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* Brandon's wife Emily, and his children and other family members
* Members of Team Sanderson; [[Peter Ahlstrom]]
* Agent [[Joshua Bilmes]] from JABerwockyJABberwocky
* Tor editor [[Moshe Feder]]
 
! People
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* Alan Layton
* Joshua Bilmes
* Steve Mancino
* Anica Rissi
* Benjamin R. Olsen
* Stacy Whitman
* Beth Sanderson
* C. Lee Player
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric J. Ehlers
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Heather Kirby
* Kristina Kugler
* Peter and Karen Ahlstrom
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Isaac Thegn Skarstedt
* Janci Patterson
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Janette Layton
* Joshua Bilmes
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Krista Olsen
* Kristina Kugler
* Lauren Sanderson
* Leif Ethan Skarstedt
* Benjamin R. Olsen
* Matisse Hales
* Lauren Sanderson
* Alan Layton
* Janette Layton
* Nathan Hatfield
* Peter and Karen Ahlstrom
* Krista Olsen
* Stacy Whitman
* C. Lee Player
* Steve Mancino
* Eric J. Ehlers
* Emily Sanderson
* Beth Sanderson
* Janci Patterson
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=== Alcatraz Versus the KnightsScrivener's of CrystalliaBones ===
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! Dedication
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! Acknowledgements
| Thanks to my agents, Joshua Bilmes and Eddie Schneider, and my editors old and new, Jen Rees and Susan Chang.
 
Hayley Lazo has again provided great illustrations under the guidance of Dragonsteel's art director, Isaac Stewart, who also made the map. The cover by Scott Brundage is even better than the first volume's. The interior design is by Heather Saunders, and the compositing by Westchester Publishing Services. Tireless production work came from Megan Kiddoo, Nathan Weaver, and Karl Gold, and proofreading was by Rafal Gibek, Kyle Avery, and the inconspicuous Peter Ahlstrom.
 
As ever, many thanks to Emily Sanderson.
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! People
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* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Sanderson
* Hayley Lazo
* Heather Saunders
* Isaac Stewart
* Jen Rees
* Joshua Bilmes
* Karl Gold
* Kyle Avery
* Megan Kiddoo
* Nathan Weaver
* Peter Ahlstrom (inconspicuous)
* Rafal Gibek
* Scott Brundage
* Susan Chang
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=== Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener'sKnights Bonesof Crystallia ===
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! Dedication
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! Acknowledgements
| I want to thank my awesome agentagents, Joshua Bilmes and Eddie Schneider, for being, well, awesome. Thanks also to mythis editorbook's atfirst Scholasticeditor, Jennifer Rees, whose pleasant personality and editorial know-how makemade the process of publishing a book so much easier. PeterAt and Karen Ahlstrom were kind enough to read the manuscript and give me excellent suggestions. Janci Patterson also gave me feedback that was very valuableStarscape, even though her comments were written in glaring pink ink! I’d likethanks to thankSusan myChang lovelyfor wife, Emily Sanderson, who helped withgiving this book ina ways too numerous to list here.new Finallyhome, aand special thank-you goesthanks to Mrs.Karl Bushman’sGold sixth-gradeand studentsMegan (youKiddoo know who you are!) who have been sofor enthusiasticherding aboutit mythrough booksproduction.
The influential 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!
 
This novel would be much diminished without the fabulous interior illustrations by Hayley Lazo and cover illustrations by Scott Brundage. Isaac Stewart's art direction, cover design, and map (did you see it on the inside of the jacket?) are likewise essential.
 
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
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* Eddie Schneider
* Joshua Bilmes
* Jennifer Rees
* Peter and Karen Ahlstrom
* Janci Patterson
* Emily Sanderson
* Hayley Lazo
* Isaac Stewart
* Janci Patterson
* Jennifer Rees
* Joshua Bilmes
* Karl Gold
* Megan Kiddoo
* Mrs. Bushman’s sixth-grade students
* Peter and Karen Ahlstrom (influential)
* Scott Brundage
* Susan Chang
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|<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>
Karen Ahlstrom, who gives great advice, and who also puts up with Peter reading her my books for date night.
 
Janci OldsPatterson, 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 and Eddie Schneider, who fightsfight for these books. He’sThey're our own personal Knight of Crystallia.
 
Jen Rees, who provides a sharp red pencil to fight off the goblins of bad writing.
 
Susan Chang, who champions this series for Starscape. Ingrid Powell for proofreading, Karl Gold and Megan Kiddoo for spearheading production, and Heather Saunders and Nicola Ferguson for the interior design.
 
Hayley Lazo and Scott Brundage for the fantastic illustrations, and Isaac Stewart for the map, art direction, and cover design.
 
Thank you all!
! People
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* Eddie Schneider
* Peter Ahlstrom (indefinable)
* Emily Sanderson
* Hayley Lazo
* Heather Saunders
* Ingrid Powell
* Janci Patterson
* Jen Rees
* Joshua Bilmes
* Karen Ahlstrom
* JanciKarl OldsGold
* Kristina Kugler
* Megan Kiddoo
* Joshua Bilmes
* Nicola Ferguson
* Jen Rees
* Peter Ahlstrom (indefinable)
* Scott Brundage
* Susan Chang
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=== The Dark Talent ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For Barb Sanderson
Who knows the real Alcatraz</pre>
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! Acknowledgements
|This one was a long time coming! I offer many apologies for that, along with many, many thanks to the people who helped this come to pass.
 
  First off, thank you to those at Tor Books, Tor Teen, and Starscape Books who picked up this series and helped it rise from the ashes to come back to life. Susan Chang is the editor. She wanted this series badly from the start, and has long been a champion of Alcatraz and his insanity. Her team at Starscape/Tor included Megan Kiddoo, Karl Gold, Victoria Wallis, Deanna Hoak, and Rafal Gibek. Also, thanks to Kathleen Doherty for believing in me and even my most insane projects.
 
  You may have noticed the awesome artwork in this edition. I’m very pleased with how this turned out. Hayley Lazo did the interior art, and she is just magnificent. Also, a special thanks to Scott Brundage, who did the cover. For the first time I feel I have a cover illustrator who really gets the Alcatraz books. His covers are brilliant, and rank among my favorite covers on any of my books ever.
 
  My team at Dragonsteel includes Isaac S☂ewar☂ who did the gorgeous map for these editions—and who was also the art director for the project. He put in a lot of extra effort on these books.
 
  The inaugural Peter Ahlstrom did his normal brilliant editing job. It swamped him, getting all five books ready for publication, but he soldiered on like a Smedry. The rest of my team includes Kara Stewart, Karen Ahlstrom, Adam Horne, and Emily Sanderson.
 
  Thanks to my agents, Eddie Schneider and Joshua Bilmes, as always.
 
  Beta readers included Peter Ahlstrom, Aaron Rothman, Darci Cole, Randy MacKay, Frances Moritz, Cassandra Moritz, Gideon Roberts, Anda Jones, Caleb Jones, Hylke Damien, Kristina Kugler, Brenna Kugler, Jonas Kugler, Christine Wilkinson, Lindy Wilkinson, Emily Wilkinson, Haley Wilkinson, Audrey Horne, Ariana Horne, Jaclyn Weist, Jakob Weist, Ashley Weist, Andy Weist, Steve Weist, Briana Farr, Libby Glancy, Margaret Glancy, Jaxon Kremser, Josh Walker, Mi’chelle Walker, Mike Shaffer, Trevor Florence, Calvin Florence, Tomas Cundick, Annabel Cantor, Kacee Garner, Isaac Garner, Karen Ahlstrom, and Isaac S☂ewar☂.
 
  Gamma readers included many of the above, plus Anna Hornbostel, Gary Singer, Louis Hill, Megan Kanne, Rebecca Arneson, Alice Arneson, Trae Cooper, Ross Newberry, Mark Lindberg, Jana S. Brown, Sarah “Saphy” Hansen, Kellyn Neumann, and Bonny Skarstedt.
 
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! People
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*Aaron Rothman
*Adam Horne
*Alice Arneson
*Anda Jones
*Andy Weist
*Anna Hornbostel
*Annabel Cantor
*Ariana Horne
*Ashley Weist
*Audrey Horne
*Bonny Skarstedt
*Brenna Kugler
*Briana Farr
*Caleb Jones
*Calvin Florence
*Cassandra Moritz
*Christine Wilkinson
*Darci Cole
*Eddie Schneider
*Emily Sanderson
*Emily Wilkinson
*Frances Moritz
*Gary Singer
*Gideon Roberts
*Haley Wilkinson
*Hylke Damien
*Isaac Garner
*Isaac Stewart
*Jaclyn Weist
*Jakob Weist
*Jana S. Brown
*Jaxon Kremser
*Jonas Kugler
*Josh Walker
*Joshua Bilmes
*Kacee Garner
*Kara Stewart
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Kellyn Neumann
*Kristina Kugler
*Libby Glancy
*Lindy Wilkinson
*Louis Hill
*Margaret Glancy
*Mark Lindberg
*Megan Kanne
*Mike Shaffer
*Mi’chelle Walker
*Peter Ahlstrom
*Randy MacKay
*Rebecca Arneson
*Ross Newberry
*Sarah Hansen
*Scott Brundage
*Steve Weist
*Tomas Cundick
*Trae Cooper
*Trevor Florence
*Hayley Lazo
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=== Bastille Versus the Evil Librarians ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
For Cortana and Kenton,
Who who share their talens with me every day.
-JP
 
For my three boys, who inspire me each day.
-BS
 
For my parents, Tom and Margie,
who taught me how to image,
and supported me every step of the way.
-HML
</pre>
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! Acknowledgements
|As a longtime Alcatraz fan, I am so grateful to have been a part of the completion of this series. Working on this book was pure joy from start to finish, and I am forever thankful to Brandon for letting me be a part of it. Special thanks to Emily Sanderson for believing in me and my work, and for suggesting I might be a good fit for the project. It's been an honor to work in this world, and with both of you.
 
