The Emperor's Soul
- Published
- 30 October 2012
- Pages
- 180
- ISBN-13
- 9781938570605
- Type
- novella
About this book
The Emperor's Soul followed seven years later in 2012, a much shorter work at 180 pages set in the same world roughly a decade after Elantris's events, with an entirely different cast. Sanderson wrote it as an optional companion that requires no other book to be read first.
Key facts about The Emperor's Soul
The Emperor's Soul is a novella by Brandon Sanderson. Readers have had it since 30 October 2012. It runs to 180 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of The Emperor's Soul. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781938570605 to find the main one.
The Emperor's Soul is book 2 of 2 in the Elantris series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with Elantris (2005). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Brandon Sanderson writes The Wheel of Time, Mistborn and Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, plus 4 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Blightfall is the latest published Brandon Sanderson book on file, from 1 September 2026.
About Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American author who has become one of the defining voices in modern epic fantasy, primarily through the interconnected "Cosmere" universe that links most of his major series. See every Brandon Sanderson book in order.
Its place in Elantris
The Emperor's Soul is book 2 in the Elantris series. It follows Elantris. See the full Elantris reading order.
Elantris was once a city of literal gods: its people were transformed at random by the Shaod into radiant, ageless, superhumanly powerful beings who ruled the world in glory. Ten years before the novel opens, the magic reversed overnight -- the city's inhabitants became shambling, unhealing wretches instead, and Elantris was walled off as a slum for the cursed. Prince Raoden is struck by the failed Shaod on his wedding day and thrown into that living tomb, where he sets out to rebuild some kind of order among the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781616960926
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781470328375
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575116030