Edgedancer

Lift, a girl who lives on stolen food, runs off from Azir's capital with her spren Wyndle and reaches the city of Yeddaw. She learns that a hunter she calls Darkness is killing people who start gaining powers. His next target is the Stump, an orphanage keeper who acts tough and secretly heals the children. Lift tries to protect her, faces Darkness and, to save the wounded Stump, swears a new oath: to listen to those who have been ignored. She shows Darkness that the Everstorm has already arrived and that killing the new knights no longer makes sense. He leaves, shaken. Lift heals the Stump and heads back to Azir.

1. Behind the scenesBorn in a collection

   Edgedancer first came out in November 2016 inside Arcanum Unbounded, a collection of Cosmere stories. Only later did it get its own hardcover.

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2. Behind the scenesNearly all Lift

   It runs about 40,000 words: 19 chapters from Lift's point of view and one from Hauka's. The first draft was written in May 2016.

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3. ReferenceBonus interlude

   The standalone edition includes Lift's interlude from Words of Radiance, so you can revisit how she entered the story.

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4. ReferenceThe hunter is back

   The man chasing Lift, whom she calls Darkness, already showed up in Words of Radiance. Here you get a closer look at how he thinks.

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