arcanum Unbounded / Edgedancer ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
      For Nathan Hatfield
Who helped the Cosmere come to be.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements 
|If I were to take the time to individually thank each and every person who helped with all the stories in here, this section might be as long as one of the stories themselves! Instead, I’m going to focus this note on the people who specifically helped put the collection together. (Along with the team that worked on ''Edgedancer'', which is the story unique to this collection.)

But I do want to take a moment to give a hearty thanks to those who have worked with me on my short fiction over the years. Early in my career, I would never have dared consider myself a short-fiction writer—but ten years of practice has paid off, and the stories in this collection are the result. (Though do note, I use the word “short” loosely here. Most of these are very long for short fiction.)

A lot of wonderful people have helped me over the years; most of them are the names you’ll commonly find at the start of my novels. I’m a lucky man to have had so much encouragement, feedback, and support during my career. 

For ''Arcanum Unbounded'' specifically, Isaac Steѿart (my longtime artistic collaborator) is responsible for the beautiful endpapers, the star charts, and most of the symbols you find inside the book. Ben McSweeney did the illustrations for the various stories, Dave Palumbo did the cover art, and Greg Collins was the designer.

Moshe Feder, editor for all of my epic fantasy novels, was the editor on this project—and though he wasn’t officially the editor on many of the shorts when they were first published, he has a habit of stepping in and doing revisions for me, unpaid, on any short fiction I write. (Indeed, he gets mad if I don’t send them to him, and refuses to invoice me if I try to pay him for them.) So he’s done a ton of pro bono work over the years, helping me become a short-fiction writer. He deserves some extra praise for this.

And, as always, the Inciting Peter Ahlstrom was head of my in-house editorial efforts. (Literally in house. He works out of my home.) Peter is responsible for collecting all the comments from various people doing reads, adding his own detailed continuity and editorial notes, and then smoothing everything over once I’ve taken the hacksaw to stories.

And, as is traditional, I leave with a hearty thanks to my family: Joel, Dallin, Oliver, and Emily. You guys are awesome!
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! People
|{{columns|
*Terry McGarry
*Tom Doherty
*Marco Palmieri
*Patti Garcia
*Karl Gold
*Rafal Gibek
*Robert Davis
*Joshua Bilmes
*John Berlyne
<br />
;Alpha/gamma readers for ''Edgedancer'':
*Alice Arneson
*Ben Oldsen
*Bob Kluttz
*Brandon Cole
*Brian T. Hill
*Darci Cole
*David Behrens
*Eric James Stone
*Eric Lake
*Gary Singer
*Ian McNatt
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Kellyn Neumann
*Kristina Kugler
*Lyndsey Luther
*Mark Lindberg
*Matt Wiens
*Megan Kanne
*Nikki Ramsay
*Paige Vest
*Ross Newberry
*Trae Cooper
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== Elantris ==

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=== Elantris ===
|-
!Dedication
|<pre>Dedicated to my mother,

    Who wanted a doctor,
            Ended up with a writer,
    But loved him enough not to complain
            (Very much).</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| First and foremost, I would like to thank my agent, [[Joshua Bilmes]], and my editor, [[Moshe Feder]], for helping me squeeze the fullest potential out of this manuscript. Without their masterful editorial vision, you'd be holding a very different book right now.

Next, high praise and thanks must be offered to the members of my various writing groups. Alan Layton, Janette Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, and Ethan Skarstedt. Daniel Wells, Benjamin R. Olsen, Nathan Goodrich, and [[Peter Ahlstrom]]. Ryan Dreher, Micah Demoux, Annie Gorringe, and Tom Conrad. (You guys were a writing group, even if you didn’t know it!) Thank you all so much for your work and suggestions.

In addition, there are dozens of people who read this book and others during my years struggling to get published, and I am inexpressibly grateful for their enthusiasm, criticism, and praise. Kristina Kugler, Megan Kauffman, Izzy Whiting, Eric Ehlers, Greg Creer, Ethan Sproat, Robert ZoBell, Deborah Anderson, Laura Bellamy, Mr. M, Kraig Hausmann, Nate Hatfield, Steve Frandson, Robison E. Wells, and Krista Olsen. If I forgot anyone, I'll get you in the next book!

I'd also like to give special thanks to those teachers who have helped me in my university career. Professors Sally Taylor, Dennis Perry, and John Bennion (who worked on my master's thesis committee). Professor Jacqueline Thursby for her faith in me. Dave Wolverton, who sent me out into the world, and Professor Douglas Thayer, whom I'll someday convince to read a fantasy book. (He's getting a copy of this one, whether he wants it or not!)

Finally, I'd like to thank my family. My father for buying me books when I was a kid, my mother for turning me into a scholar, my sisters for their smiles, and Jordan for putting up with a domineering older brother. You can check out his programming skills—along with [[Jeff Creer]]'s amazing artistic design—on my Web site, www.brandonsanderson.com.

Thank you so much, everyone, for believing in me.
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! People
|{{columns|
* Alan Layton
* Annie Gorringe
* Benjamin R. Olsen
* Daniel Wells
* Dave Wolverton
* Deborah Anderson
* Dennis Perry
* Douglas Thayer
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Eric Ehlers
* Ethan Sproat
* Greg Creer
* Izzy Whiting
* Jacqueline Thursby
* Janette Layton
* John Bennion
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kraig Hausmann
* Krista Olsen
* Kristina Kugler
* Laura Bellamy
* Megan Kauffman
* Micah Demoux
* Mr. M
* Moshe Feder
* Nate Hatfield
* Nathan Goodrich
* Peter Ahlstrom
* Robert ZoBell
* Robison E. Wells
* Ryan Dreher
* Sally Taylor
* Steve Frandson
* Tom Conrad
}}
|}

== The Emperor's Soul ==

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=== The Emperor's Soul ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>For Lucie Tuan and Sherry Wang,
who provided inspiration.</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| A book like this goes out with one name on the cover, yet artwork is not created in a vacuum. What I create can only exist because of the numerous shoulders I rely upon.

I've mentioned elsewhere that this book came to be because of a trip I took to Taiwan. Many thanks go to Lucie Tuan and Sherry Wang, to whom the book is dedicated, for showing me around the city. Also, I'd like to thank Evanna Hsu and everyone else at Fantasy Foundation for making that trip such a powerful experience. Many thanks to Gray Tan (my Taiwan agent) who facilitated the trip, and to my U.S. agent [[Joshua Bilmes]] and everyone else at JABberwocky.

Jacob Weisman and Jill Roberts at [[Wikipedia: Tachyon Publications|Tachyon]] have been absolutely wonderful to work with, and I thank them for giving this work a home in print. Also, thank you to Marty Halpern for the copyedit and proofread. The great cover illustration comes from [http://tsabo6.deviantart.com/gallery/ Alexander Nanitchkov], and I couldn't have asked for better. [[Isaac Stewart]] used that illustration for the ebook's cover design, and he also provided a great seal illustration. Thanks!

[[Wikipedia: Mary Robinette Kowal| Mary Robinette Kowal]] is responsible for the current structure of the novella; she helped me realize my original prologue wasn't the best for the integrity of the work. [[Moshe Feder]] went above and beyond his job description (at a different publisher) to offer me fantastic line edits, without which this book would have been much the poorer. I also got important feedback from Brian Hill, Isaac Stewart, and Karen Ahlstrom.

As always, I give loving thanks to my family, particularly my wife Emily. In addition, special thanks go out to the interpolated [[Peter Ahlstrom]], who worked long hours on this project. (Even so far as to nudge me to get this acknowledgements page written after I'd forgotten to do so about a dozen times.)

You have my deepest gratitude, all of you.

:Brandon
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! People
| {{columns|
* Alexander Nanitchkov
* Brian Hill
* Emily Sanderson
* Evanna Hsu
* Fantasy Foundation
* Gray Tan
* Jacob Weisman
* Jill Roberts
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Lucie Tuan
* Marty Halpern
* Mary Robinette Kowal
* Sherry Wang
* Isaac Stewart
* Joshua Bilmes
* Moshe Feder
* Peter Ahlstrom (interpolated)
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== Infinity Blade ==
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=== Infinity Blade: Awakening ===
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! Acknowledgements 
|This project, obviously, would not even exist without the folks at ChAIR Entertainment. Infinity Blade is their story, and I've merely climbed on for the ride. Most notably, Donald and Geremy Mustard were the ones who envisioned the first game and gave me the seeds of the story that became this book. They have had a lot of input into how it has turned out, and are downright wonderful chaps.
No less useful is Laura Mustard, Donald's wife, for her excellent publicity and marketing help. My assistant, the infused Peter Ahlstrom, was at his best on this book-working long hours not just wearing the hat of a copyeditor, but doing continuity and content editing as well. The layout is all his doing. The cover art by Adam Ford and Donald Mustard is brilliant, and among the best covers to grace a project of mine. 
Finally, many thanks to the people at ChAIR. Simon Hurley, who is a pretty mean editor himself, Bert Lewis, Brandon Campos, Jim Brown, John Farnsworth, Josh Andersen, Michael Low, Nathan Trewartha, Orlando Barrowes, Scott Bowen, Scott Stoddard, and everyone at Epic Games.

As always, thanks for reading. 
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=== Infinity Blade: Redemption ===
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! Acknowledgements 
|ONCE AGAIN, this story exists because of the folks at ChAIR Entertainment who have allowed me to take the Infinity Blade world for one more ride. Working with Donald and Geremy Mustard on the books and the games has given the gamer in me a chance to geek out in a new way, and for that I thank them.
Laura Mustard is a publicity and marketing genius. My assistant, the infinite Peter Ahlstrom, stepped up to the plate and once again went beyond the call of duty. Adam Ford and Donald Mustard knocked out another brilliant cover, and Calum Watt's interior illustrations added another great multimedia aspect to this project. Finally, many thanks to my editor Simon Hurley, the super-talented team at ChAIR, and everyone at Epic Games.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you will continue to follow the future of the Infinity Blade world.
|}

== Legion series ==
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=== Legion ===
|-
! Acknowledgements 
| As always, my wonderful wife Emily gets a big thumbs-up for dealing with the sometimes erratic life of a professional writer. The incumbent [[Peter Ahlstrom]] did quite a bit of special work on this project. Another person of note is [[Moshe Feder]], who gave me one of my very early reads on this book—and who discussed thoughts, possibilities, and conjectures regarding it from its earliest days.

My agent, [[Joshua Bilmes]], has been his usual awesome self. Other early readers include Brian T. Hill, Dominique Nolan, Kaylynn ZoBell, Ben Olsen, Danielle Olsen, Karen Ahlstrom, Dan Wells, Alan Layton, and Ethan Skarstedt.

A special thanks to Subterranean Press for giving this work a place in print. Bill Schafer and Yanni Kuznia have been fantastic. I'm also very pleased that the print edition has another beautiful cover by Jon Foster, whose work also graced the original Mistborn hardcovers. The ebook features a cover design by [[Isaac Stewart]]. Thanks!
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! People
|{{columns|
* Alan Layton
* Ben Olsen
* Bill Schafer
* Brian T. Hill
* Dan Wells
* Danielle Olsen
* Dominique Nolan
* Emily Sanderson
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Jon Foster
* Joshua Bilmes
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Moshe Feder
* Peter Ahlstrom (incumbent)
* Yanni Kuznia
}}
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=== Legion: Skin Deep ===
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! Dedication
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|-
! Acknowledgements
| 
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! People
|{{columns|
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=== Legion: Lies of the Beholder ===
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! Dedication
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|-
! Acknowledgements
| 
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! People
|{{columns|
}}
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=== Legion: The Many Lives of Steven Leeds ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For Daniel Wells and Greg Creer
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
|
|-
! People
|{{columns|
}}
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== Mistborn ==

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=== The Final Empire ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
       FOR BETH SANDERSON,
   Who’s been reading fantasy
       For longer than I've been alive,
   And fully deserves
       To have a grandson as loony as she is.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
|Once again, I find myself in need of thanking my wonderful agent, Joshua Bilmes, and equally amazing editor, Moshe Feder. They did a wonderful job with this book, and I'm proud to have the opportunity to work with them.

