I figured I'd start a new thread, since I'll be linking this from my site, and don't want the files to be buried two or three pages in.
This is the place for a collection of sample chapters from the newest book I'm working on. Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the links, read on for an explanation of what's going on here.
WARBREAKER (tentative title) is the novel I'll be releasing through Tor after the MISTBORN trilogy. It is a stand-alone fantasy novel, with no relation to previous books I've done. From the beginning, I've said that I want to publish stand-alones frequently, since I see a distinct lack of them in the epic fantasy field.
I finished the three MISTBORN books before Tor even published the first one, and I'm putting those through my writing groups. However, it will be years before Tor--or my writing groups--will have a chance to look at WARBREAKER. I've already got two books in the queue, and so a lot of the focus will be on them for a time.Â
However, a number of people have noticed that I'm working on the book, and are curious about it, so I thought I'd start posting some of the sample chapters--both because I wanted to show them what I was doing, and because I wanted to get a bit of feedback. Â
These then got quite a good reaction! I went to Tor, and we both decided that posting the whole book on-line would be a great way (hopefully) to improve my readership. I only ask a couple of things:
1) Consider giving me comments to help me make the book the best it can be.Â
2) Don't judge my writing style too harshly based on these chapters, as they aren't polished at all! This is more than simple prose problems. Names will change--sometimes inside of the same chapter--as I try different spellings and see which ones I like. The setting isn't as fleshed out as I'd like yet, and some of the mechanics are awkward. And, I often flesh out characters a lot as I write them.  So, consider yourself warned! Remember, my published works are much better.
3) And, speaking of my published works, I ask you to consider buying them. If you like this book, then you'll like them even more! Plus, the better my sales are, the more likely I'll be able to keep doing this for a living. So, please check out Elantris (paperback stand alone) and Mistborn (hardback, first in a trilogy). Also, consider buying Warbreaker when the hardback comes out!
That said, here are the chapters! I'll update them as I revise, and add new ones to this post as I decide to put them up.
Thanks!
Brandon Sanderson
September, 2006
And now, the actual chapters!Part One Collection Version 2.0(Chapters 1-13 in one download) Part Two Collection Version 2.0(Chapters 14-25 in one download) Part Three Collection Version 2.0(Chapters 26-37 in one download) NEW:
Chapter Forty Nine Old Chapters:
Chapter Forty Eight Chapter Forty Seven Chapter Forty Six Chapters Forty four and forty five (one file) Chapter Forty Three Chapter Forty Two Chapter Forty One Chapter Forty Chapter Thirty Nine Chapter Thirty Eight Chapter Thirty Seven Comparison Document Part one 1.0 to 2.0 Link to older versions of chaptersNOTE:
If you want something more polished to compare WARBREAKER to, you can reference ELANTRIS chapters:Â (I wrote this book seven years ago, and it was published last year.)
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/page.php?id=8Or, you can look at MISTBORN chapters:Â (I wrote this book two years ago, and it will be published in July.)
http://www.brandonsanderson.com/article.php?id=30