Isles of the Emberdark – Sanderson Brandon (2026)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a legendary standalone novel that sails across the seas and stars of the far-future Cosmere, illustrated by Esther Hi'ilani Candari. All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar, the supernatural birds his people bond with, on the deadly island of Patji. When the Ones Above, invaders from the stars seeking to exploit the Aviar, threaten to conquer his people, Dusk propels them into a race to modernize. But they are losing, and he fears they will lose themselves in the process. When he gets the chance to sail into the emberdark beyond a mystical portal, Dusk sets out to find salvation for his people with only a canoe, his birds, and the grit and cunning of a Patji trapper. Elsewhere in the emberdark, Starling is a young dragon chained in human form and a member of the starship Dynamic. She and her ragtag crew of exiles are deep in debt and close to losing their freedom, so when she discovers an ancient map to a hidden portal between the emberdark and the physical realm, she seizes the opportunity for a lucrative discovery. These unlikely allies may hold the answer to each other’s crises, but their search for independence brings perilous bargains, poisonous politics, and the destructive echo of a dead god. In this new tale, Sanderson expands his novella “Sixth of the Dusk” into a mythic novel of legends, lore, and warring galactic superpowers.