As always, my tireless writing groups have consistently provided feedback and encouragement: Alan Layton, Janette Layton, Kaylynne ZoBell, Nate Hatfield, Bryce Cundick, Kimball Larsen, and Emily Scorup. Alpha readers, who saw a version of this book in a much rougher form and helped me shape it into what you see now, included Krista Olson, Benjamin R. Olson, Micah Demoux, Eric Ehlers, Izzy Whiting, Stacy Whitman, Kristina Kugler, Megan Kauffman, Sarah Bylund, C. Lee Player, Ethan Skarstedt, Jillena O'Brien, Ryan Jurado, and the incalculable Peter Ahlstrom.

There are also a few people in particular whom I would like to thank. Isaac Stewart, who did the map work for this novel, was an invaluable resource both in the idea department and with visual cues. Heather Kirby had excellent advice to help me with the mysterious inner workings of a young woman’s mind.

In addition, I'd like to acknowledge some of the very important people who work behind the scenes on the books that you buy. Irene Gallo, the art director at Tor, does a brilliant job—it's because of her that both this book and Elantris have the wonderful covers that they do. Also, David Moench, in the Tor publicity department, went far beyond the call of duty in helping make Elantris a success. Both have my thanks.

Finally, as always, I am thankful to my family for their continued support and enthusiasm.

In particular, I'd like to thank my brother, Jordan, for his enthusiasm, support, and loyalty. Check out his handiwork at my Web site: www.brandonsanderson.com.
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! People
|{{columns|
* Joshua Bilmes
* Moshe Feder
* Alan Layton
* Janette Layton
* Kaylynne ZoBell
* Nate Hatfield
* Bryce Cundick
* Kimball Larsen
* Emily Scorup
* Krista Olson
* Benjamin R. Olson
* Micah Demoux
* Eric Ehlers
* Izzy Whiting
* Stacy Whitman
* Kristina Kugler
* Megan Kauffman
* Sarah Bylund
* C. Lee Player
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Jillena O’Brien
* Ryan Jurado
* Peter Ahlstrom (incalculable)
* Isaac Stewart
* Heather Kirby
* Irene Gallo
* David Moench
* Jordan Sanderson
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=== The Well of Ascension ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Phyllis Call,

Who may never understand my fantasy books,
yet who taught me more about life
—and therefore writing—
than she can probably ever know

(Thanks, Grandma!)
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| First off, as always, my excellent agent, Joshua Bilmes, and editor, Moshe Feder, deserve high praise for their efforts. This book in particular required some thoughtful drafting, and they were up to the task. They have my thanks, as do their assistants, Steve Mancino (an excellent agent in his own right) and Denis Wong.

There are some other fine folks at Tor who deserve my thanks. Larry Yoder (the best sales rep in the nation) did a wonderful job selling the book. Seth Lerner, Tor’s mass-market art director, is a genius at matching books to artists. And, speaking of artists, I think the amazing Christian McGrath did a brilliant job with this cover. More can be seen at jonfoster.com. Isaac Stewart, a good friend of mine and a fellow writer, did all of the map work and the symbols for the chapter headings. Find him at nethermore.com. Shawn Boyles is the official Mistborn Llama artist, and a great guy to boot. Check my Web site for more information. Finally, I’d like to thank the Tor publicity department—specifically Dot Lin—which has been wonderful in promoting my books and taking care of me. Thank you so much, all of you!

Another round of thanks needs to go out to my alpha readers. These tireless folks provide feedback on my novels in the early stages, dealing with all of the problems, typos, and inconsistencies before I get them worked out. In no particular order, these people are:

Ben Olson, Krista Olsen, Nathan Goodrich, Ethan Skarstedt, Eric J. Ehlers, Jillena O’Brien, C. Lee Player, Kimball Larsen, Bryce Cundick, Janci Patterson, Heather Kirby, Sally Taylor, The Almighty Pronoun, Bradley Reneer, Holly Venable, Jimmy, Alan Layton, Janette Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, Rick Stranger, Nate Hatfield, Daniel A. Wells, Stacy Whitman, Sarah Bylund, and Benjamin R. Olsen.

A special thanks goes to the people at the Provo Waldenbooks for their support. Sterling, Robin, Ashley, and the terrible duo of Steve "Bookstore Guy" Diamond and Ryan McBride (who were also alpha readers). Also, I must acknowledge my brother, Jordan, for his work on my Web site (along with Jeff Creer). Jordo also is the official “keep Brandon’s head on straight” guy, with his solemn duty being to make fun of me and my books.

My mother, father, and sisters are always a wonderful help as well. If I forgot any alpha readers, I’m sorry! I’ll put you in twice next time. Note, Peter Ahlstrom, I didn’t forget you—I just decided to stick you in late to make you sweat a bit.

Finally, my thanks go out to my wonderful wife, whom I married during the editing process of this book. Emily, I love you!
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! People
|{{columns|
* Joshua Bilmes
* Moshe Feder
* Steve Mancino
* Denis Wong
* Larry Yoder
* Seth Lerner
* Christian McGrath
* Isaac Stewart
* Shawn Boyles
* Dot Lin
* Ben Olson
* Krista Olsen
* Nathan Goodrich
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Eric J. Ehlers
* Jillena O’Brien
* C. Lee Player
* Kimball Larsen
* Bryce Cundick
* Janci Patterson
* Heather Kirby
* Sally Taylor
* The Almighty Pronoun
* Bradley Reneer
* Holly Venable
* Jimmy
* Alan Layton
* Janette Layton
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Rick Stranger
* Nate Hatfield
* Daniel A. Wells
* Stacy Whitman
* Sarah Bylund
* Benjamin R. Olsen
* the Provo Waldenbooks - Sterling, Robin, Ashley, Steve “Bookstore Guy” Diamond, Ryan McBride
* Jordan Sanderson
* Jeff Creer
* Peter Ahlstrom
* Emily Sanderson
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=== The Hero of Ages ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
FOR JORDAN SANDERSON,

Who can explain to any who ask

What it’s like to have a brother

Who spends most of his time dreaming.

(Thanks for putting up with me.)
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| As always, I owe a whole lot of people a whole lot of thanks for helping make this book what it is today. First and foremost, my editor and my agent—Moshe Feder and Joshua Bilmes—are to be noted for their exceptional ability to help a project reach its fullest potential. Also, my wonderful wife, Emily, has been a great support and aid to the writing process.

As before, Isaac Stewart (Nethermore.com) did the fine map work, chapter symbols, and circle of Allomantic metals. I truly appreciate Jon Foster’s artwork as well; this time it’s resulted in my personal favorite of the three Mistborn covers. Thanks to Larry Yoder for being awesome, and Dot Lin for her publicity work for me at Tor. Denis Wong and Stacy Hague-Hill for their assistance to my editor, and the—as always—marvelous Irene Gallo for her art direction.

Alpha readers for this book include Paris Elliott, Emily Sanderson, Krista Olsen, Ethan Skarstedt, Eric J. Ehlers, Eric “More Snooty” James Stone, Jillena O’Brien, C. Lee Player, Bryce Cundick/Moore, Janci Patterson, Heather Kirby, Sally Taylor, Bradley Reneer, Steve “Not Bookstore Guy Anymore” Diamond, General Micah Demoux, Zachary “Spook” J. Kaveney, Alan Layton, Janette Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, Nate Hatfield, Matthew Chambers, Kristina Kugler, Daniel A. Wells, The Indivisible Peter Ahlstrom, Marianne Pease, Nicole Westenskow, Nathan Wood, John David Payne, Tom Gregory, Rebecca Dorff, Michelle Crowley, Emily Nelson, Natalia Judd, Chelise Fox, Nathan Crenshaw, Madison Van-DenBerghe, Rachel Dunn, and Ben OleSoon.

In addition I’m thankful to Jordan Sanderson—to whom this book is dedicated—for his tireless work on the Web site. Jeff Creer, also, did a great job with the art for BrandonSanderson.com. Stop by and check it out!
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! People
|{{columns|
* Moshe Feder
* Joshua Bilmes
* Emily Sanderson
* Isaac Stewart
* Jon Foster
* Larry Yoder
* Dot Lin
* Denis Wong
* Stacy Hague-Hill
* Irene Gallo
* Paris Elliott
* Krista Olsen
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Eric J. Ehlers
* Eric “More Snooty” James Stone
* Jillena O’Brien
* C. Lee Player
* Bryce Cundick/Moore
* Janci Patterson
* Heather Kirby
* Sally Taylor
* Bradley Reneer
* Steve “Not Bookstore Guy Anymore” Diamond
* General Micah Demoux
* Zachary “Spook” J. Kaveney
* Alan Layton
* Janette Layton
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Nate Hatfield
* Matthew Chambers
* Kristina Kugler
* Daniel A. Wells
* Peter Ahlstrom (indivisable)
* Marianne Pease
* Nicole Westenskow
* Nathan Wood
* John David Payne
* Tom Gregory
* Rebecca Dorff
* Michelle Crowley
* Emily Nelson
* Natalia Judd
* Chelise Fox
* Nathan Crenshaw
* Madison Van-DenBerghe
* Rachel Dunn
* Ben OleSoon
* Jordan Sanderson
* Jeff Creer
}}
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=== The Alloy of Law ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
FOR JOSHUA BILMES

Who is never afraid to tell me what is wrong with

a book, then fight for that same book

no matter who else gives up on it.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| I first pitched the idea of later-era Mistborn novels to my editor back in 2006, I believe. It had long been my plan for Scadrial, the planet these books take place upon. I wanted to move away from the idea of fantasy worlds as static places, where millennia would pass and technology would never change. The plan then was for a second epic trilogy set in an urban era, and a third trilogy set in a futuristic era—with Allomancy, Feruchemy, and Hemalurgy being the common threads that tied them together.

This book isn't part of that second trilogy. It's a side deviation, something exciting that grew quite unexpectedly out of my planning for where the world would go. The point of telling you all of this, however, is to explain that it would be impossible to list all of the people who have helped me along the years. Instead, the best I can do is list some of the wonderful people who helped me with this specific book.

Alpha readers included, as always, my agent, [[Joshua Bilmes]], and my editor, [[Moshe Feder]]. This book is dedicated to Joshua, actually. Professionally, he's believed in my work longer than anyone outside my writing group. He has been a wonderful resource and a good friend.

Other alphas were my writing group: Ethan Skarstedt, Dan Wells, Alan & Jeanette Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, Karen Ahlstrom, Ben & Danielle Olsen, Jordan Sanderson (kind of), and Kathleen Dorsey. Finally, of course, there's the Inseparable [[Peter Ahlstrom]], my assistant and friend, who does all kinds of important things for my writing and doesn't get nearly enough thanks for it.

At Tor Books, thanks go to [[Irene Gallo]], Justin Golenbock, Terry McGarry, and many others I couldn't possibly name—everyone from Tom Doherty to the sales force. Thank you all for your excellent work. Once again, I feel the need to give a special thanks to Paul Stevens, who goes above and beyond what I could reasonably expect to give aid and explanations.

Beta readers included [[Jeff Creer]] and Dominique Nolan. A special thanks to Dom for being a resource in regards to weaponry and guns. If you ever need anything shot properly, he’s the one to call.

Note the lovely cover by [[Chris McGrath]], whom I asked for specifically because of his work on the Mistborn paperback covers. Both [[Ben McSweeney]] and [[Isaac Stewart]] returned to provide interior art for this book, as their work on ''[[The Way of Kings]]'' was just plain awesome. They've continued in their awesomeness. Ben also provided equally awesome illustrations for the recently released Mistborn RPG from [[Crafty Games]]. Check it out at if you're interested in Kelsier’s origin story.

Last of all I’d like to once again thank Emily, my wonderful wife, for her support, commentary, and love.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Joshua Bilmes
* Moshe Feder
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Alan Layton
* Jeanette Layton
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Ben Olsen
* Danielle Olsen
* Jordan Sanderson
* Kathleen Dorsey
* Inseperable Peter Ahlstrom
* Irene Gallo
* Justin Golenbock
* Terry McGarry
* Paul Stevens
* Jeff Creer
* Dominique Nolan
* Chris McGrath
* Ben McSweeney
* Isaac Stewart
* Emily Sanderson
}}
|}
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=== Shadows of Self ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
FOR MOSHE FEDER

Who took a chance on me
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| This book has a somewhat storied past, as I wrote a third of it during the process of writing another book. (I was waiting for editorial notes to come back; I believe it was the final Wheel of Time book.) I had to drop work on this and dive into the other book.

