Elsecaller / King Lopen the First

About the book

"Angerspren are!" Ivory pulled Jasnah forward. "Called by your light and drawn by your fury. Calm it now or their food will be us!" In Elsecaller, Jasnah Kholin faces threats beyond the physical realm as she navigates the dangerous intersection of Radiant powers and raw emotion. Written by Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells for the 2024 Story Deck®. Being assassinated wasn't as bad as Elhokar Kholin, king of Alethkar, had expected it to be. The thing that had kept him looking over his shoulder all these years had finally happened, and he'd lived through it. In King Lopen: The First of Alethkar, survival is just the beginning when the impossible happens to one of Roshar's most unexpected rulers. Written by Brandon Sanderson and Isaac Stewart for the 2024 Story Deck®.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.6 across 23 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 11% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

• “I would give Elsecaller 2,5 and King Lopen the First of Alethkar 5. Dan Wells way of writing Jasnah feels out of place with the other books. The journey she goes on in the cognitive realm feels too short and her character development is rushed and she quickly forgets it in Oathbringer where she acts her old self again. Think she should have parted on bad therms with Tyvneri and needed to leave quickly because the Perpendiculairity was there. I think the progression of semi forgiving Shallan because of her inexperience was good. King Lopen on the other hand was written perfectly by Isaac Stewa…”

  ★ 4/5bobdebakker on Hardcover

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