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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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From the #1 Kickstarter campaign of all time—#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson adds to his Cosmere universe shared by Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive with a new standalone novel especially for fans of fantasy romances. Narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer.

There is a world. One of endless night, surrounded by an even deeper darkness. Filled with nightmares come to life, twisted shapes that slink to windows and ease open doors, sliding across floors to look down on helpless faces.

There is another world. A bright world, so bright it burns. Filled with stacked stones that call forth miracles, raised by callused hands that tremble in their work, drained with each stone lifted, settled, lifted again.

Between these worlds two souls connect. Collide. Entwine.

A bridge. A path.

A road to both worlds changing forever.

Yumi has spent her entire life in strict obedience, granting her the power to summon the spirits that bestow vital aid upon her society—but she longs for even a single day as a normal person. Painter patrols the dark streets dreaming of being a hero—a goal that has led to nothing but heartache and isolation, leaving him always on the outside looking in. In their own ways, both of them face the world alone.

Suddenly flung together, Yumi and Painter must strive to right the wrongs in both their lives, reconciling their past and present while maintaining the precarious balance of each of their worlds. If they cannot unravel the mystery of what brought them together before it’s too late, they risk forever losing not only the bond growing between them, but the very worlds they’ve always struggled to protect.

Note from Brandon:

Even for a compulsive planner like me, sometimes a story emerges like magic. Unexpected, unprompted. You build an outline in days, craft worlds during a compulsive daydream, and develop characters with a burst of imagination like the brief flash of a firework.

That was Yumi and the Nightmare Painter for me. The unanticipated story of two people who find one another.

May your dreams live as mine sometimes do.

©2023 Dragonsteel, LLC (P)2023 Dragonsteel, LLC

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Slow start that ends amazingly.

It took me a while to get into this book. One of the main characters has some hang ups that I felt became a bit tiresome. In the end I had to give it 5 stars though. Sanderson just knows how to craft an extremely satisfying ending. The main characters really grow throughout the books. I wish they were able to have a pdf or something with the artwork because it is all amazing. If you are reading this after just look it up online and he has it all posted up. Might actually get the hardback because it is just so beautiful.

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A masterpiecefrom start to finish

Sanderson has done it again. I loved every aspect of this book. From the relationship between the main characters to the plot twists and the Cosmere connections. I don't know why I don't hear more people talking about this secret project. 100% worth the read.

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love the narrative. amazing idea and I wasn't ready for the twist. Amazing romance story.

I want a sequel. I'm sad it ended so quickly. huge fan of all the Sanderson Consmere books, but this one is one of my all time favorites.

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an seriously good book

I'm generally a fan of Brandon Sanderson but I think this is one of his best books to date.

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One of Sanderson’s Best

Secret Project 3 demonstrates the beauty of out of the box fantasy in all of the best ways. I was skeptical of how Sanderson would manage to write a love letter to Final Fantasy X since FFX is a unique story put simply but he managed it with flying colors.

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The sorry is fresh

Love Sanderson as always, way to show Amazon that he doesn’t need their monopoly to publish books.

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Space Rapunzel

Space rapunzel with Bob Ross and Matrix stirred in. Brandon as usual does a masterful job telling this delightful tale.

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unexpected delight

while this isn't normally the type of book I like to read, this did an excellent job at making me want more of these types of books

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Favorite of the Secret Projects

I loved this book the best so far in the "Secret Project Series." I have been missing Pattern since the last Stormlight Archive book. When listening to Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, for some reason, I missed them even more. In case you read this, Pattern...you are still my favorite character of all time.

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A magnificent performance of a majestic story

Brandon, Kate, and Michael can seemingly do no wrong. This is another installment in the Dragonsteel collection that is entertaining, hilarious, scary, romantic, philosophical, and enriching in all the best ways.

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