By the time I came back, my vision for a new trilogy about Wax, Wayne, and Marasi had transformed-so the first third took some serious work to whip into shape and make match the last two thirds, as I wrote them. I relied a lot on the excellent editorial vision of my editor, Moshe Feder, my agent, Joshua Bilmes, and my editorial assistant, the Instant Peter Ahlstrom. Special thanks as well to my editor in the UK, Simon Spanton.

In addition, my writing group was-as always-invaluable. They include Emily Sanderson, Karen and Peter Ahlstrom, Darci and Eric James Stone, Alan Layton, Ben "please get my name right this time" Olsen, Danielle Olsen, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Kaylynn ZoBell, Ethan and Isaac Skarstedt, and Kara and Isaac Stewart.

We did a blitz of a beta read, and some vigilant people jumped in with excellent commentary. They were: Jory Phillips, Joel Phillips, Bob Kluttz, Alice Arneson, Trae Cooper, Gary Singer, Lyndsey Luther, Brian T. Hill, Jakob Remick, Eric James Stone, Bao Pham, Aubree Pham, Steve Godecke, Kristina Kugler, Ben Olsen, Samuel Lund, Megan Kanne, Nate Hatfield, Layne Garrett, Kim Garrett, Eric Lake, Karen Ahlstrom, Isaac Skarstedt, Darci Stone, Isaac Stewart, Kalyani Poluri, Josh Walker, Donald Mustard III, Corey Aitchison, and Christi Jacobsen.

Over the years, it's been incredibly satisfying to see the artwork for my novels develop. I've always had this wild vision for including way more art than usual-basically all I can get away with. Two wonderful artists made this possible on this volume. My good friend and now full-time art director Isaac Stewart did the maps and symbols, as well as the heavy design lifting on the broadsheet. Art on the broadsheet was done by the ever-excellent Ben McSweeney.

At JABberwocky, my agency, thanks go to Eddie Schneider, Sam Morgan, Krystyna Lopez, and Christa Atkinson. In the UK, John Berlyne of the Zeno Agency deserves your applause.

From Tor Books, many thanks to Tom Doherty, Linda Quinton, Marco Palmieri, Karl Gold, Diana Pho, Nathan Weaver, Edward Allen, and Rafal Gibek. Ingrid Powell was the proofreader. Copy-editing was done by Terry McGarry, and the audiobook is by my personal favourite reader, Michael Kramer. Other audiobook pros who deserve thanks are Robert Allen, Samantha Edelson, and Mitali Dave. Adam Horne, my new executive assistant, gets his name in a book for the first time in this one. Well done, Adam!

Finally, big thanks to my family, as always. A wonderful wife and three little boys who still get confused as to why the books Daddy writes have so few pictures.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Alan Layton
* Alice Arneson
* Aubree Pham
* Bao Pham
* Ben "please get my name right this time" Olsen
* Ben McSweeney
* Bob Kluttz
* Brian T. Hill
* Christa Atkinson
* Christi Jacobsen
* Corey Aitchison
* Danielle Olsen
* Darci Stone
* Diana Pho
* Donald Mustard III
* Eddie Schneider
* Edward Allen
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Gary Singer
* Ingrid Powell
* Isaac Skarstedt
* Isaac Stewart
* Jakob Remick
* Joel Phillips
* John Berlyne
* Jory Phillips
* Josh Walker
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kalyani Poluri
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Karl Gold
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kim Garrett
* Kristina Kugler
* Krystyna Lopez
* Layne Garrett
* Linda Quinton
* Lyndsey Luther
* Marco Palmieri
* Megan Kanne
* Michael Kramer
* Mitali Dave
* Moshe Feder
* Nate Hatfield
* Nathan Weaver
* Peter Ahlstrom (Instant)
* Rafal Gibek
* Robert Allen
* Sam Morgan
* Samantha Edelson
* Samuel Lund
* Simon Spanton
* Steve Godecke
* Terry McGarry
* Tom Doherty
* Trae Cooper
}}
|}
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=== The Bands of Mourning ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
FOR BEN OLSEN

Who keeps putting up with a bunch of crazy writers as friends,

And finds time to make our books better all the while.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| This book comes out in the year that will mark the tenth anniversary of the Mistborn series. Considering all the other things I've been doing, it seems like six books in ten years is a grand accomplishment! I can still remember the early months, writing the trilogy furiously, trying to craft something that would really show off what I can do as a writer. Mistborn has become one of my hallmark series, and I hope that you find this volume a worthy entry in the canon.

As always, this book involved the efforts of a great number of people. There's the excellent art by Ben McSweeney and Isaac Stewart-maps and icons by Isaac, with all the broadsheet art done by Ben. Both also helped a great deal on the text of the broadsheet, and Isaac himself wrote the Nicki Savage piece for it-since the idea was to have Jak hiring out his work now, we wanted to give that a different voice. I think it turned out great!

The cover art was done by Chris McGrath in the US, and by Sam Green for the UK edition. Both are longtime artists on this series, and their art keeps getting better. Editorial was done by Moshe Feder at Tor, with Simon Spanton shepherding the project over at Gollancz in the UK. Agents on the project included Eddie Schneider, Sam Morgan, Krystyna Lopez, Christa Atkinson, and Tae Keller at Jabberwocky in the US, all overseen by the amazing Joshua Bilmes. In the UK you can thank John Berlyne of the Zeno Agency, an all-around awesome guy who worked hard for many years to finally break my books into the UK.

At Tor Books, I'd also like to thank Tom Doherty, Linda Quinton, Marco Palmieri, Karl Gold, Diana Pho, Nathan Weaver, and Rafal Gibek. Copyediting was done by Terry McGarry. The audiobook narrator is Michael Kramer, my personal favorite narrator-and one I know I'm probably making blush right now, as he has to read this line to you all who are listening. At Macmillan Audio, I'd like to thank Robert Allen, Samantha Edelson, and Mitali Dave.

Continuity, all-around editing feedback, and countless other jobs were done by the Immaculate Peter Ahlstrom. Also working here on my team are Kara Stewart, Karen Ahlstrom, and Adam Horne. And, of course, my lovely wife, Emily.

We leaned extra hard on my beta readers for this one, as the book didn't have the chance to go through writing group. That team is: Peter Ahlstrom, Alice Arneson, Gary Singer, Eric James Stone, Brian T. Hill, Kristina Kugler, Kim Garrett, Bob Kluttz, Jakob Remick, Karen Ahlstrom, Kalyani Poluri, Ben "wooo this book is dedicated to me, look how important I am" Olsen, Lyndsey Luther, Samuel Lund, Bao Pham, Aubree Pham, Megan Kanne, Jory Phillips, Trae Cooper, Christi Jacobsen, Eric Lake, and Isaac Stewart. (For those wondering, Ben was a founding member of my original writing group with Dan Wells and Peter Ahlstrom. A computer person by trade, and the only one of us in that original group who had no aspirations toward working in publishing, he's been a valued reader and friend for many years. He also introduced me to the Fallout series, so there's that as well.) Community proofreaders included most of the above plus: Kerry Wilcox, David Behrens, Ian McNatt, Sarah Fletcher, Matt Wiens, and Joe Dowswell.

Well, that was a mouthful! These folks are wonderful, and if you compare my early books to my later ones, I think you'll find that the assistance of these people has been invaluable in not only slaying typos but also helping me tighten narratives. Finally, though, I'd like to thank you readers for sticking with me these ten years, and being willing to accept the strange ideas I throw at you. Mistborn is not quite halfway through the evolution I have planned for it. I can't wait for you to see what is coming your way, and this book is where some of that finally starts to be revealed.

Enjoy!
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Alice Arneson
* Aubree Pham
* Bao Pham
* Ben "wooo this book is dedicated to me, look how important I am" Olsen
* Ben McSweeney
* Bob Kluttz
* Brian T. Hill
* Chris McGrath
* Christa Atkinson
* Christi Jacobsen
* David Behrens
* Diana Pho
* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake
* Gary Singer
* Ian McNatt
* Isaac Stewart
* Jakob Remick
* Joe Dowswell
* John Berlyne
* Jory Phillips
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kalyani Poluri
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Karl Gold
* Kerry Wilcox
* Kim Garrett
* Kristina Kugler
* Krystyna Lopez
* Linda Quinton
* Lyndsey Luther
* Marco Palmieri
* Matt Wiens
* Megan Kanne
* Michael Kramer
* Mitali Dave
* Moshe Feder
* Nathan Weaver
* Peter Ahlstrom (Immaculate)
* Rafal Gibek
* Robert Allen
* Sam Green
* Sam Morgan
* Samantha Edelson
* Samuel Lund
* Sarah Fletcher
* Simon Spanton
* Tae Keller
* Terry McGarry
* Tom Doherty
* Trae Cooper
}}
|}
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=== Mistborn Adventure Game ===
|}

== Perfect State ==
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| colspan=2 |
=== Perfect State ===
|-
! Acknowledgements
|With every project, there are many hands working behind the scenes. Everyone involved deserves thanks. I would like to thank my writing group, Here There Be Dragons: Emily Sanderson, Peter & Karen Ahlstrom, Ben & Danielle Olsen, Alan Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, Eric Patten, and Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson. Isaac St€wart is responsible for the look of the finished product. The Ineffable Peter Ahlstrom did his usual marvelous editing job. J.P. Targete adapted his striking artwork to better fit this story.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
*Alice Arneson
*Aaron Biggs
*Jakob Remick
*Corby Campbell
*Kelly Neumann
*Megan Kanne
*Maren Menke
*Bob Kluttz
*Lyndsey Luther
*Kalyani Poluri
*Rahul Pantula
*Aaron Ford
*Ruchita Dhawan
*Gary Singer
*Bart Butler
}}
|}

== The Reckoners ==
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=== Steelheart ===
|-
! Dedication
| <pre>
For Dallin Sanderson, who fights evil each day with his smile
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| This one has been a long time brewing. I had the first idea for it while on book tour in . . . . oh, 2007? With a long ride like that involved in getting the book finished, a lot of people have given me feedback over the years. I hope I don't miss any of you!

Notably, thanks go out to my delightful editor, Krista Marino, for her extremely capable direction of this project. She's been a wonderful resource, and her editing was top-notch, taking this book from plucky upstart to polished product. Also, we should make note of that rascal James Dashner, who was kind enough to call her up and get me an introduction.

Others who deserve a cheer are: Michael Trudeau (who did a superb copyedit); and at Random House, Paul Samuelson, Rachel Weinick, Beverly Horowitz, Judith Haut, Dominique Cimina, and Barbara Marcus. Also, Christopher Paolini, for his feedback and help on the book.

As always, I wish to give big thanks to my agents, Joshua Bilmes, who didn't laugh too hard when I told him I had this book I wanted to write instead of working on the twenty other projects I needed to do at the time, and Eddie Schneider, whose jobs include dressing better than the rest of us and having a name I have to look up every time I want to put it in acknowledgments. On the Steelheart film front (we're trying hard), thanks go to Joel Gotler, Brian Lipson, Navid McIlhargey, and the superhuman Donald Mustard.

A big thumbs-up goes to the incandescent Peter Ahlstrom, my editorial assistant, who was part of this book's cheering section from the get-go. He was, editorially, the first one who got his hands on this project-and much of its success is due to him.

I also don't want to forget my UK/Ireland/Australia publishing team, including John Berlyne and John Parker of the Zeno Agency, and Simon Spanton and my publicist/mother-in-the-UK, Jonathan Weir of Gollancz.