I'm also thankful to all my early readers, including Megan Walker and my writing group, the often-renamed Seizure Ninjas. Special thanks to Cortana Olds, who was the first person ever to read through The Dark Talent and immediately begin this volume. Cortana has read the series dozens of times, remembers it better than I do, and was always willing to explain to me where exactly I would find this event or that joke. Thanks always to my husband, Drew Olds, for laughing at my jokes, for believing in me and my work, and for always being available when I just need someone to read a scene and tell me it's good.
 
Thanks to the Dragonsteel team, who are amazing at their jobs. Isaac Stewart helped with the plot development, and especially with the ending. Thank you, Isaac, for the ideas, for the support, and as always, for your friendship. Isaac also directed the art, and he and Hayley Lazo did an amazing job bringing Bastille's story to life-and many thanks to Anna Early, who assisted Hayley on a few final illustrations in order to meet tight deadlines. Karen Ahlstrom's continuity documents were a lifesaver while writing this book, and she gave excellent feedback on the finished draft. Kristina Kugler squeezed in a line edit for me on short notice, and her editing made this book much, much better than it was. Thank you, Kristy, for always supporting me and my work, and for making my sentences infinitely more readable. Peter Ahlstrom is an incredible editor, and I'm so grateful for his dedication to making all of Brandon's books the best they can be.
 
Special thanks are due to the Dragonsteel beta team-you guys are incredible, and I'm so thankful for the privilege of working with you. Betas for this book included Darci Cole, Paige Vest, Jennifer Neal, Becca Reppert, Richard Fife, Deana Covel Whitney, Alice Arneson, Linnea Lindstrom, Kalyani Poluri, Zaya Clinger, and Alexander Whitney. Your feedback helped shape this book into a better version of itself, and your friendship made the process more wonderful as well. Gamma readers included several of the above, plus Brian T. Hill, Chris McGrath, Joy Allen, Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin, Jessica Ashcraft, Brandon Cole, Ari Kufer, Ian McNatt, Ted Herman, Bob Kluttz, Aaron Biggs, Sam Baskin, Taylor Cole, Gary Singer, Glen Vogelaar, Alexis Horizon, Ross Newberry, Tim Challener, Heather Clinger, Dr. Kathleen Holland, Rebecca Arneson, Rahul Pantula, Evgeni "Argent" Kirilov, Eric Lake, Chana Oshira Block, and Aaron Ford.
 
Thanks to the team at Tor, including Susan Chang and Rachel Bass, for shepherding this book through its development. Susan's notes were instrumental in shaping the book from an early draft into the version you see now, and I'm grateful for her insight and her love of the series.
 
Thanks also to my agent, Eddie Schneider, and the whole team at JABberwocky, for looking out for me and for putting out so many fires. My job would be much, much harder without you.
 
And thanks most of all to you, our readers. Thank you for giving this book a chance, even after a very long wait. I hope you love it, and I hope my additions to the series have done justice to the stories you love.
 
Janci Patterson
 
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! People
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*Aaron Biggs
*Aaron Ford
*Alexander Whitney
*Alexis Horizon
*Alice Arneson
*Anna Early
*Ari Kufer
*Becca Reppert
*Bob Kluttz
*Brandon Cole
*Brandon Sanderson
*Brian T. Hill
*Chana Oshira Block
*Chris McGrath
*Cortana Olds
*Darci Cole
*Deana Covel Whitney
*Dr. Kathleen Holland
*Drew Olds
*Eddie Schneider
*Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
*Emily Sanderson
*Eric Lake
*Evgeni "Argent" Kirilov
*Gary Singer
*Glen Vogelaar
*Hayley Lazo
*Heather Clinger
*Ian McNatt
*Isaac Stewart
*Jennifer Neal
*Jessica Ashcraft
*Joy Allen
*Kalyani Poluri
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Kristina Kugler
*Linnea Lindstrom
*Megan Walker
*Paige Vest
*Peter Ahlstrom
*Rachel Bass
*Rahul Pantula
*Rebecca Arneson
*Richard Fife
*Ross Newberry
*Sam Baskin
*Susan Chang
*Taylor Cole
*Ted Herman
*Tim Challener
*Zaya Clinger
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* Moshe Feder
* Peter Ahlstrom (interpolated)
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== The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England ==
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=== The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>For Matt Bushman
Who is our wonderful family skop, always ready with a song, though never a boast. So I will do it for him.</pre>
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! Acknowledgements
| Not all the wizardry involved in this volume was mine. In fact, a whole ton of people helped make this book a reality. In particular, though, I want to single out three. The first is the amazing Steve Argyle—a great friend and brilliant artist. I basically handed this book to Steve and said, “This is yours to play with—do whatever you would like to make it awesome.” And man, even with my high expectations, his art blew me away. If you’re listening to the audiobook, I suggest you stop by my website to see the art Steve did, because it’s incredible.
The second special note is for Dr. Michael Livingston. Probably best known by my readers for his scholarly work about Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time (check out his volume Origins of The Wheel of Time for an in-depth look at the story behind the story), he also has written some fantasy stories of his own, which I recommend you check out! He’s a medievalist and professor of history, and he gave me a great in-depth read to help correct some of the inaccuracies in the volume. If that weren’t enough, he rewrote all of my attempts at Anglo-Saxon poetry to be more accurate, and his poems are far, far superior. I’m indebted to him for the time he spent on this project.
Third is, of course, my wonderful wife—first reader for all of these “secret project” books and the person for whom I wrote them. It is because of her encouragement and excitement that you have these books!
A lot of the rest of the folks working on this project are members of my company, Dragonsteel. In the Art Department, we have ᛁᛋᚫᚫᚳ Stewart as the art director for the project, Rachael Lynn Buchanan and Jennifer Neal in his department helping, and Bill Wearne as our go-to printing expert to help put this all together. These books took a lot of extra art and printing work, so I appreciate all of them for their help.
Editorial is headed by the inland Peter Ahlstrom, and Kristy S. Gilbert was lead editor for this project. Also rendering invaluable editorial services were Karen Ahlstrom and Betsey Ahlstrom. Kristy Kugler did the copyedit.
The Operations Department is overseen by Matt Hatch. His team includes Emma Tan-Stoker, Jane Horne, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Makena Saluone, Hazel Cummings, and Becky Wilson.
Publicity and Marketing is headed by Adam Horne, and his team includes Jeremy Palmer, Taylor D. Hatch, and Octavia Escamilla. Their work on the Kickstarter was a big part of why it went so well. I believe this is Taylor and Octavia’s first appearance in an acknowledgments! Nice work, both of you.
Fulfillment and Events is headed by Kara Stewart. Her people are the ones who are in charge of shipping out hundreds of thousands of copies of books to you all, and they worked extra hard this year getting everything sent out. Many thanks to them for their hard work! This team includes Christi Jacobsen, Lex Willhite, Kellyn Neumann, Mem Grange, Michael Bateman, Joy Allen, Katy Ives, Richard Rubert, Brett Moore, Ally Reep, Sean VanBuskirk, Isabel Chrisman, Owen Knowlton, Alex Lyon, Jacob Chrisman, Matt Hampton, Camilla Cutler, and Quinton Martin.
Thanks to our friends at Kickstarter, Margot Atwell and Oriana Leckert; our friends at BackerKit, Anna Gallagher, Palmer Johnson, and Antonio Rosales; and our ever-vigilant friends at Inventor’s Guide, Matt Alexander and Mike Kannely.
Alpha readers for this book (who read an actual print copy!) included Brad Neumann, Kellyn Neumann, Lex Willhite, Jennifer Neal, Christi Jacobsen, Ally Reep, and Tyson Meyer.
Beta readers were Drew McCaffrey, Brian T. Hill, João Menezes Morais, Richard Fife, Joy Allen, Glen Vogelaar, Megan Kanne, Bob Kluttz, Paige Vest, Jayden King, Deana Covel Whitney, Chana Oshira Block, Christina Goodman, Heather Clinger, Zaya Clinger, and Chris Cottingham.
Gamma readers included Brian T. Hill, Joshua Harkey, Tim Challener, Ross Newberry, Rob West, Jessica Ashcraft, Chris McGrath, Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov, Glen Vogelaar, Frankie Jerome, Shannon Nelson, Ted Herman, Drew McCaffrey, Kalyani Poluri, Bob Kluttz, Christina Goodman, Rosemary Williams, Jayden King, Ian McNatt, Anthony, Lyndsey Luther, and Kendra Alexander.
 
