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On March 3, 2022, Brandon released the first five chapters, along with some brief commentary, which can be read [[bws:first-look-at-secret-project-1|on his website]] and listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUVXcIE0E0 on his YouTube channel]. He also did a full spoiler Q&A about these preview chapters, which can be listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvXvV3rWsqg on his YouTube channel].
== Synopsis ==
The story follows Tress, a girl living on an island in the middle of an ocean of green pollen, one of twelve covering her home planet. A window-washer and an avid collector of cups, Tress is friends with Charlie, who pretends to be the groundskeeper for the duke that rules the island while in actuality being his son. Over time, Tress and Charlie realize they have feelings for each other and confess. Unfortunately, the duke sees this, and shortly after takes Charlie with him to other islands to marry him off to a princess.{{wob ref|15422}}
Before his departure, Charlie promises to fend off all the suitors and send Tress letters and cups. She receives four of them before Charlie falls silent, so when his ship returns, she ventures out to see what became of him. However, the duke brings back a different heir, while Charlie appears to have disappeared completely. Tress investigates this and discovers that Charlie was sent off to marry the sorceress of the Midnight Sea, and was subsequently captured. Despite the sorceress sending a ransom note, no-one is interested in paying. Realizing that everyone but her has put Charlie out of their minds, Tress decides to set out and rescue him herself.{{wob ref|15422}}
== Development ==
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Along with the other secret projects, Brandon wrote ''Tress of the Emerald Sea'' in secret, telling no one except his wife, for whom he wrote it as a gift. Since he wasn't doing any touring in 2020, he had more writing time, and he wrote ''Tress of the Emerald Sea'' along with four other books. He surprised his team with it, along with the other four, in late 2021.{{ref|name=AnnouncementVideo}}▼
|A world where people sail upon powder or dust, instead of water. A way to start introducing the aethers to people as a cosmere magic. And the basic premise: What if Buttercup were more proactive?
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▲Along with the other secret projects, Brandon wrote ''Tress of the Emerald Sea'' in secret, telling no one except his wife, for whom
The story was directly inspired by ''[[wikipedia:The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', more specifically a watch party of it that Brandon had with his wife and kids. During the movie, Emily was dissatisfied with Princess Buttercup's passive attitude, eventually asking why she sat and did nothing when her love was kidnapped by pirates. This gave Brandon the idea of writing a story similar in premise and tone to ''Princess Bride'', but one in which the girl does set out to rescue her love.{{wob ref|15423}}
The setting of Lumar was a combination of two factors: Brandon's desire to properly introduce aethers into the [[cosmere]], and his fascination with [[wikipedia:fluidization|fluidization]], the process by which granular matter such as sand -- or, in this case, pollen -- begins to behave like a liquid under the right circumstances.{{wob ref|15423}} The characters of Charlie and Tress, while not direct self-inserts, have some personality traints taken from Brandon and Emily.{{wob ref|15464}}
== Trivia ==
* The book will be illustrated by [[Howard Lyon]].{{wob ref|15434}}
== Notes ==
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