Others with Epic-level powers in reading and giving feedback (or just great support) include: Dominique Nolan (Dragonsteel's official Gun-Nut super-reference man), Brian McGinley, David West, Peter (again) and Karen Ahlstrom, Benjamin Rodriguez and Danielle Olsen, Alan Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, Dan "I Wrote Postapocalyptic Before You" Wells, Kathleen Sanderson Dorsey, Brian Hill, Brian "By Now You Owe Me Royalties, Brandon" Delambre, Jason Denzel, Kalyani Poluri, Kyle Mills, Adam Hussey, Austin Hussey, Paul Christopher, Mi'chelle Walker, and Josh Walker. You're all awesome.

Finally, as always, I wish to thank my lovely wife, Emily, and my three destructive little boys, who are constant inspiration for how an Epic might go about blowing up a city. (Or the living room.)

|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Hussey
* Allan Layton
* Austin Hussey
* Barbara Marcus
* Benjamin Rodriguez
* Beverly Horowitz
* Brian Delambre (Brian "By Now You Owe Me Royalties, Brandon" Delambre)
* Brian Hill
* Brian Lipson
* Brian McGinley
* Christopher Paolini
* Dan Wells (Dan "I Wrote Post Apocalyptic Before You" Wells)
* Danielle Olsen
* David West
* Dmoinique Cimina
* Dominique Nolan
* Donald Mustard
* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Sanderson
* James Dashner
* Jason Denzel
* Joel Gotler
* John Berlyne
* John Parker
* Jonathan Weir
* Josh Walker
* Joshua Bilmes
* Judith Haunt
* Kalyani Poluri
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Sanderson Dorsey
* Kaylynn Zobell
* Krista Marino
* Kyle Mills
* Mi'chelle Walker
* Michael Trudeau
* Navid McIlhargey
* Paul Christopher
* Paul Samuelson
* Peter Ahlstrom (incandescent)
* Rachel Weinick
* Simon Spanton
}}
|}
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| colspan=2 |
=== Firefight ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre> For Nathan Goodrich,
   A dear friend who was patient enough
      To read my books when they were bad.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Another book has arrived! Once again, my name may be on the cover, but a ton of unseen hands helped with its creation. This book is unusual in that it was the first one I created with the specific help of the Dragonsteel Think Tank, a name I’m giving right now (and will probably never use again) for the brainstorming group who went out to lunch with me and helped me work through problems in the outline.

They include the Insurmountable Peter Ahlstrom—my editorial assistant, and a face you may see popping up on my blog and Facebook page, answering questions and making occasional posts. Seriously, folks, this guy is awesome. As a key member of my first writing group (with Dan Wells and Nathan Goodrich, whose name you may have read at the front of the book), Peter has been a huge help all along. If you see him at a convention, give him a pat on the back.

Also at that lunch were Karen Ahlstrom, keeper of the Dragonsteel internal wiki, and Isaac Stewart—mapmaker extraordinaire and now full-time employee at our company. They gave great help with this novel, as did the other members of my current writing group, not including those listed above: Emily Sanderson, Alan Layton, Darci & Eric James Stone, Benn & Danielle Olsen, Kara Stewart, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, and Kaylynn ZoBell.

The talented team at Random House include my editor, Krista Marino, who did a fantastic job with the book (and with giving periodic polite reminders of due dates), and Jodie Hockensmith, who consistently goes above and beyond the call of publicity duty in working with surly authors. Other Random House folks deserving of applause include Rachel Weinick, Beverly Horowitz, Judith Haut, Dominique Cimina, and Barbara Marcus. The copyedit was done by the talented Michael Trudeau.

My agents, Joshua Bilmes and Eddie Schneider, were—as always—a wonderful resource, as were the entire team at JABberwocky. I’m pretty much convinced they’re Epics in disguise by this point, considering all they manage to get done. My UK team on this book include Simon Spanton—my editor at Gollancz, who always makes sure my trips to London are welcoming and full of flavor—and John Berlyne of the Zeno Agency, my tireless advocate.

Beta readers on this book were Brian Hill and Mi’chelle & Josh Walker. Montie Guthrie, Dominique Nolan, and Larry Correia helped me out with firearms terminology and practices. Gamma readers and community proofreaders were Aaron Ford, Alice Arneson, Bao Pham, Blue Cole, Bob Kluttz, Dan Swint, Gary Singer, Jakob Remick, Lyndsey Luther, Maren Menke, Matt Hatch, Taylor Hatch, Megan Kanne, Samuel Lund, Steve Godecke, and Trae Cooper. If I ever become an Epic, I’ll kill you guys last.

Finally, I’d like to thank my wonderful wife, Emily, and my three rambunctious boys. They make life worth living.
|-
! People
| {{columns|
*Aaron Ford
*Alan Layton
*Alice Arneson
*Bao Pham
*Barbara Marcus
*Benn & Danielle Olsen
*Beverly Horowitz
*Blue Cole
*Bob Kluttz
*Brian Hill
*Dan Swint
*Dan Wells
*Darci & Eric James Stone
*Dominique Cimina
*Dominique Nolan
*Dragonsteel Think Tank
*Eddie Schneider
*Emily Sanderson
*Gary Singer
*Insurmountable Peter Ahlstrom
*Isaac Stewart
*Jakob Remick
*Jodie Hockensmith
*John Berlyne
*Joshua Bilmes
*Judith Haut
*Kara Stewart
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
*Kaylynn ZoBell
*Krista Marino
*Larry Correia
*Lyndsey Luther
*Maren Menke
*Matt Hatch
*Megan Kanne
*Michael Trudeau
*Mi'chelle & Josh Walker
*Montie Guthrie
*Nathan Goodrich
*Rachel Weinick
*Samuel Lund
*Simon Spanton
*Steve Godecke
*Taylor Hatch
*Trae Cooper
}}
|}
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| colspan=2 |
=== Calamity ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre> For Kaylynn ZoBell
   A writer, reader, critiquer, and friend,
   who has spent ten years in a writing group
      with a bunch of loudmouths
   and still raises her hand politely to make comments,
      instead of murdering us.
   (Thanks for all your help over the years, Kaylynn!)
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Writing the acknowledgments tends to be the last thing I do for a book. As I sit here, late in the night in November, I'm left reflecting on the series as a whole. Steelheart has one of the most random origin stories among my canon of fiction, conceived almost in its entirety-during a long drive on the East Coast while on tour for one of the Mistborn novels.

That was 2008. It's now 2015, seven years later, and the journey of bringing this series to you has been exceptionally satisfying. The people listed below have had no small hand in that. But I also want to take a special moment to thank all of you for following me along this crazy journey. Readers-both old and new-who took a chance on this series, you have my most sincere thanks. You give me the means to keep on dreaming.

So let the thanks roll on, my own personal team of Reckoners who make my life awesome. Krista Marino was the editor at Delacorte Press on this project, as she was on the other two books. You owe the success of these novels to her, one of the very early proponents of the series. I'd also like to thank Beverly Horowitz for her wisdom and guidance; she has been an advocate for these books at the publisher. Other people at Random House deserving my thanks are Monica Jean, Mary McCue, Kim Lauber, Rachel Weinick, Judith Haut, Dominique Cimina, and Barbara Marcus. The book's copy editor was Colleen Fellingham.

My agent Joshua Bilmes was the first one who had to sit through an excited rendition of how cool this series was going to be when I finally got around to writing it. He has been very patient. My other agent, Eddie Schneider, handled the negotiations on these books and has represented them valiantly. Also at the agency deserving of thanks are Sam Morgan, Krystyna Lopez, and Tae Keller.

I'd also like to give a shout-out to my UK agent, John Berlyne of the Zeno Agency. My UK editor on the book was Simon Spanton, an excellent individual and the first person in UK publishing to give me a chance.

My own team includes the ininsouciant Peter Ahlstrom, company VP and editorial director, who handled a lot of the continuity and proofreading on this book, as well as doing a lot of in-house editorial. As always, Isaac $tewart was here to help with art, and my executive assistant was Adam Horne. Kara Stewart deserves thanks for handling our website store (which, by the way, has lots of cool swag for sale).

My writing group on the project included Emily Sanderson, Karen & Peter Ahlstrom, Darci & Eric James Stone, Alan Layton, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Kaylynn ZoBell, Ethan & Isaac Skarstedt, Kara & Isaac Stewart, and Ben Olsen, destroyer of worlds.

Special thanks go out to our on-location team in Atlanta, Jennifer & Jimmy Liang, who scoped out spots for us like superspies, and offered commentary on anything having to do with the city. Beta readers on the project were Nikki Ramsay, Mark Lindberg, Alyx Hoge, Corby Campbell, Sam Sullivan, Ted Herman, Steve Stay, Marnie Peterson, Michael Headley, Dan Swint, Aaron Ford, Aaron Biggs, Kyle Mills, Cade Shiozaki, Kyle Baugh, Justin Lemon, Amber Christenson, Karen Ahlstrom, Zoe Hatch, and Spencer White.

Our community proofreaders included many of the above, plus Bob Kluttz, Jory Phillips, Alice Arneson, Brian T. Hill, Gary Singer, Ian McNatt, Matt Hatch, and Bao Pham. And, of course, moral support was provided by Emily, Dallin, Joel, and Oliver Sanderson. The three little boys especially provided me with plenty of commentary on superheroes and how to treat them.

It has been a wild, incredible journey. Thank you again for joining me for it.
|-
! People
| {{columns|
* Aaron Biggs
* Aaron Ford
* Adam Horne
* Alan Layton
* Alice Arneson
* Alyx Hoge
* Amber Christenson
* Bao Pham
* Barbara Marcus
* Ben Olsen (destroyer of worlds)
* Beverly Horowitz
* Bob Kluttz
* Brian T. Hill
* Cade Shiozaki
* Colleen Fellingham
* Corby Campbell
* Dallin Sanderson
* Dan Swint
* Darci Stone
* Dominique Cimina
* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric James Stone
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Gary Singer
* Ian McNatt
* Isaac Skarstedt
* Isaac Stewart
* Jennifer Liang
* Jimmy Liang
* Joel Sanderson
* John Berlyne
* Jory Phillips
* Joshua Bilmes
* Judith Haut
* Justin Lemon
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kim Lauber
* Krista Marino
* Krystyna Lopez
* Kyle Baugh
* Kyle Mills
* Mark Lindberg
* Marnie Peterson
* Mary McCue
* Matt Hatch
* Michael Headley
* Monica Jean
* Nikki Ramsay
* Oliver Sanderson
* Peter Ahlstrom (ininsouciant)
* Rachel Weinick
* Sam Morgan
* Sam Sullivan
* Simon Spanton
* Spencer White
* Steve Stay
* Tae Keller
* Ted Herman
* Zoe Hatch
}}
|}

== The Rithmatist ==
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| colspan=2 | 
=== The Rithmatist ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Joel Sanderson, whose enthusiasm never stops
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| This book has been a long time in the making.

I first started writing it in the spring of 2007, half a year before I was asked to complete the Wheel of Time. My epic fantasy project at the time, titled ''[[The Liar of Partinel]]'', just wasn’t working for me. It had too many problems, and rather than continue to try to force it, I found my way into a fun, alternate-world “gearpunk” novel that I titled Scribbler. It was one of those projects I’m prone to do when I’m supposed to be doing something else—an unexpected book that makes my agent shake his head in bemusement.

The book turned out really well, but like most of my off-the-cuff stories, it had some major flaws that I needed to fix in revision. Unfortunately, with the Wheel of Time on my plate, I couldn’t afford the time it would take to revise this story. Beyond that, I didn’t think I could release it, as there’s an implicit promise of something further in the world, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to make good on that promise for many years.

Well, the Wheel of Time is finally done, and I’ve been able to return to Scribbler, which we’ve renamed The Rithmatist. I’m reminded of just how fun this book was. I’m also reminded of the many, many people who gave reads on it over the years. It has now been almost six years since I did the first draft. (Where does all this time go, anyway?) With so much time involved in getting this book ready, I’m worried that I’m going to miss some people. If I do, I’m terribly sorry! Make sure you let me know so I can fix it.

My original writing group on this book included Isaac Stewart, Dan Wells, Sandra Tayler, Janci Patterson, Eric James Stone, and Karla Bennion. They read this in a very early form, and were a huge help in getting it ready. I also want to make note of the early American work The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, which makes an (admittedly altered) appearance in this volume.

