Narrative Looking Glass

It's time for the Sandee Boyz to discuss Brandon Sanderon's most recent Cosmere Secret Project: Isles of the Emberdark . A space age, late Cosmere book set in the Drominad system, it continues the story of Dusk (from a previous novella) and introduces Starling, a dragon in charge of a ragtag crew of spaceship-faring folk from all over the Cosmere. It rules. Get full access to Narrative Looking Gla...

The following contains full spoilers for Gardens of the Moon and light hints about the rest of The Malazan Book of the Fallen . Matt and Chris join up once again for another installment of the Sandee Boyz… this time to discuss the second half of Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon . Topics include favorite charcaters so far, Chris’s spidey sense for foreshadowing, debates about whether Raest was...

This episode contains spoilers for the first 10 chapters of Gardens of the Moon , first volume in The Malazan Book of the Fallen . While there are references and teases to future events, this assumes no knowledge of anything beyond the first half of that book. A giant floating mountain hovering over a grand city. A young fisher girl possessed by the Patron of Assassins. A large stoic man who wears...

This episode contains spoilers for all of Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere as of April 1, 2025. Stormfall has arrived, and Matt & Chris sit down to discuss the end of the first half of the Stormlight Archive . Even though it’s been a few weeks since they finished reading, they reflect on where the book left them, digging into the big revelations, shocking developments, lingering cliffhangers, and where...

This episode contains spoilers for the Cosmere up thru the end of Day 5 of Wind & Truth. Matt and Chris sit down again to do a mid-book check-in on Brandon Sanderson’s Wind & Truth . So much happens in the first half of the Final 10 Days that they go character by character with all the developments. They talk about Kaladin’s new role, Shallan grappling with the aftermath of Rhythm of War , Dalinar...

WARNING: This episode contains full spoilers for all Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere up to and including the prologue for Wind & Truth. All previous Stormlight Archive books, Mistborn (thru Lost Metal and including Secret History), Secret Projects (especially The Sunlit Man), and other Cosmere ephemera are all on the table. You’ve been warned. In the first installment of The Sandee Boyz, Matt sat down...