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'''''Star's End''''' is a short science-fiction novel dealing with alien- relations. It was completed in 1998, and it is the second novel that [[Brandon Sanderson]] wrote. It is unlikely that it will ever be published.{{wob ref|78187825}}
 
==Plot==
According to Brandon, it was about a team of scientists on a space station trying to absorb the energy from a supernova, inspired by his interest in the topic. There was also a murder mystery on the station.{{wob ref|16113}}
 
== Repurposed Elements ==
The character of [[Kazan Smedry|Kaz Smedry]] originated in ''Star's End''. There is also a being that is conceptually similar to what we now know as [[spren]].{{wob ref|16113}} The [[Sleepless]] were also conceived for the novel.{{wob ref|14260}}{{wob ref|14555}}
 
==Future==
Brandon has revisited ''Star's End'' and calls it "not good" or even "terrible", and well below the quality of other early works.{{wob ref|14248}}{{wob ref|14555}} However, it represents one of the first times that he felt like his writing showed real potential.{{wob ref|16113}}
 
There are no plans to revise the book into something that could be published.{{wob ref|7818}} It could be released in a future [[Dragonsteel Entertainment|Dragonsteel]] Kickstarter as part of the [[Sanderson Curiosities]] series, but it would be towards the bottom of the list.{{wob ref|14248}}
 
== Notes ==