Elantris · Book 1
Elantris
- Published
- 21 April 2005
- Pages
- 592
- ISBN-13
- 9781501902062
- Type
- novel
About this book
Elantris, published in 2005, is Brandon Sanderson's account of a city whose people were once transformed into radiant, ageless beings by a magic called the Shaod -- until, ten years before the novel opens, that magic reversed overnight, leaving them shambling and unhealing. At 592 pages, it stands as a complete, self-contained novel with a fully resolved ending.
Its place in Elantris
Elantris is book 1 in the Elantris series. It is followed by The Emperor's Soul. 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 9780765381026
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765350374
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788580445046