Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

Contents

The nine stories in the collection are set the worlds of Roshar, Scadrial, Sel, Threnody, First of the Sun, and Taldain, which are all a part of Sanderson's Cosmere series. All but one of the stories have been released individually or as part of multi-author anthologies in the past.

The collection includes the following works:

1. "The Hope of Elantris", originally published as an e-book in 2007
2. "The Eleventh Metal", originally released in 2011 as part of the Mistborn Adventure Game
3. The Emperor's Soul, a novella originally published in 2012
4. "Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30", originally released in 2011 as part of the Mistborn Adventure Game
5. "White Sand", an excerpt of the graphic novel originally published in 2016
6. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell, a novella originally published in 2013 in the Dangerous Women anthology
7. Sixth of the Dusk, a novellette originally published in 2014 in the Shadows Beneath anthology
8. Mistborn: Secret History, a short novel originally published in 2016 as an e-book
9. Edgedancer, a new Stormlight Archive novella

Publication

The collection was published on 22 November 2016 in hardcover, e-book, and audio formats by Tor Books.

Critical Reception

Publishers Weekly called the collection required reading for fans of Sanderson's work and noted that it also offers a lot to readers who are undeterred by learning a lot. Kirkus Reviews wrote that many of the stories were "good...with all the quick wit, richly detailed settings, and memorable characters fans have come to expect from this prolific writer." However, they also stated that some of the stories lacked solid character building and felt "more like deleted scenes".