Brandon Sanderson
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! People
| {{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Alex Lyon
* Ally Reep
* Anna Gallagher
* Anthony
* Antonio Rosales
* Becky Wilson
* Betsey Ahlstrom
* Bill Wearne
* Bob Kluttz
* Brad Neumann
* Brett Moore
* Brian T. Hill
* Camilla Cutler
* Chana Oshira Block
* Chris Cottingham
* Chris McGrath
* Christi Jacobsen
* Christina Goodman
* Deana Covel Whitney
* Dr. Michael Livingston
* Drew McCaffrey
* Emily Sanderson
* Emma Tan-Stoker
* Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov
* Frankie Jerome
* Glen Vogelaar
* Hazel Cummings
* Heather Clinger
* Ian McNatt
* Isabel Chrisman
* Jacob Chrisman
* Jane Horne
* Jayden King
* Jennifer Neal
* Jeremy Palmer
* Jessica Ashcraft
* João Menezes Morais
* Joshua Harkey
* Joy Allen
* Kalyani Poluri
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Katy Ives
* Kellyn Neumann
* Kendra Alexander
* Kristy Kugler
* Kristy S. Gilbert
* Lex Willhite
* Lyndsey Luther
* Makena Saluone
* Margot Atwell
* Matt Alexander
* Matt Bushman
* Matt Hampton
* Matt Hatch
* Megan Kanne
* Mem Grange
* Michael Bateman
* Mike Kannely
* Octavia Escamilla
* Oriana Leckert
* Owen Knowlton
* Paige Vest
* Palmer Johnson
* Peter Ahlstrom (inland)
* Quinton Martin
* Rachael Lynn Buchanan
* Richard Fife
* Richard Rubert
* Rob West
* Rosemary Williams
* Ross Newberry
* Sean VanBuskirk
* Shannon Nelson
* Steve Argyle
* Taylor D. Hatch
* Ted Herman
* Tim Challener
* Tyson Meyer
* Zaya Clinger
* ᛁᛋᚫᚫᚳ Stewart
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* Tom Doherty
* Trae Cooper
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=== The Lost Metal ===
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! Dedication
|<pre>
FOR ETHAN SKARSTEDT
 
Who is a man of Honor.
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Sixteen years ago, sitting in a dim booth at a local steakhouse, I first pitched to my wife an audacious idea I'd been developing: taking an epic fantasy world, and then expanding it through different eras into the future. I'd seen mashups of fantasy and science fiction before, and I'd seen epic fantasy inch toward industrial technology. But I'd never seen an author develop a world in quite this way-giving an expansive view of a planet moving into the future, using the lore of earlier book series as the foundation of religion and myth.
 
It was a gamble. Readers tend to like their genres well delineated. Here, I was pitching something that broke apart those genre lines in ways that historically did not sell well. Yet I was convinced that the larger-scale project (the vision of a planet and its magic throughout various eras) was worth the risk. That brings us here, to the final book of Era Two of Mistborn and my grand experiment with genre.
 
Whether I've been successful or not so far is up to you, the reader. But I can say this: I certainly wouldn't have gotten where I am without the help of a large number of people. I know these acknowledgments are a bit of a blur of names, but I'm so grateful to each and every one of them. These are the people who, when I come up with some new audacious plan, don't roll their eyes-they instead roll up their sleeves and make it happen.
 
For this book, Joshua Bilmes did his usual excellent job as my agent. On his team, Susan Velazquez and Christina Zobel were also a great deal of help, managing all the different overseas contracts and subagents.
 
Speaking of across the pond, I had some extra-special help from Gillian Redfearn on this book-she's my UK editor, and took the lead on this book performing the line edit work that often is shouldered by the US publisher. She did a fantastic job, and I'm lucky to have her help. In addition, I'd like to thank Emad Akhtar and Brendan Durkin at Gollancz in the UK, as well as my UK agents, John Berlyne and Stevie Finegan at the Zeno Agency.
 
Over in the US, Devi Pillai was the lead editor on this project, offering her excellent editorial eye for story and character as she always does. Also at Tor, I'd like to thank Molly McGhee, Tessa Villanueva, Lucille Rettino, Eileen Lawrence, Alexis Saarela, Heather Saunders, Rafal Gibek, Felipe Cruz, Amelie Littell, and Hayley Jozwiak. The copyeditor was our long-time collaborator in that field, Terry McGarry.
 
As for the audiobook, the irreplaceable Michael Kramer is once again giving voice to my characters and making me sound good. I appreciate you, Michael. Thank you for all you do. At Macmillian Audio, I'd like to thank Steve Wagner, Samantha Edelson, and Drew Kilman.
 
Increasingly these days, my books take a ton of extra work in the art department. So we'll give these gunslingers their own section even though some of them could overlap with other sections. For instance, Peter Lutjen is Tor's art director, and deserves a hearty thanks. Chris McGrath did our jacket illustration. My internal art director at Dragonsteel is IYK-the artist formerly known as Isaac Stewart. He did the maps, symbols, and a lot of the work (including the writing) on the broadsheets. Keep an eye out for books by IYK in the future. (Yes, I did just make up that whole symbol thing. I can do that. I have a literary license.) Our good friend and longtime collaborator Ben McSweeney did most of the art you find in the broadsheets. Rachael Lynn Buchanan was our art assistant, and Jennifer Neal provided some additional help in creating the broadsheets.
 
In my company, Dragonsteel, our in-house Editorial department is headed by the Insatiable Peter Ahlstrom, with Karen Ahlstrom running continuity and various additional editorial help being provided by Betsey Ahlstrom. And Kristy S. Gilbert has just come on as our Production Editor.
 
Dragonsteel's Fulfillment and Events team is headed by Kara Stewart, and that team includes Christi Jacobsen, Lex Willhite, Kellyn Neumann, Mem Grange, Michael Bateman, Joy Allen, Katy Ives, Richard Rubert, Sean VanBuskirk, Isabel Chrisman, Tori Mecham, Ally Reep, Jacob Chrisman, Alex Lyon, and Owen Knowlton.
 
Our in-house Publicity and Marketing team is headed by Adam Horne, with Jeremy Palmer as our marketing director. Our Operations team is headed by Mat "My name is actually Matt with two T's" Hatch, with Jane Horne, Emma Tan-Stoker, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Makena Saluone, and Hazel Cummings.
 
And, of course, my wonderful wife, Emily Sanderson, is our COO at Dragonsteel. And is the cutest person on this list.
 
Less cute, but still very helpful, are the members of the writing group. On this book they include: Kaylynn ZoBell, Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Alan Layton, Eric James Stone, Darci Stone, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Emily Sanderson, and Ben "Rick Stranger" Olsen. Also, of course, there is Ethan Skarstedt-to whom this book is dedicated. The real-life inspiration for Skar from Bridge Four, Ethan has been helping me get my soldiering and gunplay right for some twenty years now. Many thanks, Ethan, for helping me pretend I know what I'm talking about.
 
Michelle Walker created our beta reader feedback database, which was super useful. The beta readers included Trae Cooper, Tim Challener, Ted Herman, Suzanne Musin, Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić, Paige Phillips, Shannon Nelson, Sean VanBuskirk, Ross Newberry, Rosemary Williams, Richard Fife, Rahul Pantula, Poonam Desai, Philip Vorwaller, Paige Vest, Michelle Walker, Megan Kanne, Matt Wiens, Mark Axies Lindberg, Marnie Peterson, Lyndsey Luther, Linnea Lindstrom, Lauren McCaffrey, Kendra Wilson, Kendra Alexander, Kellyn Neumann, Kalyani Poluri, Joy Allen, Joshua Harkey, Jory "Chief Chicken Head Scratcher" Phillips, Jessie Lake, Jessica Ashcraft, Jennifer Neal, Ian McNatt, Chris "Gunner" McGrath, Gary Singer, Frankie Jerome, Evgeni "Argent" Kirilov, Erika Kuta Marler, Eric Lake, Drew McCaffrey, Deana Covel Whitney, David Fallon, David Behrens, Darci Cole, Craig Hanks, Christina Goodman, Christopher Cottingham, Chana Oshira Block, Brian T. Hill, Brandon Cole, Lingting "Botanica" Xu, Bob Kluttz, Ben Marrow, Becca Reppert, Bao Pham, Anthony Acker, Alyx Hoge, Alice Arneson, Alexis Horizon, Aaron Biggs, Joe Deardeuff, Rob West, and Jayden King.
 
Gamma readers included many of the above, plus Sam Baskin, Glen Vogelaar, Dale Wiens, Billy Todd, Ari Kufer, Matthew Sorensen, Ram Shoham, Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin, and Aaron Ford.
 
We got some detailed help from a particular group on this book, people who I have asked to keep an eye on my magic systems and offer feedback on where I might need more explanations or might be in danger of contradicting myself. We're calling them our Magic System Continuity team, but I'm officially dubbing them Arcanists going forward. They are Joshua Harkey, Eric Lake, Evgeni Kirilov, David Behrens, Ian McNatt, and Ben Marrow.
 
I would like to extend a special thanks to my good friends Kalyani and Rahul, longtime beta readers, who have been encouraging me for years to look into Indian mythology and lore for inspiration for fantasy storytelling. They provided excellent consultation in this book on a certain character who the three of us worked on together to try to expand the Cosmere a little bit in this direction.
 
