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On February 8, 2022, Brandon posted a seemingly somber [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAeqYJ5nusI video on YouTube] alluding to potential changes in his career that he needed to talk about. After a day of rampant speculation by fans, he posted a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-k6eaT-jQ follow-up video] wherein he revealed that he was actually announcing good news. He explained that the limitations on travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had caused him to cancel his book tours starting in 2020. Although he was disappointed that he couldn't see the world and interact with fans, the side effect was that he suddenly had much more time on his hands, and he used this time to write. Initially, he wrote one novel in secret as a gift for his wife. As the pandemic continued, he realized that these secret novels were a great creative outlet for him since they fell outside of his "core" series. He went on to write four more secret novels while simultaneously working on his previously announced books, not even revealing them to the Dragonsteel staff. One of the books is a middle-grade story inspired by his kids called ''[[Super Awesome Danger]]'' that may become a graphic novel.{{wob ref|15421}} Of the four adult novels, three are set in new worlds of the cosmere and the remaining novel is non-cosmere. The books themselves are not interconnected (other than three of them taking place in the cosmere).{{wob ref|15413}}
At the same time that the announcement video was posted, a new Kickstarter campaign for the four secret novels went live.{{url ref|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson|text=Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson|date=2022-03-01|site=Kickstarter.com|name=secretKS}} The campaign is intended to make 2023 a "Year of Sanderson", with the top backer tier including monthly rewards: one of the secret novels each quarter (in e-book, audiobook, and hardcover formats) plus eight boxes of themed merchandise in the other months of 2023. The campaign's goal was set at one million dollars, and it surpassed that amount in 35 minutes. Within 24 hours, it had raised $15.4 million, the single most successful day of any Kickstarter campaign.{{ref|name=nytimes}} After three days, the campaign broke the previous Kickstarter funding record of $20.3 million held by the [[wikipedia:Pebble Time|Pebble Time]] smartwatch.{{url ref|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/4/22960365/brandon-sanderson-fantasy-novels-kickstarter-cosmere|text=Brandon Sanderson's surprise novels overtake Pebble watch as most successful Kickstarter ever|date=2022-03-04|site=theverge.com}} The project has over
Brandon intends to release the titles and perform readings from all four novels prior to their release.{{ref|name=secretKS}} However, to maintain a level of secrecy for those who do not want spoilers, he is referring to them as [[Secret Project One]], [[Secret Project Two|Two]], [[Secret Project Three|Three]], and [[Secret Project Four|Four]] whenever it is practicable.
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