Other alpha and beta readers include Chris “Miyabi” King, Josh & Mi’chelle Walker, Ben & Ben Olsen, Kalyani Poluri, Austin Hussey, Jillena O’Brien, Kristina Kugler, C. Lee Player, Brian Hill, Adam Hussey, and Ben McSweeney—who was a valuable alpha reader as well as the artist. We toyed with doing a graphic novel along the way; if you can ever corner him, ask to see some of the test pages for that. They’re awesome.

Stacy Whitman was also very helpful in getting this book ready. (At one time, as an editor, she wanted to buy it. Thanks, Stacy, for your help!) The copyeditor was Deanna Hoak, and deserves your thanks (and mine) for helping make the manuscript less typo-y. (Though I believe it’s beyond the power of any mortal to completely relieve my prose of typos.)

Susan Chang, the book’s editor, and Kathleen Doherty at Tor have been wonderful to work with, and have both been big believers in this book for many years. I’m glad we were finally able to release it. As always, I’d like to thank Moshe Feder for his support, Joshua Bilmes for his agent-fu, and Eddie Schneider for his sub-agent-fu.

A special thanks also goes out to Karen Ahlstrom and the intermittent Peter Ahlstrom. For many years, they believed in this book and pushed me to give it the time and love it deserved.

Finally, as always, I want to thank my family and my loving wife, Emily. They don’t just put up with me; they encourage me to thrive. Thank you.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Isaac Stewart
* Dan Wells
* Sandra Tayler
* Janci Patterson
* Eric James Stone
* and Karla Bennion
* Chris “Miyabi” King
* Josh & Mi’chelle Walker
* Ben & Ben Olsen
* Kalyani Poluri
* Austin Hussey
* Jillena O’Brien
* Kristina Kugler
* C. Lee Player
* Brian Hill
* Adam Hussey
* Ben McSweeney
* Stacy Whitman
* Deanna Hoak
* Susan Chang
* Kathleen Doherty
* Moshe Feder
* Joshua Bilmes
* Eddie Schneider
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Peter Ahlstrom (intermittent)
* Emily Sanderson
}}
|}

== Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell ==
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| colspan=2 |
=== Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell ===
|-
! Dedication
|
|-
! Acknowledgements 
|With every project, there are many hands working behind the scenes. I want to thank everyone involved.

Thanks go out to Gardner Dozois and George R. R. Martin, on whose prompting I wrote the novella. My agent Joshua Bilmes gave early feedback. Isaac St€wart is responsible for the look of the finished product. The Ineffable Peter Ahlstrom did his usual marvelous editing job. Miranda Meeks provided the awesome cover art. Emily Sanderson supported me as always.

Community proofreaders for this volume include Alice Arneson, Aaron Biggs, Jakob Remick, Corby Campbell, Kelly Neumann, Megan Kanne, Maren Menke, Bob Kluttz, Lyndsey Luther, Kalyani Poluri, Rahul Pantula, Aaron Ford, Ruchita Dhawan, Gary Singer, and Bart Butler. Thank you for all of your input!
|-
! People
|{{columns|
}}
|}

== Skyward ==
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=== Skyward ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Karen Ahlstrom, who counts all the days that I forget
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements 
| To make this book, I channeled my own emotions as a young man. My passion wasn't becoming a fighter pilot, but it was instead to become a writer. But at times, that road seemed as hopeless as Spensa's. I still feel like I've been given the world, since I get to do what I do for a living.

And like Spensa, I'm the beneficiary of some supremely good friends and colleagues. Krista Marino was the editor on this book, its primary champion and a wonderful flightleader. Eddie Schneider was the agent on the contract, along with help from Joshua Bilmes. Those three, along with the publisher Beverly Horowitz, were exceptionally patient with me as I pulled another book out from under them and made them publish this one instead.

I'm constantly amazed by the skills of visual artists. Charlie Bowater's brilliant cover really brought Spensa to life for me, while Ben McSweeney did his usual technical magic, taking my vague scratches on a piece of paper and making the cool ship designs that you saw in this book. Finally, my good friend Isaa<< Stewart did the maps, and was art director for the interior art.

All the typos that aren't there are the result of the Inconsecutive Peter Ahlstrom hunting them down for their meat to sell on the open market. As always, many thanks to him for his tireless efforts and for cheering me on.

Likewise, the rest of the team here at Dragonsteel have been an excellent "ground crew" for my piloting shenanigans. Kara Stewart handles shipping out all those T-shirts and books you guys order from my website store. Adam Horne is my executive assistant and publicist. And, of course, my wife, Emily, is the one who keeps us all pointed in the right direction. In addition, Emily Grange and Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson need a hearty thanks for their general help on all kinds of sundry things. (Which includes listening to my five-year-old explain in detail how he likes his sandwiches. Mayo on the outside, if you're wondering.)

Karen Ahlstrom (who got the special dedication for this book) is my continuity editor. You all have no idea the mess some of these books are before she gets ahold of them and forces me to acknowledge people can't be in two places at once. Other help was provided at Penguin Random House/Delacorte Press by Monica Jean, Mary McCue, Lisa Nadel, Adrienne Waintraub, and Rebecca Gudelis. The copyeditor was Barbara Perris, and the proofreader was Shona McCarthy.

My writing group and flightmates for the book were the usual suspects: Karen Ahlstrom, Peter Ahlstrom, Alan Layton, Kaylynn ZoBell, Emily Sanderson, Darci Stone, Eric James Stone, Ben Olsen, Ethan Skarstedt, and Earl Cahill.

Beta readers included Nikki Ramsay (callsign: Phosphophyllite), Marnie Peterson, Eric Lake (callsign: Chaos) Darci Cole (callsign: Blue), Ravi Persaud (callsign: Jabber), Deana Covel Whitney (callsign: Braid), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander), Bradyn Ray, Sumejja Muratagic-Tadic (callsign: Sigma), Janel Forcier (callsign: Turnip), Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan), Joe Deardeuff (callsign: Traveler), and Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo). 


And, calling out two of those in specific, Jayden King and Bradyn Ray lent me their fighter pilot expertise, explaining (some times at length) the stupid things I was getting wrong about flight. Eric Lake was also a big help with calculating speeds, distances, and the coordinate system. (Make friends with physicists and mathematicians, writers. It pays off.)

We did a special teen beta read for this book, and those members were: Liliana Klein (callsign: Sentinel), Nathan Scorup, Hannah Herman, Joshua Singer, Eve Scorup (callsign: Silverstone), Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix), Daniel Summerstay, Chrestian Scorup, Rebecca Arneson (callsign: Scarlet), Cole Newberry, Brett Herman (callsign: Hermanator), Aidan Denzel (callsign: Cross), Evan Garcia, Kathryn Stephens, and William Stay.

Our gamma proofreaders included many of the betas plus Trae Cooper, Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon), Brandon Cole (call sign: Colevander), Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry), Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Jumper), Gary Singer, Becca Reppert, Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna), Paige Vest, Jory Phillips (callsign: Bouncer), Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry), Bob Kluttz (callsign: Tasil), Bao Pham (callsign: Wyld), Lyndsey Luther (callsign: Soar), David Behrens, Lingting "Botanica" Xu (callsign: Hasan), Tim Challener (callsign: Antaeus), William "Aberdasher" Juan, Rahul Pantula (callsign: Giraffe), Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow), and Ross Newberry.

Many thanks to all of them. Though there are, as always, some new names on that list, many of these people have been supporting my writing for years or even decades at this point. So if you need a good wingmate, I can point you toward a few.

|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Adrienne Waintraub
* Aidan Denzel (call sign: Cross)
* Alan Layton
* Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander)
* Bao Pham (callsign: Wyld)
* Barbara Perris
* Becca Reppert
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben Olsen
* Beverly Horowitz
* Bob Kluttz (callsign: Tasil)
* Bradyn Ray
* Brandon Cole (call sign: Colevander)
* Brett Herman (callsign: Hermanator)
* Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo)
* Charlie Bowater
* Chrestian Scorup
* Cole Newberry
* Daniel Summerstay
* Darci Cole (call sign: Blue)
* Darci Stone
* David Behrens
* Deana Covel Whitney (callsign: Braid)
* Earl Cahill
* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Grange
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake (callsign: Chaos)
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Evan Garcia
* Eve Scorup (callsign: Silverstone)
* Gary Singer
* Hannah Herman
* Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry)
* Isaac Stewart
* Janel Forcier (callsign: Turnip)
* Jayden King (callsign: Tripod)
* Joe Deardeuff (callsign: Traveler)
* Jory Phillips (callsign: Bouncer)
* Joshua Bilmes
* Joshua Singer
* Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna)
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kathryn Stephens
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Jumper)
* Krista Marino
* Liliana Klein (callsign: Sentinel)
* Lingting "Botanica" Xu (callsign: Hasan)
* Lisa Nadel
* Lyndsey Luther (callsign: Soar)
* Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon)
* Marnie Peterson
* Mary McCue
* Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow)
* Monica Jean
* Nathan Scorup
* Nikki Ramsay (callsign: Phosphophyllite)
* Paige Phillips (call sign: Artisan)
* Paige Vest
* Peter Ahlstrom (Inconsecutive)
* Rahul Pantula (callsign: Giraffe)
* Ravi Persaud (callsign: Jabber)
* Rebecca Arneson (callsign: Scarlet)
* Rebecca Gudelis
* Ross Newberry
* Shona McCarthy
* Sumejja Muratagic-Tadic (call sign: Sigma)
* Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry)
* Tim Challener (callsign: Antaeus)
* Trae Cooper
* Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix)
* William "Aberdasher" Juan
* William Stay
}}
|}
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| colspan=2 |

=== Starsight ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Eric James Stone,
    who has tried to show me how to be brief
(a lessson I've mostly failed to learn)
    but has been an amazing friend and role model nonetheless.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Every time I gather together a list of all the people who worked on one of my books, I'm shocked anew by how lucky I am. Though it's my name on the cover, these books really are a group effort-requiring the talents and patience of a whole lot of amazing people.

As with the previous book, this novel was edited in the US by the wonderful Krista Marino. She does a great job of not only pushing me when I need to be pushed, but cheering when the book deserves some cheering. The agent was Eddie Schneider, with help from the one and only Joshua Bilmes. Beverly Horowitz was our US publisher, and our proverbial admiral of the fleet for the book.

The beautiful Gollancz edition cover art was done by Sam Green. The map is by Bryan Mark Taylor, who was very patient in dealing with my waffling back and forth on how I wanted it to look. Great job, Bryan, and thank you!

The copyeditor was Bara MacNeill, and the proofreader was Annette Szlachta-McGinn. Other helpful people at Delacorte include Monica Jean, Colleen Fellingham, Mary McCue, and Alison Kolani. Our UK editor was Gillian Redfearn at Gollancz.

My company, Dragonsteel Entertainment, makes use of the on talents of Isaac StewarT as our art director, Kara Stewart as shipping manager and CFO, the Institutional Peter Ahlstrom drums, Karen Ahlstrom for continuity, Adam Horne for publicity, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson as general-purpose crazy cat lady, and Emily Grange overseeing the warehouse. Presiding over them all is Emily Sanderson, as queen and COO-though I don't know which title is more important to her.

My writing group puts up with a lot, as I bounce them between projects. They are wonderful, and include Kaylynn ZoBell, Darci Stone, Eric James Stone, Emily Sanderson, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Ben Olsen, Alan Layton, Karen Ahlstrom, and Peter Ahlstrom.

Now, the big list of beta readers! Also known as our Skyward flight for this particular endeavor. Becca Reppert (callsign: Gran-Gran), Darci Cole (callsign: Blue), Brandon Cole (callsign: Colevander), Deana Covel Whitney (callsign: Braid), Ross Newberry (callsign: PUNisher), Ravi Persaud (callsign: Jabber), Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip), Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry), Aubree Pham (callsign: Amyrlin), Bao Pham (callsign: Wyld), Aerin Pham (callsign: Air), Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan), Richard Fife (callsign: Rickrolla), Grace Douglas (callsign: GatorGirl), Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander), Gary Singer (callsign: DVE), Marnie Peterson (callsign: Lessa), Paige Vest (callsign: Blade), Lyndsey Luther (callsign: Soar), Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić (callsign: Sigma), Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave), Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix), Rebecca Arneson (callsign: Scarlet), Bradyn Ray (callsign: Ballz), Eric Lake (callsign: Chaos), Alyx Hoge (callsign: Feather), Joe Deardeuff (callsign: Traveler), and Jayden King (callsign: Tripod-who was also a great help with the coordinate systems).