Thank you to everyone on this list. And, of course, to the readers. Mistborn has been a strange journey these last sixteen years, and I feel it's about to get even stranger-as well as (with a little luck) even more incredible.
|-
! People
|{{columns|
*Aaron Biggs
*Aaron Ford
*Adam Horne
*Alan Layton
*Alex Lyon
*Alexis Horizon
*Alexis Saarela
*Alice Arneson
*Ally Reep
*Alyx Hoge
*Amelie Littell
*Anthony Acker
*Ari Kufer
*Bao Pham
*Becca Reppert
*Ben "Rick Stranger" Olsen
*Ben Marrow
*Ben McSweeney
*Betsey Ahlstrom
*Billy Todd
*Bob Kluttz
*Brandon Cole
*Brendan Durkin
*Brian T. Hill
*Chana Oshira Block
*Chris "Gunner" McGrath
*Christi Jacobsen
*Christina Goodman
*Christina Zobel
*Christopher Cottingham
*Craig Hanks
*Dale Wiens
*Darci Cole
*Darci Stone
*David Behrens
*David Fallon
*Deana Covel Whitney
*Devi Pillai
*Drew Kilman
*Drew McCaffrey
*Eileen Lawrence
*Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
*Emad Akhtar
*Emily Sanderson
*Emma Tan-Stoker
*Eric James Stone
*Erika Kuta Marler
*Ethan Skarstedt
*Evgeni "Argent" Kirilov
*Felipe Cruz
*Frankie Jerome
*Gary Singer
*Gillian Redfearn
*Glen Vogelaar
*Hayley Jozwiak
*Hazel Cummings
*Heather Saunders
*Ian McNatt
*Isaac Stewart
*Isabel Chrisman
*Jacob Chrisman
*Jane Horne
*Jayden King
*Jennifer Neal
*Jeremy Palmer
*Jessica Ashcraft
*Jessie Lake
*Joe Deardeuff
*John Berlyne
*Jory "Chief Chicken Head Scratcher" Phillips
*Joshua Bilmes
*Joshua Harkey
*Joy Allen
*Kalyani Poluri
*Kara Stewart
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
*Katy Ives
*Kaylynn ZoBell
*Kellyn Neumann
*Kendra Alexander
*Kendra Wilson
*Kristy S. Gilbert
*Lauren McCaffrey
*Lex Willhite
*Lingting "Botanica" Xu
*Linnea Lindstrom
*Lucille Rettino
*Lyndsey Luther
*Makena Saluone
*Mark Axies Lindberg
*Marnie Peterson
*Mat "My name is actually Matt with two T's" Hatch
*Matt Wiens
*Matthew Sorensen
*Megan Kanne
*Mem Grange
*Michael Bateman
*Michael Kramer
*Michelle Walker
*Molly McGhee
*Owen Knowlton
*Paige Phillips
*Paige Vest
*Peter Ahlstrom (Insatiable)
*Peter Lutjen
*Philip Vorwaller
*Poonam Desai
*Rachael Lynn Buchanan
*Rafal Gibek
*Rahul Pantula
*Ram Shoham
*Richard Fife
*Richard Rubert
*Rob West
*Rosemary Williams
*Ross Newberry
*Sam Baskin
*Samantha Edelson
*Sean VanBuskirk
*Shannon Nelson
*Steve Wagner
*Stevie Finegan
*Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić
*Susan Velazquez
*Suzanne Musin
*Ted Herman
*Terry McGarry
*Tessa Villanueva
*Tim Challener
*Tori Mecham
*Trae Cooper
}}
|}
* Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix)
* William Juan (callsign: Aberdasher)
}}
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=== Sunreach ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Cortana Olds, my first reader.
-JP
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| As always, I’d like to thank my team at Dragonsteel Entertainment for their work and talent.
 
Peter Ahlstrom, Kara Stewart, Adam Horne, and our COO and queen, Emily Sanderson. I appreciate all you do.
 
Special thank-yous to Isaac Stewart, our art director, and Charlie Bowater, the Sunreach cover artist, for their beautiful work. Special thanks are also due to Karen Ahlstrom for her continuity edit and Kristina Kugler for her work on the line and copy edits.
 
Additionally, special thanks to Max and the team at Mainframe, as always, for the great job they did in putting the audiobook together.
 
For this Gollancz edition, my thanks go to Gillian Redfearn, Brendan Durkin, Paul Hussey and the digital sales folks. My agents at JABberwocky, Eddie Schneider and Joshua Bilmes, as well as John Berlyne at the Zeno Agency, deserve great applause for making this happen.
 
Finally, thank you to all of you, the fans of this series. I hope you’ve enjoyed Sunreach.
 
-Brandon
 
I am so grateful to the fantastic teams at Dragonsteel and Mainframe for helping make this book a reality, and to the team at JABberwocky for being such consistent supporters of me and my work.
 
Thanks also to Cortana Olds (callsign: Halo) for stealing my copies of Skyward and Starsight because she heard her mom was eager to talk to her about a book. Cori was my outline sounding board and my first reader on my first draft, so she saw the book in a worse state than anyone else and loved it anyway. (And she wasn’t afraid to point out my terrible metaphors.)
 
Thanks to Megan Walker, who listened to a lot of whining about the state of various drafts and still brought me motivation cookies, and also read an early draft. Thanks to James Goldberg for his early notes, and to the Dragonsteel beta team: Darci Cole (callsign: Blue), Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip), Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander), Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), and Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie). Special thanks to Jayden for his flying expertise and to Darci for helping me refine FM’s romantic arc.
 
Thank you to my husband, Drew, for his infinite patience with me and my work, and for always believing I can do it, even when I lose faith.
 
Thanks most of all to Brandon, who has believed in my work longer than almost anybody. Thank you for trusting me with your characters (and giving me a hand up out of my own deep plot holes). It’s an honor and a privilege to tell these stories with you.
 
-Janci
 
Thank you to Brandon and Janci for such a fantastic story. It was a true pleasure to work with both of you on this. And, of course, a special thank you to our amazing narrator Suzy Jackson. Thanks also to Joshua Bilmes and everyone at JABberwocky Literary Agency as well as Samara and the team at Brickshop audio. And, of course, thank you to everyone at Mainframe involved in this project; especially Juliana Fernandes, Julian Mann, Will Newell, and Craig Shields.
 
-Max
 
A huge shout-out to this book’s gamma reader team: Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo), Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner), Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna), Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard), Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Treble), Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren), Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium), Sam Baskin (callsign: Turtle), Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent), Kendra Wilson, Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu), Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon), Jessica Ashcraft (callsign: Gesh), Glen Vogelaar (callsign: Ways), Gary Singer (callsign: DVE), Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry), Rob West (callsign: Larkspur), Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow), Jessie Lake (callsign: Lady), Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: shockwave), Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes), Eric Lake, Brady Ray (callsign: Flanders), Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin, and Aaron Ford (callsign: Widget).
 
-Peter
 
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Aaron Ford (callsign: Widget)
* Adam Horne
* Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander)
* Brady Ray (callsign: Flanders)
* Brandon Sanderson
* Brendan Durkin
* Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo)
* Charlie Bowater
* Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner)
* Cortana Olds (callsign: Halo)
* Craig Shields
* Darci Cole (callsign: Blue)
* Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: shockwave)
* Drew Patterson
* Eddie Schneider
* Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric Lake
* Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent)
* Gary Singer (callsign: DVE)
* Gillian Redfearn
* Glen Vogelaar (callsign: Ways)
* Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry)
* Isaac Stewart
* James Goldberg
* Janci Patterson
* Jayden King (callsign: Tripod)
* Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes)
* Jessica Ashcraft (callsign: Gesh)
* Jessie Lake (callsign: Lady)
* John Berlyne
* Joshua Bilmes
* Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu)
* Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren)
* Julian Mann
* Juliana Fernandes
* Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna)
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Treble)
* Kendra Wilson
* Kristina Kugler
* Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip)
* Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie)
* Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon)
* Max (Mainframe)
* Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow)
* Megan Walker
* Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan)
* Paul Hussey
* Peter Ahlstrom
* Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium)
* Rob West (callsign: Larkspur)
* Sam Baskin (callsign: Turtle)
* Samara (Brickshop audio)
* Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard)
* Suzy Jackson
* Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry)
* Will Newell
}}
|}
 
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=== ReDawn ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Kenton Olds
Who makes me laugh every day
-JP
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Thank you as always to my team at Dragonsteel Entertainment—Peter Ahlstrom, Kara Stewart, Adam Horne, and COO Emily Sanderson—for all their hard work on ReDawn, our second Skyward Flight novella.
 
Again a special thank you to Isaac Stewart, our art director, and Charlie Bowater, our cover artist, for this amazing ReDawn artwork. And of course Karen Ahlstrom for the continuity edit and Kristina Kugler for her work on the line and copy edits.
 
Thanks again to Max and the Mainframe team for all they’ve done in creating the audiobooks. For this Gollancz edition, my thanks go to Gillian Redfearn, Brendan Durkin, Paul Hussey and the digital sales folks. And my agents at JABberwocky, Eddie Schneider and Joshua Bilmes, as well as John Berlyne at the Zeno Agency, facilitated it.
 
Finally, as always, thank you, the fans of the Skyward series. I hope you’ve enjoyed ReDawn.
 
-Brandon
 
I am so grateful to the fantastic teams at Dragonsteel and Mainframe for helping make this book a reality, and to the team at JABberwocky for being such consistent supporters of me and my work. Thanks especially to Max for putting up with my neuroses, and even occasionally finding them amusing.
 
Thanks also to Cortana Olds (callsign: Halo) for reading my terrible first draft as I wrote it and telling me it wasn’t so terrible after all.
 
Thanks to Megan Walker, who listened to a lot of whining about the state of various drafts and still brought me motivation cookies, and also read an early draft. Thanks to my writing group Accidental Erotica of Whatever We’re Called Now for jumping into the early chapters of this with absolutely no context and still managing to make some helpful comments. And of course, huge thanks to the Dragonsteel beta team: Darci Cole (callsign: Blue), Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip), Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander), Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan), Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes), Spencer White (callsign: Elder), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), and Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie). Special thanks to Jayden for his flying expertise and for being generally awesome and to Linnea for her fan art and enthusiasm.
 
A huge thanks is due to Darci Cole, who listened to more whining than anybody, and did a serious amount of cheerleading as I worked through the drafts of this book. Darci, you are amazing. Thank you for your optimism and your friendship. I would have lost my mind without you.
 
Thank you to my husband Drew for his infinite patience with me and my work, and for always believing I can do it, even when I lose faith.
 
Thanks most of all to Brandon, who has believed in my work longer than almost anybody. Thank you for trusting me with your characters (and giving me a hand up out of my own deep plot holes). It’s an honor and a privilege to tell these stories with you.
 
-Janci
 
Thank you to Brandon and Janci for bringing this second Skyward Flight novella to life. It’s always a great experience working with you both, as it is with our incredible narrator Suzy Jackson. Thank you.
 
Thanks again to Joshua Bilmes, Eddie Schneider, everyone at Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Samara and the team at Brickshop Audio as well as everyone at Listening Library and Gollancz. And, of course, thank you to everyone at Mainframe involved in this project; especially Juliana Fernandes, Julian Mann, Will Newell, and Craig Shields.
 
