Kleber Mendonça Filho, Wagner Moura and More Brazilian Academy Members Release Open Letter Expressing ‘Concern’ Over Brazil’s Presidential Elections (EXCLUSIVE)

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Variety·20m ago

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IGN·35m ago

Hands-on Impressions of Hoid's Storybook Collection by Brandon Sanderson

Cosmere fans rejoice! The latest Brandon Sanderson Cosmere book , as a part of Hoid’s Storybook Collection, has started arriving for BackerKit backers. I had backed at the Storyteller tier when the campaign first launched and received my ebooks, PDFs, and audiobook all at once on Sept. 15. Then on Oct. 5 I received my physical books, stickers, pins, and more. Here are my initial impressions on the latest BackerKit campaign from Dragonsteel. The Fires of December Premium Book, eBook, and Audiobook The Fires of December is the third book in what Sanderson is calling Hoid’s Travails. Fans of Tress of the Emerald Sea and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (the other two stories in Hoid’s Travails) will want to get their hands on December right away. It is a standalone Cosmere book in a sense. December, the protagonist, is on a new planet in the Cosmere with her own plot and storyline. Where it c

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