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The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel (Dramatized Adaptation)

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The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel (Dramatized Adaptation)

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Wyn Delano, Alexander Amado, Nanette Savard, Torian Brackett, full cast, Taylor Coan, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Nick J. Russo, Daniel Llaca, Yasmin Tuazon, Elena Anderson, David Cui Cui
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of The Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn Saga, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy―comes this standalone novel showing a rare glimpse of a future Cosmere universe.

Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad’s strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next.

But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn’t keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the struggle between a heartless tyrant and the brave rebels who defy him.

Failure means a quick death, incinerated by the sun… or a lifetime as a mindless slave. Tormented by the consequences of his past, Nomad must fight not only for his survival―but also for his very soul.

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Performed by Nick J. Russo, Torian Brackett, Wyn Delano, Taylor Coan, Elena Anderson, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Daniel Llaca, David Cui Cui, Yasmin Tuazon, Nanette Savard, Alexander Amado, Natalie Van Sistine, Chris Davenport, Christopher Walker, Shanta Parasuraman, Scott McCormick, Gabriel Michael, Eva Wilhelm, Colleen Delany, Kenneth Charles, Laura C. Harris, Bradley Foster Smith, Crystal Lee, and Richard Rohan.

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liked this story, super fun offshoot from stormlight archive series. would love to see more

good story that pulls you in quickly

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was a fun easy ride after finishing up storm light. I think the author needs some variety on the character psychology at this point though. the whole broken lone wolf, can't get close to anyone, is getting pretty redundant in almost all of Sanderson's key characters. I know the whole broken hero thing is popular but I'd like to see something different at this point. on a plus though really creative story, great world,

some fun concepts

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Listened to this after w&t.... And wow. Just all the context makes it that much better. The performances are all great, and the sound effect really add to it. Really loved this.

Great way to re-listen to the story.

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Weak storyline. Dislike the main character’s sidekick. Narration is mediocre. Humor is questionable for those who expect it to be witty. Overall do not recommend.

A video game without a video,

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This is by far the title that was the most interesting to me from the Secret Projects and it is also by far the worst one to recommend. Answer me this conundrum: you have the Stormlight Archive, a story that is very strongly focused on its characters, almost on par with what is the most ambitious worldbuilding on the fantasy spectrum (the whole Cosmere thing is undeniably grandiose beyond compare in the genre, so guess how much anything on par with it must weigh). Now, knowing that, how exactly would you decide to publish a book that is based entirely on a character from the SLA, heavily referencing his experiences (or providing a bit of a spoiler for them, if you read this before reading book 5), referencing a lot of other characters from that book, heavily based on the magical system from that book, and in general having that character return a lot to already established roots from SLA? Hint: I wrote the word "character" a lot for a reason.

Would you market it as:
A) Number 4 in a random series of books that may or may not be Cosmere related, written outside of the current main fiction,
B) Or market it as SLA book 5.1, for example, or even 10.1, or anything in the SLA series.

Dawnshard is somehow marketed as part of the SLA book series, but this isn't. Come on now, I feel like the entire publishing team at Dragonsteel, Brandon Sanderson included, need a lecture on numbering. This is somehow reminiscent of the Xbox naming conventions in ridiculousness.

TL;DR: read this if you liked SLA and are an avid reader, stay away if you didn't.

P.S. There is something notably artificial about the sound job on this one. I know how silly that sounds, obviously I do not expect them to record under the rain to hear the sound of water drops, but the way effects were added around the narration just seemed disconnected, as if you were playing the same sound from a playlist on youtube while listening to non-sound surrounded narration, caring on its own without actually sounding that it is interacting with its center. I am not an audiophile, can't explain what was wrong with it more precisely, but I have felt more immersed by narration without additional sound work and a single narrator, this just ended up having a jarring effect at times. Music number was nice, narrators were pretty great, all of them, but just the sound editing was definitely off in a way.

I really liked it and really can't recommend it

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