-Max
 
Many thanks again to this book’s gamma reader team: Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo), Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner), Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna), Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard), Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren), Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium), Sam Baskin (callsign: Turtle), Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent), Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu), Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), Jessica Ashcraft (callsign: Gesh), Gary Singer (callsign: DVE), Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry), Rob West (callsign: Larkspur), Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow), Jessie Lake (callsign: Lady), Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave), Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes), and Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin.
 
-Peter
 
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander)
* Brandon Sanderson
* Brendan Durkin
* Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo)
* Charlie Bowater
* Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner)
* Cortana Olds (callsign: Halo)
* Craig Shields
* Darci Cole (callsign: Blue)
* Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave)
* Drew Patterson
* Eddie Schneider
* Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
* Emily Sanderson
* Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent)
* Gary Singer (callsign: DVE)
* Gillian Redfearn
* Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry)
* Isaac Stewart
* Janci Patterson
* Jayden King (callsign: Tripod)
* Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes)
* Jessica Ashcraft (callsign: Gesh)
* Jessie Lake (callsign: Lady)
* John Berlyne
* Joshua Bilmes
* Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu)
* Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren)
* Julian Mann
* Juliana Fernandes
* Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna)
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kenton Olds
* Kristina Kugler
* Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip)
* Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie)
* Max (Mainframe)
* Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow)
* Megan Walker
* Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan)
* Paul Hussey
* Peter Ahlstrom
* Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium)
* Rob West (callsign: Larkspur)
* Sam Baskin (callsign: Turtle)
* Samara (Brickshop Audio)
* Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard)
* Spencer White (callsign: Elder)
* Suzy Jackson
* Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry)
* Will Newell
}}
|}
 
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=== Cytonic ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Darci Rhoades Stone,
Who deals with my made-up physics
better than any physicist probably should.
Thanks for all the help on this series!
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| This book went through more revisions (as a percentage of its word count) than any of mine in recent memory! There was a lot to do, and I'd like to give a special thanks to Krista Marino (my editor) and Beverly Horowitz (my publisher) at Delacorte Press for being willing to see my vision for the book, even when it wasn't quite reaching it yet. In addition I'd like to thank Lydia Gregovic, Krista’s assistant, for helping move things along, as well as Colleen Fellingham and Tracy Heydweiller.
 
My agents on this book at JABberwocky are Eddie Schneider and Joshua Bilmes. In particular, Eddie gave specific insight and suggestions on the novel that I found especially useful during revisions—so I'd like to hand him a metaphoric gold star and my utmost thanks.
 
The artist of the beautiful cover is Charlie Bowater, while Ben McSweeney gave us great interior illustrations. I think Ben wishes I'd write more SF, judging by the numerous ship and alien designs he excitedly kept throwing my way. Soon, Ben. Soon. All of this was coordinated by Dragonsteel Art Director Isaac ₷tewart.
 
Speaking of my company, Dragonsteel Entertainment, other officers include Emily Sanderson as COO, the In-Demand Peter Ahlstrom as VP and Editorial Director, Kara Stewart as our CFO and Merchandise Director, Karen Ahlstrom as Continuity Director, Adam Horne as Publicity and Marketing Director, and Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson as designated brownie maker. Our other employees include editorial minion Betsey Ahlstrom and the members of Kara’s Team Silverlight: Emily Grange, Lex Willhite, Michael Bateman, Christi Jacobsen, Isabel Chrisman, Tori Mecham, Hazel Cummings, Kellyn Neumann, and Alex Lyon.
 
My ever-patient writing group is Kaylynn ZoBell on lead guitar, Darci Stone on drums, Eric James Stone on sousaphone, Emily Sanderson on flute, Ben Olsen (on loan from the Olsen Family Singers), Alan Layton on rap vocals, Ethan Skarstedt on rhythm shotgun, Karen Ahlstrom on strategically timed phone alarm music, Peter Ahlstrom on operatic vocals, and Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson on brownies.
 
The copyeditor was Amy J. Schneider and the proofreader was Katharine Wiencke. Beta readers on this project include Darci Cole (callsign: Blue), Richard Fife (callsign: Rickrolla), Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry), Aubree Pham (callsign: Amyrlin), Paige Vest (callsign: Blade), Aerin Pham (callsign: Air), Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić (callsign: Sigma), Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan), Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna), Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes), Rebecca Arneson (callsign: Scarlet), Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander), Lyndsey Luther (callsign: Soar), Glen Vogelaar (callsign: Ways), Eric Lake (callsign: Chaos), Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie), Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip), Deana Covel Whitney (callsign: Braid), Rahul Pantula (callsign: Giraffe), Bao Pham (callsign: Wyld), Gary Singer (callsign: DVE), Ravi Persaud, Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), Becca Reppert (callsign: Gran-Gran), Jessie Bell (callsign: Lady), Shannon Nelson (callsign: Grey), Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave), Marnie Peterson (callsign: Lessa), Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow), Bradyn Ray (callsign: Flanders), Devri Ray (callsign: Ember), Joe Deardeuff (callsign: Traveler), Alyx Hoge (callsign: Feather), Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix), Ross Newberry (callsign: PUNisher), Mi’chelle Walker (callsign: RainbowRose), Zaya Clinger (callsign: Z), Suzanne Musin (callsign: Oracle), James Anderson (callsign: Ambassador), Heather Clinger (callsign: Nightingale), Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu), Robert West (callsign: Larkspur), Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Treble), Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren), João Menezes Morais (callsign: Torpor), Tim Challener (callsign: Antaeus), Orrin Allen (callsign: Spaceduck), William Juan (callsign: Aber), Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard), and David Behrens. Thank you all for your help, and I apologize to the audiobook readers (Great jobs, Suzy Jackson and Sophie Aldred!) for making them read through that entire list.
 
Speaking of that, here's another list. Gamma readers include many of the beta readers plus Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry), Aaron Ford (callsign: Widget), Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin, Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent), Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium), Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner), Kendra Wilson (callsign: K-Monster), Frankie Jerome (callsign: Wulfe), Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo), Sam Baskin, Chana Oshira Block (callsign: Bard), Zenef Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon), Drew McCaffrey (callsign: Hercules), and Tyler Patrick.
 
Each and every book is a new challenge, and I keep learning new things about writing with each one. That said, getting this one ready on time was a little extra difficult, so I’m extremely proud to present it to you—and extra grateful to those who put the time in to help me.
 
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Aaron Ford (callsign: Widget)
* Adam Horne
* Aerin Pham (callsign: Air)
* Alan Layton
* Alex Lyon
* Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander)
* Alyx Hoge (callsign: Feather)
* Amy J. Schneider
* Aubree Pham (callsign: Amyrlin)
* Bao Pham (callsign: Wyld)
* Becca Reppert (callsign: Gran-Gran)
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben Olsen (on loan from the Olsen Family Singers)
* Betsey Ahlstrom
* Beverly Horowitz
* Bradyn Ray (callsign: Flanders)
* Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo)
* Chana Oshira Block (callsign: Bard)
* Charlie Bowater
* Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner)
* Christi Jacobsen
* Colleen Fellingham
* Darci Cole (callsign: Blue)
* Darci Rhoades Stone
* David Behrens
* Deana Covel Whitney (callsign: Braid)
* Devri Ray (callsign: Ember)
* Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave)
* Drew McCaffrey (callsign: Hercules)
* Eddie Schneider
* Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
* Emily Grange
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake (callsign: Chaos)
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent)
* Frankie Jerome (callsign: Wulfe)
* Gary Singer (callsign: DVE)
* Glen Vogelaar (callsign: Ways)
* Hazel Cummings
* Heather Clinger (callsign: Nightingale)
* Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry)
* Isaac Stewart
* Isabel Chrisman
* James Anderson (callsign: Ambassador)
* Jayden King (callsign: Tripod)
* Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes)
* Jessie Bell (callsign: Lady)
* João Menezes Morais (callsign: Torpor)
* Joe Deardeuff (callsign: Traveler)
* Joshua Bilmes
* Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu)
* Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren)
* Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna)
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Katharine Wiencke
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Kaylynn ZoBell
* Kellyn Neumann (callsign: Treble)
* Kendra Wilson (callsign: K-Monster)
* Krista Marino
* Lex Willhite
* Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip)
* Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie)
* Lydia Gregovic
* Lyndsey Luther (callsign: Soar)
* Marnie Peterson (callsign: Lessa)
* Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow)
* Mi’chelle Walker (callsign: RainbowRose)
* Michael Bateman
* Orrin Allen (callsign: Spaceduck)
* Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan)
* Paige Vest (callsign: Blade)
* Peter Ahlstrom (In-Demand)
* Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium)
* Rahul Pantula (callsign: Giraffe)
* Ravi Persaud
* Rebecca Arneson (callsign: Scarlet)
* Richard Fife (callsign: Rickrolla)
* Robert West (callsign: Larkspur)
* Ross Newberry (callsign: PUNisher)
* Sam Baskin
* Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard)
* Shannon Nelson (callsign: Grey)
* Sophie Aldred
* Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić (callsign: Sigma)
* Suzanne Musin (callsign: Oracle)
* Suzy Jackson
* Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry)
* Tim Challener (callsign: Antaeus)
* Tori Mecham
* Tracy Heydweiller
* Tyler Patrick
* Valencia Kumley (callsign: AlphaPhoenix)
* William Juan (callsign: Aber)
* Zaya Clinger (callsign: Z)
* Zenef Mark Lindberg (callsign: Megalodon)
}}
|}
 
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| colspan=2 |
 
=== Evershore ===
|-
! Dedication
|<pre>
For Darci Cole,
Who let me borrow her faith for a while
-JP
</pre>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| To everyone on my team at Dragonsteel Entertainment, thank you as always. Emily Sanderson, Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Isaac Stewart, Kara Stewart, Adam Horne and everyone else, thank you for everything you've done on ''Evershore'' and all of the Skyward Flight novellas.
 
