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All his life, Sixth of the Dusk has been a traditional trapper of Aviar - the supernatural birds his people bond with - on the deadly island of Patji. Then one fateful night he propels his people into a race to modernize before they can be conquered by the Ones Above, invaders from the stars who want to exploit the Aviar. But it's a race they're losing, and Dusk fears his people will lose themselves in the effort. When a chance comes to sail into the expanse of the emberdark beyond a mystical portal, Dusk sets off to find his people's salvation with only a canoe, his birds, and all the grit and canniness of a Patji trapper. Elsewhere in the emberdark is a young dragon chained in human form: Starling of the starship Dynamic. She and her ragtag crew of exiles are deep in debt and on the brink of losing their freedom. So when she finds an ancient map to a hidden portal between the emberdark and the physical realm, she seizes the chance at a lucrative discovery. These unlikely allies might just be the solution to each other's crises. In their search for independence, Dusk and Starling face perilous bargains, poisonous politics, and the destructive echo of a dead god. In this beautiful new tale, Sanderson expands his thrilling novella \"Sixth of the Dusk\" into a mythic novel of legends, lore, and warring galactic superpowers. ****** Praise for Brandon Sanderson \"Epic in every sense\" -The Guardian on The Way of Kings \"Brandon Sanderson's reputation is finally as big as his novels\" -The New York Times on Words of Radiance \"If you're a fan of fantasy and haven't read the Mistborn trilogy yet, you have no excuses\" -Forbes on Mistborn \"A fresh view of how a world can grow, building new dimensions into the best of the old. 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Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new worlds.                    Alix Watson knows one thing: unlike people, books will never let her down. Working dead-end jobs to make ends meet, she takes nightly refuge in the reading room at the Boston Public Library, dreaming of far-off lands.          Until she stumbles through a hidden door and is transported to The Astral Library, a place where the lost find sanctuary within their beloved stories.          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