Gamma readers, who hunt for typos and blow them out of the sky, include most of the beta readers plus: Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna), Rahul Pantula (callsign: Giraffe), Tim Challener (callsign: Antaeus), Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Treble), Eve Scorup (callsign: Silverstone), Drew McCaffrey (callsign: Hercules), Jory Phillips (callsign: Bouncer), Jessica Spencer Peterson (callsign: Speederson), Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon), Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner), William Juan (callsign: Aberdasher), David Behrens, Glen Vogelaar (callsign: Ways), Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo), Nikki Ramsay (callsign: Phosphophyllite), Aaron Biggs, and Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow).

Thank you all so much for your help! This book would certainly have remained grounded without you.

|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Aaron Biggs
* Adam Horne
* Aerin Pham (callsign: Air)
* Alan Layton
* Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander)
* Alison Kolani
* Alyx Hoge (callsign: Feather)
* Annette Szlachta-McGinn
* Aubree Pham (callsign: Amyrlin)
* Bao Pham (callsign: Wyld)
* Bara MacNeill
* Becca Reppert (callsign: Gran-Gran)
* Ben Olsen
* Beverly Horowitz
* Bradyn Ray (callsign: Ballz)
* Brandon Cole (callsign: Colevander)
* Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo)
* Bryan Mark Taylor
* Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner)
* Colleen Fellingham
* Darci Cole (callsign: Blue)
* Darci Stone
* David Behrens
* Deana Covel Whitney (callsign: Braid)
* Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave)
* Drew McCaffrey (callsign: Hercules)
* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Grange
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake (callsign: Chaos)
* Eve Scorup (callsign: Silverstone)
* Gary Singer (callsign: DVE)
* Gillian Redfearn
* Glen Vogelaar (callsign: Ways)
* Grace Douglas (callsign: GatorGirl)
* Isaac Stewart
* Jayden King (callsign: Tripod-who was also a great help with the coordinate systems)
* Jessica Spencer Peterson (callsign: Speederson)
* Joe Deardeuff (callsign: Traveler)
* Jory Phillips (callsign: Bouncer)
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna)
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Treble)
* Krista Marino
* Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip)
* Lyndsey Luther (callsign: Soar)
* Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon)
* Marnie Peterson (callsign: Lessa)
* Mary McCue
* Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow)
* Monica Jean
* Nikki Ramsay (callsign: Phosphophyllite)
* Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan)
* Paige Vest (callsign: Blade)
* Peter Ahlstrom (Institutional)
* Rahul Pantula (callsign: Giraffe)
* Ravi Persaud (callsign: Jabber)
* Rebecca Arneson (callsign: Scarlet)
* Richard Fife (callsign: Rickrolla)
* Ross Newberry (callsign: PUNisher)
* Sam Green
* Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić (callsign: Sigma)
* Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry)
* Tim Challener (callsign: Antaeus)
* Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix)
* William Juan (callsign: Aberdasher)
}}
|}

== Snapshot ==
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| colspan=2 |
=== Snapshot ===
|-
! Acknowledgements 
| Getting a story to readers involves more than just my writing it. There's a large group working behind the scenes to make sure the entire book is beautiful and polished.

Thanks go to Peter Orullian and Steve Diamond, who took great care to make Snapshot awesome in every way. As always, Moshe Feder, Joshua Bilmes, and the indisputable Peter Ahlstrom gave excellent editorial notes, and the story is better because of it. Deanna Hoak did a great job with the copyedit, and the talented Howard Lyon is responsible for the beautiful cover illustration.

Huge appreciation goes out to the community of early readers, whose feedback was invaluable. Trae Cooper, Mark Lindberg, Nikki Ramsay, Ted Herman, Gary Singer, Ross Newberry, Alice Arneson, Louis Hill, Bob Kluttz, Lyndsey Luther, Megan Kanne, Brian T. Hill, Richard Fife, Ben Black, Aubree Pham, Bao Pham, Josh Walker, Jory Phillips, and Eric Lake. I'd particularly like to thank Lora Jean Buss and Glen Buss for their law enforcement feedback, and Kristina Kugler for her proofreading help.

Once again my team at Dragonsteel read the story, provided early feedback, and continue to support me and my books in every way possible. Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Kara Stewart, Jsaac Stewart, Adam Horne, and Emily Sanderson.

|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Alice Arneson
* Aubree Pham
* Bao Pham
* Ben Black
* Bob Kluttz
* Brian T. Hill
* Deanna Hoak
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric Lake
* Gary Singer
* Glen Buss
* Howard Lyon
* Isaac Stewart
* Jory Phillips
* Josh Walker
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kristina Kugler
* Lora Jean Buss
* Louis Hill
* Lyndsey Luther
* Mark Lindberg
* Megan Kanne
* Moshe Feder
* Nikki Ramsay
* Peter Ahlstrom (indisputable)
* Peter Orullian
* Richard Fife
* Ross Newberry
* Steve Diamond
* Ted Herman
* Trae Cooper
}}
|}

== The Stormlight Archive ==
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| colspan=2 |
=== The Way of Kings ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
  For Emily,
    Who is too patient
        Too kindly
          And too wonderful
      For words.
      But I try anyway.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| I finished the first draft of The Way of Kings in 2003, but I started working on pieces of the book back in the late '90s. Threads of this novel go back even further in my brain. No book of mine has spent longer simmering; I've spent more than a decade building this novel. And so it should be no surprise that a lot of people have helped me with it. It's going to be impossible to mention them all; my memory simply isn't that good. However, there are some major players that I would like to thank most deeply.

First comes my wife, Emily, to whom this book is dedicated. She gave greatly of herself to see the novel come to pass. That included not only reading and giving advice on the manuscript, but giving up her husband during long stretches of writing time. If you readers get a chance to meet her, some thanks might be in order. (She likes chocolate.)

As always, my excellent editor and agent—Moshe Feder and Joshua Bilmes—worked quite hard on this novel. Moshe, by special note, doesn't get paid more when his authors turn in 400k-word monstrosities. But he edited the novel without a word of complaint; his help was invaluable in turning it into the novel you now hold. He also got F. Paul Wilson to check over the medical scenes, to their great benefit.

Special thanks also go to Harriet McDougal, one of the greatest editors of our time, who gave us a read and line edit on this novel out of the goodness of her heart. Wheel of Time fans will know her as the person who discovered, edited, and then married Robert Jordan. She doesn't do much editing these days outside of the Wheel of Time, and so I feel very honored and humbled to have her input and help here. Alan Romanczuk, working with her, should also be thanked for facilitating this edit.

At Tor Books, Paul Stevens has been a huge help. He's been our in-house liaison for my books, and he's done an amazing job. Moshe and I are lucky to have his aid. Likewise, Irene Gallo—the art director—has been wonderfully helpful and patient in dealing with an intrusive author who wanted to do some crazy things with the artwork in his book. Many thanks to Irene, Justin Golenbock, Greg Collins, Karl Gold, Nathan Weaver, Heather Saunders, Meryl Gross, and the entire team at Tor Books. Dot Lin, who was my publicist up until this book's release (and who is now working to put a few extra letters after her name), was a wonderful help not just in publicity, but in giving me advice and a cheering section over in New York. Thank you all.

And speaking of artwork, you may notice that the interior art for this book is far more extensive than what you normally find in an epic fantasy. This is due to the extraordinary efforts of Greg Call, Isaac Stewart, and Ben McSweeney. They worked hard, drafting artwork numerous times to get things right. Ben's work on Shallan's sketchbook pages is simply beautiful, a melding of my best imaginings and his artistic interpretations. Isaac, who also did the interior artwork for the Mistborn novels, went far above and beyond what should reasonably have been expected of him. Late nights and demanding deadlines were the norm for this novel. He is to be commended. (The chapter icons, maps, colored endpages, and Navani notebook pages came from him, if you are wondering.)

As always, my writing group has been an amazing help. The members of it are joined by a few alpha and beta readers. In no particular order, these are: Karen Ahlstrom, Geoff and Rachel Biesinger, Ethan Skarstedt, Nathan Hatfield, Dan Wells, Kaylynn ZoBell, Alan and Jeanette Layton, Janci Olds, Kristina Kugler, Steve Diamond, Brian Delambre, Jason Denzel, Mi'chelle Trammel, Josh Walker, Chris King, Austin and Adam Hussey, Brian T. Hill, and that Ben guy whose name I can't spell right. I'm sure I'm forgetting some of you. You are all wonderful people, and I'd give you Shardblades if I could.

Whew. This is turning into an epic acknowledgments. But there are still a few more people that need notice. The writing of these words is happening right around the one year anniversary of me hiring the Inevitable Peter Ahlstrom as my personal assistant, editorial aid, and extra brain. If you go through previous acknowledgments pages, you'll always find him there. He's been a dear friend of mine, and an advocate of my work, for years. I'm lucky to now have him working for me full time. He got up at three a.m. today to get the last proofread of the book done. When you next see him at a convention, buy him a block of cheese.

I would also be remiss if I didn't thank Tom Doherty for letting me get away with writing this book. It's because of Tom's belief in this project that we were able to get away with the novel being so long, and a personal call from Tom was what managed to get Michael Whelan to do the cover. Tom has given me more here than I probably deserve; this novel (at the length it boasts, with the number of illustrations and artwork it contains) is the type that would make many publishers run away at full speed. This man is the reason Tor consistently releases such awesome books.

Finally, a moment on Michael Whelan's wonderful cover. For those who haven't heard the story, I started reading fantasy novels (indeed, I became a reader in the first place) back as a teenager because of a beautiful Michael Whelan cover painting. He has a unique ability to capture the true soul of a book in a painting—I always knew I could trust a novel with one of his covers. I've dreamed of someday having a painting of his on one of my books. It seemed something I was unlikely ever to receive.

To finally have it happen—and on the novel of my heart that I've been working on for so long—is an amazing honor.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Hussey
* Alan Layton
* Alan Romanczuk
* Austin Hussey
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben Olsen{{tweet ref|user=PeterAhlstrom|517310515198951424|Who is 'that Ben guy'?|date=2014-10-01}}
* Brian Delambre
* Brian T. Hill
* Chris King
* Dan Wells
* Dot Lin
* Emily Sanderson
* Ethan Skarstedt
* F. Paul Wilson
* Geoff Biesinger
* Greg Call
* Greg Collins
* Harriet McDougal
* Heather Saunders
* Irene Gallo
* Isaac Stewart
* Janci Olds
* Jason Denzel
* Jeanette Layton
* Josh Walker
* Joshua Bilmes
* Justin Golenbock
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Karl Gold
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kristina Kugler
* Meryl Gross
* Mi'chelle Trammel
* Michael Whelan
* Moshe Feder
* Nathan Hatfield
* Nathan Weaver
* Paul Stevens
* Peter Ahlstrom (inevitable)
* Rachel Biesinger
* Steve Diamond
* Tom Doherty
}}
|}
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| colspan=2 |
=== Words of Radiance ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Oliver Sanderson,
  Who was born during the middle of the writing of this book,
and was walking by the time it was done.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| As you might imagine, producing a book in the Stormlight Archive is a major undertaking. It involved almost eighteen months of writing, from outline to final revision, and includes the artwork of four different individuals and the editorial eyes of a whole host of people, not to mention the teams at Tor who do production, publicity, marketing, and everything else a major book needs in order to be successful.

For some two decades now, the Stormlight Archive has been my dream—the story I always wished I could tell. The people you’ll read about below quite literally make my dreams a reality, and there aren't words to express my gratitude for their efforts. First in line on this novel needs to be my assistant and primary continuity editor, the incumbent Peter Ahlstrom. He worked very long hours on this book, putting up with my repeated insistence that things which did not fit continuity actually did—eventually persuading me I was wrong far more often than not.

