The Cosmere Reads: A Cosmere Podcast
Aug 16, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 8 segments
Kaladin levels up, Shallan gets sneaky, Adolin duels, and more Ghostbloods! Enjoy! https://patreon.com/thecosmerereads
So we're trying to fit you two into the sky.
A little whiplash action going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
back
and forth.
So typically this is a this is a tool that's used by a lot of authors when you start celebrating as you're getting closer and closer to the end.
And it just it keeps a frenetic pace.
So it's like, you know, you're thinking like, oh, man, some cool action's gonna happen or you're getting really close to like you know a climax or something so that's that's what i was kind of girding my loins for was
yeah
we're gonna go into something well we are
we are getting to the end of this part that's next week so anyway So, Chapter 52, Into the Sky.
Now, as the Truth Watchers were esoteric in nature, their order being formed entirely of those who never spoke or wrote of what they did, in this lies frustration for those who would see their exceeding secrecy from the outside.
They were not naturally inclined to explain.
And in the case of Corberon's disagreements, their silence was not a sign of an exceeding abundance of disdain, but rather an exceeding abundance of tact.
Good truth watchers.
Be not tactful.
I swear all of these epigraphs sound like it's like Brandon Sanderson is just like let me see how verbose and prosaic I can get with my phraseology here it's just I mean it just
just throw some esoteric you know that's when it comes off as every
time I listen to it I'm like wow you got really floral with your word arrangements there sir yeah And he only does it for the epigraphs.
Everything else is fine.
The rest of the story is very common language.
But these are taken from the Lord of Radiance, so it's a really proper book.
Well,
that's true.
So I get it.
So we're trying to fit you two into the sky.
A little whiplash action going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
back
and forth.
So typically this is a this is a tool that's used by a lot of authors when you start celebrating as you're getting closer and closer to the end.
And it just it keeps a frenetic pace.
So it's like, you know, you're thinking like, oh, man, some cool action's gonna happen or you're getting really close to like you know a climax or something so that's that's what i was kind of girding my loins for was
yeah
we're gonna go into something well we are
we are getting to the end of this part that's next week so anyway So, Chapter 52, Into the Sky.
Now, as the Truth Watchers were esoteric in nature, their order being formed entirely of those who never spoke or wrote of what they did, in this lies frustration for those who would see their exceeding secrecy from the outside.
They were not naturally inclined to explain.
And in the case of Corberon's disagreements, their silence was not a sign of an exceeding abundance of disdain, but rather an exceeding abundance of tact.
Good truth watchers.
Be not tactful.
I swear all of these epigraphs sound like it's like Brandon Sanderson is just like let me see how verbose and prosaic I can get with my phraseology here it's just I mean it just
just throw some esoteric you know that's when it comes off as every
time I listen to it I'm like wow you got really floral with your word arrangements there sir yeah And he only does it for the epigraphs.
Everything else is fine.
The rest of the story is very common language.
But these are taken from the Lord of Radiance, so it's a really proper book.
Well,
that's true.
So I get it.
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