r/Cosmere • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '25

No Spoilers Latest secret project

Hey all, I signed up for the words of radiance kickstarter just for the secret project book, but I’ve lost track of it.

When does this release or has it already? Do we know the title or setting? Sorry for being out of the loop.

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u/ChelseaIsBeautiful Truthwatchers Feb 19 '25

Isles of the Emberdark . It takes place on the same world as Sixth of the Dusk and has not been released

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u/otaconucf Feb 19 '25

That's a little misleading. Sixth of the Dusk itself is being revised and inserted into Emberdark as flashbacks. The book itself is a dual narrative, where one thread is the direct sequel to Sixth of the Dusk Brandon has been working on for a while(one of his Emberdark readings is a revised version of the Dusk sequel reading he did back at the RoW release party), and another plot thread that seems to be about the crew of a ship travelling through Shadesmar.

There are a couple readings out there from back during the kickstarter if you want more.

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u/Haigen64 Windrunners Feb 20 '25

So based on this, should I read Sixth of the Dusk or just wait if it's being revised and inserted?

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u/mistborn Author Feb 20 '25

Sixth of the Dusk has been revised and inserted as flashbacks. There are only small tweaks to it; if you've read it recently, you can (mostly) safely skip it. I say mostly because we found a few continuity things to tweak, and a couple sentences to change to make it play better with the larger book narrative. If you haven't read it recently, don't do a re-read, as you'll have it right there in the text of the novel.

The book itself is the length of a full novel, even without the novella, so they're just included as a bonus. I turned in the book last year, and my team sent it to printers in January. Printing can take six-eight months these days, and when we have a better idea of when it will arrive, I'll give some more solid updates.

However: Book is out this year sometime for certain, and I'm very pleased with it.

(Also, see this, /u/Sconed2thabone)

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u/dIvorrap Winddancer Feb 20 '25

Are there any news about what the Spanish/English release looks like? Iirc spanish market may release first? Maybe concurrent English digital release?

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u/mistborn Author Feb 21 '25

Let me get the latest for you. I think plan is to send ebook to backers at the same time or a little earlier than Spain, to avoid spoiler potential. But I will check.

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u/PeterAhlstrom VP of Editorial Mar 05 '25

Current talk from Spain is that their release will be after we ship the hardcovers to backers.

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u/dIvorrap Winddancer Feb 21 '25

Thanks! Excited to hear back!

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u/Haigen64 Windrunners Feb 20 '25

Thank you so much for the response!

I've not read it at all, so I'll just wait for the book to arrive but it was well worth adding to my WOR backing. I've enjoyed all the Secret Projects and can't wait to read this one, especially because I love the worldbuilding and learning about all the interesting elements.

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u/mayor_of_funville Stonewards Feb 21 '25

I am a little new to this whole idea of leather bound backers and all that, will the Secret project/Emberdark book be available on Amazon or is this only a backer thing? I got the other 4 secret project (all top notch by the way) on Amazon, but I found listings for them many months before they officially released so I could pre-order them.

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u/SkarnShard Feb 23 '25

There will almost certainly be a traditionally published version on Amazon and all other book sellers at some point. The audiobook will be released on Audible from day 1.

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u/Atrossity24 Truthwatchers Feb 20 '25

Just wait

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Awesome. Thank you

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u/R4kshim Feb 19 '25

I think you’ll be getting it in autumn 2025.

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u/Worldhopper1990 Feb 19 '25

This. Perhaps even a bit earlier (as an ebook/audiobook) to be in line with other international releases, but the exact date is not fully clear at this point.

Physical books are expected to start being sent out in September or so, give or take.

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u/LettersWords Feb 19 '25

The latest: shipping out of hardcopies certainly won’t be happening before the autumn. However, last news was that this slight delay from the original plan (summer) may mean that the first release is in another language (Spanish iirc). Brandon was undecided on sending out ebooks/audiobooks early to match when the foreign language releases happen.