Once more, thank you to Isaac Stewart, our art director, and Charlie Bowater, our cover artist, for their work on the beautiful ''Evershore'' cover art. And again, thank you to Karen Ahlstrom, our continuity editor, and to Kristina Kugler for her editorial services on the line and copy. You guys were great.
 
A special thank you, as always, to Max and the Mainframe team for their great work on each of these audiobooks.
 
Finally, once more, thank you to the fans of this series, I hope you have enjoyed ''Evershore''.
 
-Brandon
 
I am so grateful to the fantastic teams at Dragonsteel and Mainframe for helping make this book a reality, and to the team at JABberwocky for being such consistent supporters of me and my work. Special thanks to Peter Ahlstrom for helping us iron out some plot issues on a tight schedule, and thanks especially to Max Epstein for putting up with my neuroses, and even occasionally finding them amusing.
 
Thanks also to Cortana Olds (callsign: Halo) for being my sounding board, and for reading along as I wrote.
 
Thanks to Megan Walker, who listened to a lot of whining about the state of various drafts and still brought me motivation cookies, and also read an early draft. And of course, huge thanks to the Dragonsteel beta team: Darci Cole (callsign: Blue), Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip), Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander), Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan), Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes), Spencer White (callsign: Elder), Mark Lindberg (callsign:Megalodon), Deana Cover Whitney (callsign: Braid), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), and Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie). Special thanks to Jayden for his flying expertise and for being generally awesome and to Linnea for her fan art and enthusiasm.
 
Thanks to Kristina Kugler - who I ''somehow forgot'' to mention in ''Sunreach'' and ''ReDawn'' because my brain has been mush - for her ''truly fantastic'' edits on this book, and also on the first two. Kristy did amazing work on these books on a very tight and demanding schedule, and I'm forever grateful to her for it. Also Kristy, I love you fifty million billion.
 
A huge thanks is due to Darci Cole, who listened to more whining than anybody, and did a serious amount of cheerleading as I worked through the drafts of this book. Darci, you are amazing. Thank you for your optimism and your friendship. I would have lost my mind without you.
 
Thank you to my husband Drew for his infinite patience with me and my work, and for always believing I can do it, even when I lose faith.
 
Thanks most of all to Brandon, who has believed in my work longer than almost anybody. Thank you for trusting me with your characters (and giving me a hand up out of my own deep plot holes). It's an honor and a privilege to tell these stories with you.
 
-Janci
 
Many thanks again to this book's gamma reader team: Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo), Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner), Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna), Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard), Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren), Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium), Sam Baskin (callsign: Turtle), Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent), Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu), Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry), Jayden King (callsign: Tripod), Jessica Ashcraft (callsign: Gesh), Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry), Rob West (callsign: Larkspur), Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow), Jessie Lake (callsign: Lady), Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave), Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes), Eric Lake, and Aaron Ford (callsign: Widget). You are the eyes that see all, but not like the delvers!
 
-Peter
 
Thank you to Brandon and Janci for such an amazing third Skyward Flight novella. It was a wonderful experience working with you both on ''Evershore'' and each of the other Skyward Flight stories. A special thank you is also due to our incredible narrator Suzy Jackson for giving her voice to these amazing characters that Brandon and Janci have created.
 
Thanks again to Joshua Bilmes, Eddie Schneider, everyone at Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Samara and the team at Brickshop Audio as well as everyone at Listening Library, Penguin Random House Audio, and Delacorte Press.
 
And, as always, thank you to everyone at Mainframe involved in this project; especially Juliana Fernandes, Julian Mann, Will Newell, and Craig Shields.
 
-Max
 
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Aaron Ford (callsign: Widget)
* Adam Horne
* Alice Arneson (callsign: Wetlander)
* Brandon Sanderson
* Brian T. Hill (callsign: El Guapo)
* Charlie Bowater
* Chris McGrath (callsign: Gunner)
* Cortana Olds (callsign: Halo)
* Craig Shields
* Darci Cole (callsign: Blue)
* Deana Cover Whitney (callsign: Braid)
* Dr. Kathleen Holland (callsign: Shockwave)
* Drew Olds
* Eddie Schneider
* Emily Sanderson
* Eric Lake
* Evgeni Kirilov (callsign: Argent)
* Ian McNatt (callsign: Weiry)
* Isaac Stewart
* Janci Patterson
* Jayden King (callsign: Tripod)
* Jennifer Neal (callsign: Vibes)
* Jessica Ashcraft (callsign: Gesh)
* Jessie Lake (callsign: Lady)
* Joshua Bilmes
* Joshua Harkey (callsign: Jofwu)
* Joy Allen (callsign: Joyspren)
* Julian Mann
* Juliana Fernandes
* Kalyani Poluri (callsign: Henna)
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kristina Kugler
* Liliana Klein (callsign: Slip)
* Linnea Lindstrom (callsign: Pixie)
* Mark Lindberg (callsign:Megalodon)
* Max Epstein
* Megan Kanne (callsign: Sparrow)
* Megan Walker
* Paige Phillips (callsign: Artisan)
* Peter Ahlstrom
* Philip Vorwaller (callsign: Vanadium)
* Rob West (callsign: Larkspur)
* Sam Baskin (callsign: Turtle)
* Samara
* Sean VanBuskirk (callsign: Vanguard)
* Spencer White (callsign: Elder)
* Suzy Jackson
* Ted Herman (callsign: Cavalry)
* Will Newell
}}
|}
*Zoe Larsen
*Devi Pillai
}}
|}
 
== Tress of the Emerald Sea ==
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| colspan=2 |
=== Tress of the Emerald Sea ===
|-
! Dedication
|<div align=center>FOR EMILY,
Who has all my love
</div>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| What a ride.
When I sat down to write this book on a whim, I had no idea where the whole project would end up going. (Be sure to check out the postscript at the end of the book, where I talk about my inspirations for it in ways that might be a little too spoilery to put up front.)
 
I envisioned something special for the four books from the 2022 Secret Projects Kickstarter campaign, but my team has gone above and beyond. This turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous volume. I know that many of you will be listening to the audiobook, which certainly has its own special artistry—but if you get a chance, make sure you leaf through the print version. Because wow.
 
It’s fitting, therefore, to start off our thank-you with Howard Lyon. I envisioned these books being kind of an “artist’s showcase,” where we picked an artist and let them go a little wild with what they wanted to do in creating the book. Howard did so much on this book. The cover, the endpapers, the interior illustrations—but really, the entire design owes a lot to him. Thank you, Howard, for being willing to take on this huge project. You did an amazing job.
 
ʫaac Stewart is our art director at Dragonsteel, and was essential in making this all come together. Rachael Lynn Buchanan was our art assistant. Bill Wearne at American Print and Bindery really came through for us to get this thing printed, considering shortages. Many thanks, Bill. And I’d also like to thank all the people in the supply chain, from the paper mills to the cover and foil material suppliers, the press, the bindery, and the delivery drivers.
 
At Dragonsteel, our COO is Emily Sanderson. Our Editorial department is Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Kristy S. Gilbert, and Betsey Ahlstrom. Kristy Kugler was our copyeditor. Our Operations department is Matt “Are you going to do this in every book, Brandon?” Hatch, Emma Tan-Stoker, Jane Horne, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Makena Saluone, and Hazel Cummings. Our Publicity and Marketing department is Adam Horne, Jeremy Palmer, and
Taylor Hatch.
 
These folks don’t get enough credit for all the wonderful things they do to make my projects happen. In particular, with this Kickstarter campaign, I needed their enthusiasm and their wonderful ideas. (For example, the original idea for a subscription box was Adam’s several
years ago.) It was a lot of work to get all of this put together and executed, so if you have a chance, thank my team in person.
 
And, of course, we need to give an extra special thanks to my Fulfillment department. Kara Stewart’s team worked long hours to get these books to you all. They deserve a round of applause, and include Christi Jacobsen, Lex Willhite, Kellyn Neumann, Mem Grange, Michael Bateman, Joy Allen, Katy Ives, Richard Rubert, Sean VanBuskirk, Isabel Chrisman, Tori Mecham, Ally Reep, Jacob Chrisman, Alex Lyon, and Owen Knowlton.
 
I’d like to thank Margot Atwell, Oriana Leckert, and the rest of the team at Kickstarter. In addition I’d like to thank Anna Gallagher, Palmer Johnson, Antonio Rosales, and the rest of the BackerKit team.
 
We had a special sensitivity reader help us with this book—Jenna Beacom—and she was incredible. If you ever need someone to give you help on a book in regards to Deaf representation and how to write a deaf character, go straight to Jenna. She’ll help you get it right.
 
Our alpha readers for this project were Adam Horne, Rachael Lynn Buchanan, Kellyn Neumann, Lex Wilhite, Christi Jacobsen, Jennifer Neal, and Joy Allen.
 
Our beta readers were Mi’chelle Walker, Matthew Wiens, Ted Herman, Rob West, Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov, Jessie Lake, Kalyani Poluri, Bao Pham, Linnea Lindstrom, Jory Phillips, Darci Cole, Craig Hanks, Sean VanBuskirk, Frankie Jerome, Giulia Costantini, Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin, Trae Cooper, and Lauren McCaffrey.
 
Gamma proofreaders also included Joy Allen, Jayden King, Chris McGrath, Jennifer Neal, Joshua Harkey, Eric Lake, Ross Newberry, Bob Kluttz, Brian T. Hill, Shannon Nelson, Suzanne Musin, Glen Vogelaar, Ian McNatt, Gary Singer, Erika Kuta Marler, Drew McCaffrey, David Behrens, Rosemary Williams, Tim Challener, Jessica Ashcraft, Anthony Acker, Alexis Horizon, Liliana Klein, Christopher Cottingham, Aaron Biggs, and William Juan.
 
