That said, while I also liked Legion, the ending on that one made me feel like it should be the start of a series.

And I think I’d have been very disappointed had we not gotten to see her use one of her Essence Marks, after all that build up.

The viewpoint switch to Favra didn’t feel weird to me or make me expect the book to be longer. The bit at the end where she decides to go after Hoid(?) didn’t make me expect a sequel, it just felt like she was going on with her life and made the story feel more real. While I don’t like to disagree with Mary, all I can do is report how I felt about the novellas and I gotta say that the Emperor’s Soul worked well for me. So, this week I read Legion and The Emperor’s Soul, as well as listening to this podcast. Then we talk about some darlings Brandon opted to NOT kill.Īudiobook Freebie (limited time only): Legion by Brandon Sanderson, narrated by Oliver Wyman And on the subject of darlings, Dan asks about the fight sequence, and whether that really needed to be part of the story. We have fun comparing Howard’s interpretation of a story point with what Brandon actually intended, and Mary talks about the structural changes made between the draft she read and the final version, a change that perfectly fulfills the definition of killing a darling. He also talks to us about the way in which he arrived at the ending, and how the ending grew very naturally from the early stages of defining the character. The e-book is available here.īrandon talks to us about the origin of the magic system, and why he decided it fit well for setting in the same world as Elantris.

Spoiler alert! We’re going to talk in depth about The Emperor’s Soul, which just came out, and if you haven’t yet read it but want to, we’d rather not spoil it for you.

The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson