She had fine porcelain cups with painted glaze, clay cups that felt rough beneath her fingers, and wooden cups that were rugged and well-used. How could she leave her parents and brother? Sometimes the more boisterous youths talked of seeking adventure in foreign oceans. It would be impolite to spoil that, and pre- sumptuous of her to request that they stop. She’d remain quiet when the other girls were laughing or telling jokes about her. Tress was generally more thoughtful than most people, and she didn’t like to impose by asking for what she wanted. The other girls were obviously right, as they all knew how to be unique – they were so good at it, in fact, that they did it together. She knew this because the other girls often mentioned how they weren’t like “everyone else,” and after a while Tress figured that the group “everyone else” must include only her.
In short, Tress was a normal teenage girl. That had been from atop the Rock while he was sailing past, many miles away, so Tress didn’t think it counted. She had no hidden royalty or deities in her lineage, though her great-grandmother Glorf had reportedly once waved at the king. She was fair at needlepoint and had a talent for baking, but had no other noteworthy skills. She loved her parents, occasionally squabbled with her little brother, and didn’t litter. Indeed, Tress considered herself categorically boring. In this case, Tress wasn’t your ordinary heroine – in that she was in fact decidedly ordinary. In other words, it is a story about human beings. That said, you must understand that this is a tale about people who are both what they seem and not what they seem.
Well, this isn’t the part of the story where you ask questions. Where was her sense of adventure? Her yearning for new lands? Her wanderlust? Tress wanted to stay on the Rock? She liked it there?
Perhaps you were surprised to hear those last words. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death? The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie.īut when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. His latest novel, Tress of the Emerald Seais a standalone adventure filled with magic, romance, and fantasy. He is best known for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga. BRANDON SANDERSON lives in Utah with his family and is a No.
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