Tress of the Emerald Sea

A Cosmere Novel , #1

eBook, 403 pages

English language

Published Jan. 10, 2023 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC.

ISBN:
978-1-938570-34-6
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5 stars (2 reviews)

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?

1 edition

Fun, odd

4 stars

In the end note Sanderson talks about The Princess Bride and Good Omens as tone goals for this, and mostly that says to me that he hasn't read Stardust. I do tend to like adventure stories that subvert some of the genre's problematic tropes and occasionally pause to point that out. Having Hoid serve both as the limited-omniscient narrator and a non-viewpoint character in the narrative was distracting sometimes, especially towards the end when Hoid was becoming more integral to the plot. Hopefully when we get more books in Hoid's voice he'll be the main character. This was a nice palate cleanser after finishing Mistborn era 2.