Last but not least, I need to give a special thanks to all of you who backed the Kickstarter project. I wasn’t gunning for the number one spot—let alone double that. I just wanted to do something different, something interesting, and something cool. Your support continues to mean so very much to me. Thank you.
 
Brandon Sanderson
|-
! People
|{{columns|
*Aaron Biggs
*Adam Horne
*Alex Lyon
*Alexis Horizon
*Ally Reep
*Anna Gallagher
*Anthony Acker
*Antonio Rosales
*Bao Pham
*Betsey Ahlstrom
*Bill Wearne
*Bob Kluttz
*Brian T. Hill
*Chris McGrath
*Christi Jacobsen
*Christopher Cottingham
*Craig Hanks
*Darci Cole
*David Behrens
*Drew McCaffrey
*Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
*Emily Sanderson
*Emma Tan-Stoker
*Eric Lake
*Erika Kuta Marler
*Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov
*Frankie Jerome
*Gary Singer
*Giulia Costantini
*Glen Vogelaar
*Hazel Cummings
*Howard Lyon
*Ian McNatt
*Isabel Chrisman
*Jacob Chrisman
*Jane Horne
*Jayden King
*Jenna Beacom
*Jennifer Neal
*Jeremy Palmer
*Jessica Ashcraft
*Jessie Lake
*Jory Phillips
*Joshua Harkey
*Joy Allen
*Kalyani Poluri
*Kara Stewart
*Karen Ahlstrom
*Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
*Katy Ives
*Kellyn Neumann
*Kristy Kugler
*Kristy S. Gilbert
*Lauren McCaffrey
*Lex Wilhite
*Liliana Klein
*Linnea Lindstrom
*ʫaac Stewart
*Makena Saluone
*Margot Atwell
*Matt “Are you going to do this in every book, Brandon?” Hatch
*Matthew Wiens
*Mem Grange
*Mi’chelle Walker
*Michael Bateman
*Oriana Leckert
*Owen Knowlton
*Palmer Johnson
*Peter Ahlstrom
*Rachael Lynn Buchanan
*Richard Rubert
*Rob West
*Rosemary Williams
*Ross Newberry
*Sean VanBuskirk
*Shannon Nelson
*Suzanne Musin
*Taylor Hatch
*Ted Herman
*Tim Challener
*Tori Mecham
*Trae Cooper
*William Juan
}}
|}
 
* Map by [[Shawn Boyles]]
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== Yumi and the Nightmare Painter ==
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width=100%
| colspan=2 |
=== Yumi and the Nightmare Painter ===
|-
! Dedication
| <div align=center>Also for Emily,<br>Who, for some amazing reason, gives me her love.</div>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| First off, let’s acknowledge Emily—the person this book is dedicated to—for being both my inspiration and my co-president at Dragonsteel. I think you would all be amazed by how much she does behind the scenes. She deserves praise, accolades, and no small thanks for sharing her book (which this is) with all of you.
Creative Development is our department focused on things like artwork for the books, concept art, and various cool things like that. In this department, I’d like to thank Isaac StewarŤ—VP, and my longtime partner in crime—for taking on the huge task of getting the artwork ready for all these Secret Projects.
And speaking of that, Aliya Chen was the artist for this book, and she did an amazing job. My goal for each of these books was to let the artists have extra freedom to create art for the story the way they want, and Aliya was really fantastic to work with. I hope those of you who listen to the audiobook will find time to go check out the beautiful pieces she did for this project.
Other members of this department include Rachael Lynn Buchanan (who brought Aliya’s art to our attention), Jennifer Neal, Ben McSweeney, Hayley Lazo, Priscilla Spencer, and Anna Earley.
We also want to thank some of the people external to our organization here at Dragonsteel who helped on this project. This includes Oriana Leckert at Kickstarter, and Anna Gallagher and Palmer Johnson at BackerKit. Also, a special thanks to Bill Wearne, our print rep, who worked miracles to get these books printed on our schedule.
Our Editorial department is headed by VP the Installed Peter Ahlstrom. His team also stepped up in a big way to get four extra books done on time, and they deserve huge props! They include Karen Ahlstrom, Kristy S. Gilbert (who did the layout), Betsey Ahlstrom, Jennie Stevens, and Emily Shaw-Higham. Deanna Hoak did our copyediting on this book.
Our Operations department VP is Matt “You’re publishing how many books this year?” Hatch, who came on to our company just in time for us to do this huge project. Also on the operations team are Emma Tan-Stoker, Jane Horne, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Makena Saluone, Hazel Cummings, and Becky Wilson. Thanks so much, folks, for keeping us all in line and focused!
The Publicity and Marketing department is headed by VP Adam Horne. These are the folks who helped me put together all the videos promoting the Secret Projects, and have been an invaluable resource in helping me get the news out about all of this! His team includes Jeremy Palmer, Taylor D. Hatch, and Octavia Escamilla. Nice work!
Last but not least is our Merchandising and Events department, headed by Kara Stewart as the VP. This team took on an extra-large burden for these four Secret Projects, as it was a huge endeavor to get it all put together, packaged, and shipped out to you all. They also spearheaded getting the digital products to everyone, and they handle customer service, so no matter which version of the book you ended up getting, these are the fine folks who got them to you! A huge thanks to them for all their work.
The team includes: Christi Jacobsen, Lex Willhite, and Kellyn Neumann.
Mem Grange, Michael Bateman, Joy Allen, Katy Ives, Richard Rubert, Brett Moore, Ally Reep, Daniel Phipps, and Dallin Holden.
Alex Lyon, Jacob Chrisman, Matt Hampton, Camilla Cutler, Quinton Martin, Kitty Allen, Esther Grange, Amanda Butterfield, Laura Loveridge, Gwen Hickman, Donald Mustard III, Zoe Hatch, Logan Reep, Rachel Jacobsen, and Sydney Wilson.
My writing group for this book included Emily Sanderson, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Darci Stone, Eric James Stone, Alan Layton, Ethan Skarstedt, and Ben Olseeeen.
Alpha readers for this book included Jessie Farr, Oliver Sanderson, Rachael Lynn Buchanan, Jennifer Neal, Christi Jacobson, Kellyn Neumann, Lex Willhite, Joy Allen, and Emma Tan-Stoker.
Beta readers include Joshua Harkey, Tim Challener, Lingting “Botanica” Xu, Ross Newberry, Becca Reppert, Jessica Ashcraft, Alyx Hoge, Liliana Klein, Rahul Pantula, Gary Singer, Alexis Horizon, Lyndsey Luther, Nikki Ramsay, Suzanne Musin, Marnie Peterson, and Kendra Wilson.
Gamma readers include many of the beta readers plus: Brian T. Hill, Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov, Rosemary Williams, Shannon Nelson, Brandon Cole, Glen Vogelaar, Rob West, Ted Herman, Drew McCaffrey, Jessie Lake, Chris McGrath, Bob Kluttz, Sam Baskin, Kendra Alexander, Lauren McCaffrey, Billy Todd, Chana Oshira Block, and Jayden King.
And, obviously, I’d like to give a huge thanks to all of our Kickstarter backers, who made this project possible! Your enthusiasm has really propelled this project into the stratosphere. Thank you so very much.
 
Brandon Sanderson
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Adam Horne
* Alan Layton
* Alex Lyon
* Alexis Horizon
* Aliya Chen
* Ally Reep
* Alyx Hoge
* Amanda Butterfield
* Anna Earley
* Anna Gallagher
* Becca Reppert
* Becky Wilson
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben Olseeeen
* Betsey Ahlstrom
* Bill Wearne
* Billy Todd
* Bob Kluttz
* Brandon Cole
* Brett Moore
* Brian T. Hill
* Camilla Cutler
* Chana Oshira Block
* Chris McGrath
* Christi Jacobsen
* Dallin Holden
* Daniel Phipps
* Darci Stone
* Deanna Hoak
* Donald Mustard III
* Drew McCaffrey
* Emily Sanderson
* Emily Shaw-Higham
* Emma Tan-Stoker
* Eric James Stone
* Esther Grange
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov
* Gary Singer
* Glen Vogelaar
* Gwen Hickman
* Hayley Lazo
* Hazel Cummings
* Isaac StewarŤ
* Jacob Chrisman
* Jane Horne
* Jayden King
* Jennie Stevens
* Jennifer Neal
* Jeremy Palmer
* Jessica Ashcraft
* Jessie Farr
* Jessie Lake
* Joshua Harkey
* Joy Allen
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Katy Ives
* Kellyn Neumann
* Kendra Alexander
* Kendra Wilson
* Kitty Allen
* Kristy S. Gilbert
* Laura Loveridge
* Lauren McCaffrey
* Lex Willhite
* Liliana Klein
* Lingting “Botanica” Xu
* Logan Reep
* Lyndsey Luther
* Makena Saluone
* Marnie Peterson
* Matt Hampton
* Matt Hatch
* Mem Grange
* Michael Bateman
* Nikki Ramsay
* Octavia Escamilla
* Oliver Sanderson
* Oriana Leckert
* Palmer Johnson
* Peter Ahlstrom (Installed)
* Priscilla Spencer
* Quinton Martin
* Rachael Lynn Buchanan
* Rachel Jacobsen
* Rahul Pantula
* Richard Rubert
* Rob West
* Rosemary Williams
* Ross Newberry
* Sam Baskin
* Shannon Nelson
* Suzanne Musin
* Sydney Wilson
* Taylor D. Hatch
* Ted Herman
* Tim Challener
* Zoe Hatch
}}
|}
 