As always, Moshe Feder—the man who discovered me as a writer—did excellent editorial work on the book. Joshua Bilmes, my agent, worked hard on the book in both an agenting and editorial capacity. He's joined by Eddie Schneider, Brady "Words of Bradiance" McReynolds, Krystyna Lopez, Sam Morgan, and Christa Atkinson at the agency. At Tor, Tom Doherty put up with me delivering a book even longer than the last one when I promised to make it shorter. Terry McGarry did the copyediting, Irene Gallo is responsible for the art direction for the cover, Greg Collins for interior design, Brian Lipofsky's team at Westchester Publishing Services for compositing, Meryl Gross and Karl Gold for production, Patty Garcia and her team for publicity. Paul Stevens acted as superman whenever we needed him. A big thanks to all of you.

You may have noticed that this volume, like the one before it, includes amazing art. My vision for the Stormlight Archive has always been of a series that transcended common artistic expectations for a book of its nature. As such, it is an honor to once again have my favorite artist, Michael Whelan, involved in the project. I feel that his cover has captured Kaladin perfectly, and I am extremely grateful for the extra time he spent on the cover—at his own insistence—going through three drafts before he was satisfied. To have endpapers of Shallan as well is more than I had hoped to see for the book, and I'm humbled by how well this whole package came together.

When I pitched the Stormlight Archive, I spoke of having “guest star” artists do pieces for the books here and there. We have our first of those in this novel, for which Dan dos Santos (another of my personal favorite artists, and the man who did the cover for Warbreaker) agreed to do some interior illustrations.

Ben McSweeney graciously returned to do more brilliant sketchbook pages for us, and he is a pure delight to work with. Quick to recognize what I want, sometimes even when I'm not quite sure what I want, I've rarely met a person who mixes talent and professionalism in the way Ben does. You can find more of his art at InkThinker.net.

A long time ago, almost ten years now, I met a man named Isaác Stewart who—in addition to being an aspiring writer—was an excellent artist, particularly when it came to things like maps and symbols. I started collaborating with him on books (starting with Mistborn) and he eventually set me up on a blind date with a woman named Emily Bushman—whom I subsequently married. So needless to say, I owe Isaac a few big favors. With each progressive book he works on, that debt on my part grows greater as I see the amazing work he has done. This year, we decided to make his involvement a little more official as I hired him full-time to be an in-house artist and to help me with administrative tasks. So if you see him, welcome him to the team. (And tell him to keep working on his own books, which are quite good.)

Also joining us at Dragonsteel Entertainment is Kara Stewart, Isaac's wife, as our shipping manager. (I actually tried to hire Kara first—and Isaac piped up noting that some of the things I wanted to hire her for, he could do. And it ended up that I got both of them, in a very convenient deal.) She's the one you'll interact with if you order T-shirts, posters, or the like through my website. And she's awesome.

We used a few expert consultants on this book, including Matt Bushman for his songwriting and poetry expertise. Ellen Asher gave some great direction on the scenes with horses, and Karen Ahlstrom was an additional poetry and song consultant. Mi'chelle Walker acted as Alethi handwriting consultant. Finally, Elise Warren gave us some very nice notes relating to the psychology of a key character. Thank you all for lending me your brains.

This book had an extensive beta read done under some strict time constraints, and so a hearty bridgeman salute goes to those who participated. They are: Jason Denzel, Mi'chelle Walker, Josh Walker, Eric Lake, David Behrens, Joel Phillips, Jory Phillips, Kristina Kugler, Lyndsey Luther, Kim Garrett, Layne Garrett, Brian Delambre, Brian T. Hill, Alice Arneson, Bob Kluttz, and Nathan Goodrich.

Proofreaders at Tor include Ed Chapman, Brian Connolly, and Norma Hoffman. Community proofreaders include Adam Wilson, Aubree and Bao Pham, Blue Cole, Chris King, Chris Kluwe, Emily Grange, Gary Singer, Jakob Remick, Jared Gerlach, Kelly Neumann, Kendra Wilson, Kerry Morgan, Maren Menke, Matt Hatch, Patrick Mohr, Richard Fife, Rob Harper, Steve Godecke, Steve Karam, and Will Raboin.

My writing group managed to get through about half of the book, which is a lot, considering how long the novel is. They are an invaluable resource to me. Members are: Kaylynn ZoBell, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Danielle Olsen, Ben-son-son-Ron, E. J. Patten, Alan Layton, and Karen Ahlstrom.

And finally, thanks to my loving (and rambunctious) family. Joel, Dallin, and little Oliver help keep me humble each day by always making me be the "bad guy" who gets beat up. My forgiving wife, Emily, put up with a lot this past year, as tours grew long, and I'm still not sure what I did to deserve her. Thank you all for making my world one of magic.
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! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Wilson
* Alan Layton
* Alice Arneson
* Aubree Pham
* Bao Pham
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben-son-son-Ron
* Blue Cole
* Bob Kluttz
* Brady McReynolds
* Brian Connolly
* Brian Delambre
* Brian Lipofsky
* Brian T. Hill
* Chris King
* Chris Kluwe
* Christa Atkinson
* Dallin Sanderson
* Dan dos Santos
* Danielle Olsen
* David Behrens
* E. J. Patten
* Ed Chapman
* Eddie Schneider
* Elise Warren
* Ellen Asher
* Emily Grange
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric Lake
* Gary Singer
* Greg Collins
* Irene Gallo
* Isaac Stewart
* Jakob Remick
* Jared Gerlach
* Jason Denzel
* Joel Phillips
* Joel Sanderson
* Jory Phillips
* Josh Walker
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kara Stewar
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Karen Ahlstrom.
* Karl Gold
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kelly Neumann
* Kendra Wilson
* Kerry Morgan
* Kim Garrett
* Kristina Kugler
* Krystyna Lopez
* Layne Garrett
* Lyndsey Luther
* Maren Menke
* Matt Bushman
* Matt Hatch
* Meryl Gross
* Mi'chelle Walker
* Michael Whelan
* Moshe Feder
* Nathan Goodrich
* Norma Hoffman
* Oliver Sanderson
* Patrick Mohr
* Patty Garcia
* Paul Stevens
* Peter Ahlstrom (incumbent)
* Richard Fife
* Rob Harper
* Sam Morgan
* Steve Godecke
* Steve Karam
* Terry McGarry
* Tom Doherty
* Westchester Publishing Services
* Will Raboin
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=== Oathbringer ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>For Alan Layton
      Who was cheering for Dalinar
            (And me)
      Before Stormlight even existed.</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Welcome to Oathbringer! It’s been a long road, creating this book. I thank you for your patience. Stormlight books are a huge undertaking—which you might be able to infer from the large list of people below. If you haven’t had the chance to read Edgedancer—a separate Stormlight novella taking place between books two and three—I’d recommend it to you now. Find it sold on its own, or in the story collection Arcanum Unbounded, which has novellas and novelettes from all across the Cosmere. (The universe in which this series, Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, and others take place.) That said, as always, every series is written so it can be read and enjoyed on its own, without knowledge of these other series or books. If you’re intrigued, you can find a longer explanation I’ve written at brandonsanderson.com/cosmere. Now, on to the parade of names! As I often say, though my name goes on the cover, there are tons of people involved in bringing you these books. They deserve my most hearty of thanks, and yours as well, for their tireless work across the three years it took to write this novel. My main agent for these books (and everything else) is the wonderful Joshua Bilmes, of JABberwocky. Others at the agency who worked on them include Brady McReynolds, Krystyna Lopez, and Rebecca Eskildsen. Special thanks also go to John Berlyne, my UK agent, of Zeno—along with all of the sub-agents who work with us around the world. My editor at Tor on this project was the ever-brilliant Moshe Feder. Special thanks to Tom Doherty, who has believed in the Stormlight project for years, and Devi Pillai, who provided essential publishing and editorial aid during the course of the novel’s creation. Others at Tor who provided help include Robert Davis, Melissa Singer, Rachel Bass, and Patty Garcia. Karl Gold was our Production Manager and Nathan Weaver the Managing Editor, with Meryl Gross and Rafal Gibek in trade production. Irene Gallo was our Art Director, Peter Lutjen the cover designer, Greg Collins the interior designer, and Carly Sommerstein our proofreader. At Gollancz/Orion (my UK publisher) thanks goes to Gillian Redfearn, Stevie Finegan, and Charlotte Clay. Our copyeditor on this book was Terry McGarry, who has done excellent work on many of my novels. The ebook was prepared by Westchester Publishing Services, along with Victoria Wallis and Christopher Gonzalez at Macmillan. Many people at my own company worked long hours to produce this book. 