== The Sunlit Man ==
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width=100%
| colspan=2 |
=== The Sunlit Man ===
|-
! Dedication
| <div align=center>For all of you, the fans of the Cosmere, Who make my dreams come to life.</div>
|-
! Acknowledgements
| Whew! What a year! This was quite the wild ride, involving a ton of work from everyone involved. I’ll make sure to get to them all in this section, but I just wanted to say a big thank-you to everyone. It was a herculean effort to get these books edited, illustrated, and delivered.
Our editor on this book was Moshe Feder, my longtime partner in crime and the man who discovered me. We were thrilled to work with him again, and I’m glad he was here to help me with this next step of Nomad’s journey. A special thank-you goes to Dr. Joseph Jensen for his help with the astrophysics, as this one is a bit of a doozy as far as that is concerned. Also, the Cosmere Arcanist team—you guys are great.
I’m represented by the remarkable team at the JABberwocky Literary Agency, with Joshua Bilmes at the helm. Thanks also to Susan Velazquez and Christina Zobel.
This book is odd compared to the other secret projects, as we have three illustrators, not one. We wanted to try out some new people and found some individuals who worked well for this specific novel. Thank you to all of them for their amazing work. These projects became extra special because of their involvement. Ernanda Souza did the endpapers, full-color illustrations, and concept art. She really did a great job and was awesome to work with. Nabetse Zitro did our interior drawings, joining us again after the incredible work he did on the new comic pages in the White Sand graphic novel omnibus. And kudriaken did our spectacular cover illustration.
Bill Wearne, our print rep at American Print and Bindery, made magic happen with each of the secret projects. We appreciate him, the printer, the bindery, and all those who helped with the manu­facturing of this book. Debi Bergerson was instrumental on the print side, and Chad Dillon went above and beyond to ensure high-quality binding materials.
From here, let’s go to the departments at Dragonsteel. I have the best team in the business, and they all put a lot of work into these secret projects.
Isaac StÙart is our vice president of Creative Development. His team includes Ben McSweeney (who did great concept work to keep the vision of the project cohesive), Rachael Lynn Buchanan (who did a lot of heavy lifting helping Isaac work with the artists, choosing scenes to illustrate, and keeping track of details), Jennifer Neal, Hayley Lazo, Priscilla Spencer, and Anna Earley.
The Instructional Peter Ahlstrom is our vice president of Editorial. His team includes Karen Ahlstrom, Kristy S. Gilbert, Jennie Stevens (our in-house editor of this book), Betsey Ahlstrom, and Emily Shaw-Higham. Kristy Kugler did the copyedit.
The Narrative department is just Dan Wells, who is also its VP. But we let him boss Ben around to make up for it.
Our COO is Emily Sanderson, and the Operations team includes Matt “Matt” Hatch, Emma Tan-Stoker, Jane Horne, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Makena Saluone, Hazel Cummings, and Becky Wilson.
Adam Horne, a.k.a. the Grand Master of Corgis, is our vice president of Publicity and Marketing. His team includes Jeremy Palmer, Taylor D. Hatch, and Octavia Escamilla.
Kara Stewart is our vice president of Merchandising, Events, and making sure you all get your boxes of stuff. Her team includes Emma Tan-Stoker, Christi Jacobsen, Kellyn Neumann, Lex Willhite, Mem Grange, Michael Bateman, Joy Allen, Ally Reep, Richard Rubert, Katy Ives, Brett Moore, Dallin Holden, Daniel Phipps, Jacob Chrisman, Alex Lyon, Matt Hampton, Camilla Cutler, Quinton Martin, Esther Grange, Logan Reep, Laura Loveridge, Amanda Butterfield, Gwen Hickman, Donald Mustard III, Zoe Hatch, Pablo Mooney, Braydonn Moore, Avery Morgan, Nathan Mortensen, Christian Fairbanks, Dal Hill, George Kaler, Kathleen Barlow, Kaleigh Arnold, Kitty Allen, Rachel Jacobsen, Sydney Wilson, Katelyn Hatch, and Judy Torsak.
I’d like to thank Oriana Leckert from Kickstarter, and Anna Gallagher, Palmer Johnson, and McKynzee Wiggins (chief button maker) from BackerKit.
My writing group consists of Emily Sanderson, Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson, Peter Ahlstrom, Karen Ahlstrom, Darci Stone, Eric James Stone, Alan Layton, Ethan Skarstedt, Ben Olsen, and Dan Wells.
Alpha readers for this book include Karen Ahlstrom, Joy Allen, Christi Jacobsen, Brett Moore, Brad Neumann, Kellyn Neumann, Ally Reep, Emma Tan-Stoker, Sean VanBlack, and Dan Wells.
Our beta readers are Ravi Persaud, Ian McNatt, Brandon Cole, Shannon Nelson, Ben Marrow, Jennifer Neal, Poonam Desai, Chris McGrath, Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić, Kendra Alexander, Zenef Mark Lindberg, Paige Phillips, Rosemary Williams, Eric Lake, David Behrens, William Juan, and Erika Kuta Marler. Special thanks to Mikah Kilgore for xyr beta feedback on the image descriptions found in the ebook and audiobook.
Our gamma readers include many beta readers, along with Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov, Joshua Harkey, Ross Newberry, Tim Challener, Jessica Ashcraft, Ted Herman, Brian T. Hill, Rob West, Paige Vest, Gary Singer, Darci Cole, Kalyani Poluri, Jayden King, Lingting “Botanica” Xu, Glen Vogelaar, Bob Kluttz, Billy Todd, Megan Kanne, Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin, Aaron Ford, Jessie Lake, and Sam Baskin.
The Arcanist team includes Eric Lake, Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov, Ben Marrow, David Behrens, Ian McNatt, and Joshua Harkey.
As this is the last book of the Secret Projects Kickstarter, I wanted to take one final opportunity to thank you all. I might have written the books, but you created the event that they became. You made this year so very special. After you’ve read the book, see the postscript for more.
 
Brandon Sanderson
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Aaron Ford
* Adam Horne
* Alan Layton
* Alex Lyon
* Ally Reep
* Amanda Butterfield
* Anna Earley
* Anna Gallagher
* Avery Morgan
* Becky Wilson
* Ben Marrow
* Ben McSweeney
* Ben Olsen
* Bill Wearne
* Billy Todd
* Bob Kluttz
* Brad Neumann
* Brandon Cole
* Braydonn Moore
* Brett Moore
* Brian T. Hill
* Camilla Cutler
* Chad Dillon
* Chris McGrath
* Christian Fairbanks
* Christie Jacobsen
* Christina Zobel
* Dal Hill
* Dallin Holden
* Dan Wells
* Daniel Phipps
* Darci Cole
* Darci Stone
* David Behrens
* Debi Bergerson
* Donald Mustard III
* Eliyahu Berelowitz Levin
* Emily Sanderson
* Emily Shaw-Higham
* Emma Tan-Stoker
* Eric James Stone
* Eric Lake
* Erika Kuta Marler
* Ernanda Souza
* Esther Grange
* Ethan Skarstedt
* Evgeni “Argent” Kirilov
* Gary Singer
* George Kaler
* Glen Vogelaar
* Gwen Hickman
* Hayley Lazo
* Hazel Cummings
* Ian McNatt
* Isaac StÙart
* Jacob Chrisman
* Jane Horne
* Jayden King
* Jennifer Neal
* Jeremy Palmer
* Jessica Ashcraft
* Jessie Lake
* Joseph Jensen
* Joshua Bilmes
* Joshua Harkey
* Joy Allen
* Judy Torsak
* Kaleigh Arnold
* Kalyani Poluri
* Kara Stewart
* Karen Ahlstrom
* Katelyn Hatch
* Kathleen Barlow
* Kathleen Dorsey Sanderson
* Katy Ives
* Kellyn Neumann
* Kendra Alexander
* Kitty Allen
* Kristy Kugler
* kudriaken
* Laura Loveridge
* Lex Willhite
* Lingting “Botanica” Xu,
* Logan Reep
* Makena Saluone
* Matt Hampton
* Matt "Matt" Hatch
* McKynzee Wiggins
* Megan Kanne
* Mem Grange
* Michael Bateman
* Mikah Kilgore
* Moshe Fedder
* Nabetse Zitro
* Nathan Mortensen
* Octavia Escamilla
* Oriana Leckert
* Pablo Mooney
* Paige Philipps
* Paige Vest
* Palmer Johnson
* Peter Ahlstrom
* Poonam Desai
* Priscilla Spencer
* Quinton Martin
* Rachael Lynn Buchanan
* Rachel Jacobsen
* Ravi Persaud
* Richard Rubert
* Rob West
* Rosemary Williams
* Ross Newberry
* Sam Bashkin
* Sean VanBlack
* Shannon Nelson
* Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić
* Susan Velazquez
* Sydney Wilson
* Taylor D. Hatch
* Ted Herman
* Tim Challener
* William Juan
* Zenef Mark Lindberg
* Zoe Hatch
}}
|}
 
| colspan=2 |
=== The Gathering Storm ===
|-
! Dedication
|<div align=center>For Maria Simons and Alan Romanczuk,<br />without whom this book wouldn't have been possible</div>
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Alan Romanczuk
* Maria Simons
}}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width=100%
| colspan=2 |
=== Towers of Midnight ===
|-
! Dedication
|<div align=center>For Jason Denzel, Melissa Craib, Bob Kluttz, Jennifer Liang,<br />Linda Taglieri, Matt Hatch, Leigh Butler, Mike Mackert,<br />and all those readers who over the years have made<br /> The Wheel of Time part of their lives, and in doing so<br /> have made the lives of others better</div>
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Bob Kluttz
* Jason Denzel
* Jennifer Liang
* Leigh Butler
* Linda Taglieri
* Matt Hatch
* Melissa Craib
* Mike Mackert
}}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width=100%
| colspan=2 |
=== A Memory of Light ===
|-
! Dedication
|<div align=center>For Harriet,<br />the light of Mr. Jordan's life,<br />and for Emily,<br /> the light of mine.</div>
|-
! People
|{{columns|
* Harriet Jordan
* Emily Sanderson
}}
|}
 
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