A Stormlight novel is “crunch time” for us here at Dragonsteel, and so make sure to give the team a thumbs-up (or, in Peter’s case, a block of cheese) next time you meet them. Our manager and Chief Operations Officer is my lovely wife, Emily Sanderson. Vice President and Editorial Director is the Insistent Peter Ahlstrom. Art Director is Isaac Stʒwart. Our shipping manager (and the one who ships you all our signed books and T-shirts via the brandonsanderson.com store) is Kara Stewart. Continuity editor—and holy keeper of our internal continuity wiki—is Karen Ahlstrom. Adam Horne is my executive assistant and publicity/marketing director. Emily’s assistant is Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson and our executive minion is Emily “Mem” Grange. The audiobook was read by my personal favorite audiobook narrators, Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. Thanks again, guys, for making time in your schedule for this! Oathbringer continues the tradition of filling The Stormlight Archive with beautiful art. We again have a fantastic cover illustration by Michael Whelan, whose attention to detail has given us an incredibly accurate rendition of Jasnah Kholin. I love that she gets a place to shine on the cover of this book, and I continue to feel honored and grateful that Michael takes time away from his gallery work to paint the world of Roshar. It takes a variety of artists to recreate the styles found in the ephemera of another world, so this time around we’ve worked with even more artists than before. Dan dos Santos and Howard Lyon are responsible for the paintings of the Heralds on the front and back endpapers. I wanted these to have a style evoking classical paintings of the Renaissance and the later Romantic era, and both Dan and Howard exceeded expectations. These pieces are not only great art for a book, they are great art period, deserving of a place in any gallery. I should note that Dan and Howard also contributed their talents to the interior art, for which I’m also grateful. Dan’s fashion pieces are good enough to be cover art, and Howard’s linework for some of the new chapter icons is something I hope to see more of in future volumes. Ben McSweeney joins us again, providing nine pieces of art from Shallan’s sketchbook. Between a cross-continent move, a demanding day job, and the needs of a growing family, Ben has been ever consistent in delivering top-notch illustrations. He is a great artist and a quality human being. Also lending their talents to this volume with full-page illustrations are Miranda Meeks and Kelley Harris. Both have done fantastic work for us in the past, and I think you’ll love their contributions this time around. In addition, a variety of wonderful people helped behind the scenes as consultants or facilitated other aspects of the art in this book: The David Rumsey Map Collection, Brent at Woodsounds Flutes, Angie and Michelle at Two Tone Press, Emily Dunlay, David and Doris Stewart, Shari Lyon, Payden McRoberts, and Greg Davidson. My writing group for Oathbringer (and they often read submissions each week at 5–8x the normal size) included Karen Ahlstrom, Peter Ahlstrom, Emily Sanderson, Eric James Stone, Darci Stone, Ben Olsen, Kaylynn ZoBell, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Alan “Leyten from Bridge Four” Layton, Ethan “Skar from Bridge Four” Skarstedt, and Ben “Don’t put me in Bridge Four” Olsen. Special thanks go to Chris “Jon” King for feedback on some particularly tricky scenes involving Teft, Will Hoyum for some advice on paraplegics, and Mi’chelle Walker for some special advisement on passages involving specific mental health issues. Beta readers included (take a deep breath) Aaron Biggs, Aaron Ford, Adam Hussey, Austin Hussey, Alice Arneson, Alyx Hoge, Aubree Pham, Bao Pham, Becca Horn Reppert, Bob Kluttz, Brandon Cole, Darci Cole, Brian T. Hill, Chris “Jon” King, Chris Kluwe, Cory Aitchison, David Behrens, Deana Covel Whitney, Eric Lake, Gary Singer, Ian McNatt, Jessica Ashcraft, Joel Phillips, Jory Phillips, Josh Walker, Mi’chelle Walker, Kalyani Poluri, Rahul Pantula, Kellyn Neumann, Kristina Kugler, Lyndsey “Lyn” Luther, Mark Lindberg, Marnie Peterson, Matt Wiens, Megan Kanne, Nathan “Natam” Goodrich, Nikki Ramsay, Paige Vest, Paul Christopher, Randy MacKay, Ravi Persaud, Richard Fife, Ross Newberry, Ryan “Drehy” Dreher Scott, Sarah “Saphy” Hansen, Sarah Fletcher, Shivam Bhatt, Steve Godecke, Ted Herman, Trae Cooper, and William Juan. Our beta reader comment coordinators were Kristina Kugler and Kellyn Neumann. Our gamma readers included many of the beta readers again, plus: Benjamin R. Black, Chris “Gunner” McGrath, Christi Jacobsen, Corbett Rubert, Richard Rubert, Dr. Daniel Stange, David HanTing Chow, Donald Mustard III, Eric Warrington, Jared Gerlach, Jareth Greeff, Jesse Y. Horne, Joshua Combs, Justin Koford, Kendra Wilson, Kerry Morgan, Lindsey Andrus, Lingting Xu, Loggins Merrill, Marci Stringham, Matt Hatch, Scott Escujuri, Stephen Stinnett, and Tyson Thorpe. As you can see, a book like this is a huge undertaking. Without the efforts of these many people, you’d be holding a far, far inferior book. As always, some final thanks go to my family: Emily Sanderson, Joel Sanderson, Dallin Sanderson, and Oliver Sanderson. They put up with a husband/father who is often off in another world, thinking about highstorms and Knights Radiant. Finally, thanks to you all, for your support of these books! They don’t always come out as quickly as I’d like, but that is in part because I want them to be as perfect as they can get. You hold in your hands a volume I’ve been preparing and outlining for almost two decades. May you enjoy your time in Roshar. Journey before destination.
|-
! People
| {{columns|
*Aaron Biggs
*Aaron Ford
*Adam Horne
*Adam Hussey
*Alan Layton
*Alice Arneson
*Alyx Hoge
*Angie 
*Aubree Pham
*Austin Hussey
*Bao Pham
*Becca Horn Reppert
*Ben McSweeney
*Ben Olsen
*Benjamin R. Black
*Bob Kluttz
*Brady McReynolds
*Brandon Cole
*Brent
*Brian T. Hill
*Carly Sommerstein
*Charlotte Clay
*Chris King
*Chris Kluwe
*Chris McGrath
*Christi Jacobsen
*Christopher Gonzalez
*Corbett Rubert
*Cory Aitchison
*Covel Whitney
*Dallin Sanderson
*Dan dos Santos
*Darci Cole
*Darci Stone
*David Behrens 
*David HanTing Chow
*David Stewart
*Devi Pillai
*Donald Mustard III
*Doris Stewart
*Dr. Daniel Stange
*Emily "Mem" Grange
*Emily Dunlay
*Emily Sanderson
*Eric James Stone
*Eric Lake
*Eric Warrington
*Ethan Skarstedt
*Gary Singer
*Gillian Redfearn
*Greg Collins
*Greg Davidson
*Howard Lyon
*Ian McNatt
*Irene Gallo
*Isaac Stewart
*Jared Gerlach
*Jareth Greeff
*Jesse Y. Horne
*Jessica Ashcraft
*Joel Phillips
*Joel Sanderson
*John Berlyne
*Jory Phillips
*Josh Walker
*Joshua Bilmes
*Joshua Combs
*Justin Koford
*Kalyani Poluri
*Kara Stewart
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Karl Gold
*Kate Reading
*Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
*Kaylynn ZoBell
*Kelley Harris
*Kellyn Neumann
*Kendra Wilson
*Kerry Morgan
*Kristina Kugler
*Kristina Lopez
*Lindsey Andrus
*Lingting Xu
*Loggins Merrill
*Lyndsey Luther
*Marci Stringham
*Mark Lindberg
*Marnie Peterson
*Matt Hatch
*Matt Wiens
*Megan Kanne
*Melissa Singer
*Meryl Gross
*Mi'chelle Walker
*Michael Kramer
*Michael Whelan
*Michelle
*Miranda Meeks
*Moshe Feder
*Nathan Goodrich
*Nathan Weaver
*Nikki Ramsay
*Oliver Sanderson
*Paige Vest
*Patty Garcia
*Paul Christopher
*Payden McRoberts
*Peter Ahlstrom
*Peter Lutjen
*Rachel Bass
*Rafal Gibek
*Rahul Pantula
*Randy MacKay
*Ravi Persaud
*Rebecca Eskildsen
*Richard Fife
*Richard Rubert
*Robert Davis
*Ross Newberry
*Ryan Dreher Scott
*Sarah Fletcher
*Sarah Hansen
*Scott Escujuri
*Shari Lyon
*Shivam Bhatt
*Stephen Stinnett
*Steve Godecke
*Stevie Finegan
*Ted Herman
*Terry McGarry
*Tom Doherty
*Trae Cooper
*Tyson Thorpe
*Victoria Wallis
*Will Hoyum
*William Juan
}}
|}
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=== Dawnshard ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
      Who is the person I know that best
      deserves her own larkin.
      (For now, her cats will have to do.)
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| I feel especially appreciative with this book, which was supported by the community directly. For those who don’t know, this book was produced as a result of a successful Kickstarter campaign for the Way of Kings leatherbound. So the first acknowledgment is to all of you! Thank you for your active enthusiasm for this series, which I always thought would be too strange and too enormous to be popular.

Putting Dawnshard together at the speed we did required a lot of work and time from many people. At their forefront is the indefatigable Peter Ahlstrom, Editorial Director at my company and primary editor of this volume. In addition, Karen Ahlstrom—continuity editor—did a lot of great work helping with the intricacies of this book’s timeline. Kristina Kugler was our line editor on this book, and she was fantastic as always.

The cover illustration and design were done by Ben McSweeney and Isaa¢ Stewart, with Isaa¢ Stewart acting as art director and Ben providing the illustrations—including the icons at the heads of chapters.

The writing group for this book was Kaylynn ZoBell, Ben Oldsen, Alan Layton, Ethan Skarstedt, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Eric James Stone, Darci Stone, Peter Ahlstrom, and Karen Ahlstrom.

Of special note for this book, we had a group of accessibility and paraplegia experts who gave me a ton of great feedback—leading to not just a better book in their specific area of expertise, but a more engaging and interesting book overall. They include Eliza Stauffer, Chana Oshira Block, Whitney Sivill, Sam Lytal, and Toby Cole.

Our beta reader team included Alice Arneson, Richard Fife, Darci Cole, Christina Goodman, Deana Whitney, Ravi Persaud, Paige Vest, Trae Cooper, Drew McCaffrey, Bao Pham, Lyndsey “Lyn” Luther, Eric Lake, Brian T. Hill, Nikki Ramsay, Paige Phillips, Leah Zine, Sam Lytal, Jessica Ashcraft, Ian McNatt, Mark Lindberg, Jessie Bell, David Behrens, Whitney Sivill, Chana Oshira Block, Nathan Goodrich, Marnie Peterson, Eliza Stauffer, and Toby Cole.

Gamma readers included many of the beta readers plus: Bao Pham, Aaron Ford, Frankie Jerome, Shannon Nelson, Linnea Lindstrom, Sam Baskin, Ross Newberry, Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov, Jennifer Neal, Tim Challener, Ted Herman, Chris McGrath, Glen Vogelaar, Poonam Desai, Todd H. Singer, Suzanne Musin, Gary Singer, Christopher Cottingham, Joshua Harkey, Donita Orders, and Lingting “Botanica” Xu.

It should be noted that many of them, after just having finished the beta/gamma for Rhythm of War, went right into this book in order to get it done on time. I sincerely appreciate their wisdom, thoughtful feedback, and effort.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Aaron Ford
* Alan Layton
* Alice Arneson
* Bao Pham
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben Oldsen
* Brian T. Hill
* Chana Oshira Block
* Chris McGrath
* Christina Goodman
* Christopher Cottingham
* Darci Cole
* Darci Stone
* David Behrens
* Deana Whitney
* Donita Orders
* Drew McCaffrey
* Eliza Stauffer
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov
* Frankie Jerome
* Gary Singer
* Glen Vogelaar
* Ian McNatt
* Isaac Stewart
* Jennifer Neal
* Jessica Ashcraft
* Jessie Bell
* Joshua Harkey
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kristina Kugler
* Leah Zine
* Lingting “Botanica” Xu
* Linnea Lindstrom
* Lyndsey “Lyn” Luther
* Mark Lindberg
* Marnie Peterson
* Nathan Goodrich
* Nikki Ramsay
* Paige Phillips
* Paige Vest
* Peter Ahlstrom (indefatigable)
* Poonam Desai
* Ravi Persaud
* Richard Fife
* Ross Newberry
* Sam Baskin
* Sam Lytal
* Shannon Nelson
* Suzanne Musin
* Ted Herman
* Tim Challener
* Toby Cole
* Todd H. Singer
* Trae Cooper
* Whitney Sivill
}}
|}

== Warbreaker ==
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=== Warbreaker ===
|-
! Dedication
|<div align=center>For Emily,<br />who said yes</div>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Working on Warbreaker was an unusual process in some ways; you can read more about it on my website. Suffice it to say that I had a more varied pool of alpha readers than normally, many of whom I know primarily through their handles on my forums. I've tried to get everyone’s names in here, but I'm sure I'm going to miss some. If you are one of those individuals, feel free to email me, and we’ll try to get you in future printings.

The first acknowledgment goes to my lovely wife, Emily Sanderson, whom I married while writing this book. This is the first novel of mine that she had a large hand in by giving me feedback and suggestions, and her help is greatly appreciated. Also, as always, my agent, [[Joshua Bilmes]], and my editor, [[Moshe Feder]], did an extremely large amount of work on this manuscript, taking it from the Second or Third Heightening to at least the Eighth.

At Tor, several people have gone well beyond their call of duty. The first is Dot Lin, my publicist, who has been particularly awesome to work with. Thanks, Dot! And, as always, the tireless efforts of Larry Yoder deserve a note, as well as the excellent work of Tor's art director genius, [[Irene Gallo]]. Dan Dos Santos did the cover art of this book, and I strongly suggest you check out his website and his other work, because I think he’s one of the best in the business right now. Also, Paul Stevens deserves a word of thanks for being the in-house liaison for my books.

In the special thanks department, we have Joevans3, and Dreamking47, Louise Simard, [[Jeff Creer]], Megan Kauffman, thelsdj, Megan Hutchins, Izzy Whiting, Janci Olds, Drew Olds, Karla Bennion, Eric James Stone, Dan Wells, Isaac Stewart, Ben Olsen, Greyhound, Demented Yam, D.Demille, Loryn, Kuntry Bumpken, Vadia, U-boat, Tjaeden, Dragon Fly, pterath, BarbaraJ, Shir Hasirim, Digitalbias, Spink Longfellow, amyface, Richard "Captain [[Goradel]]" Gordon, Swiggly, Dawn Cawley, Drerio, David B, Mi'chelle Trammel, Matthew R Carlin, Ollie Tabooger, John Palmer, Henrik Nyh, and the insoluble [[Peter Ahlstrom]].
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Ben Olsen
* D.Demille
* Dan dos Santos
* David B
* Dawn Cawley
* Dot Lin
* Drerio
* Eric James Stone
* Henrik Nyh
* Irene Gallo
* Janci Olds
* John Palmer
* Karla Bennion
* Kuntry Bumpken
* Larry Yoder
* Loryn
* Louise Simard
* Matthew R Carlin
* Megan Hutchins
* Megan Kauffman
* Mi'chelle Trammel
* Ollie Tabooger
* Paul Stevens
* Richard Gordon
* Shir Hasirim
* Spink Longfellow
* Tjaeden
* Vadia
* amyface
* barbaraj
* thelsdj
}}

* Map by [[Shawn Boyles]]
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== The Wheel of Time ==

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=== Towers of Midnight ===
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=== A Memory of Light ===
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