Yet, part of the arc of Lindon's life itself is that isn't the whole story. There really do seem to be differences in kind, and not just in degree. In my review of Soulsmith, I said that the ranks of sacred artists on Cradle were something like natural kinds. Things that were previously seen through a glass darkly suddenly snap into focus The structure of everything is the same, but also simultaneously new and exciting.Īs Lindon gains new abilities, he gain new insight as well. Much like Cole and Anspach's Galaxy's Edge series, the amount of Wight's world we can see gets bigger and bigger as we go along.
The inhabitants were weak, but protected by a curse. In the mountains to the west of the Desolate Wilds, there was supposed to be a hidden valley that occasionally emerged to trade with the outside. He started to tell her no, but hesitated. “We could…go west,” she suggested hopefully. For example, Blackflame actually did address the question I raised in my review of Soulsmith: why hasn't someone invaded and pillaged the Sacred Valley of Lindon's birth? We don't get a complete answer, but we did get something. I liked Sanderson's books, but this is just so much more satisfying. And we aren't even three years into the whole series. I'm only three books into Wight's Cradle series, and I already know the backstory of the inhabited worlds and I have an idea of where Lindon is going to end up, and new information comes at a fast and furious pace, quickly linking up with things already established.
And even then, Sanderson drips out his little hints, slowly, slowly. But hell, you don't even find some things out until you get to the Alloy of the Law series, books written more than three years later. Sanderson is slowly building up his Cosmere, a shared universe in which all his books somehow hang together. Take Brandon Sanderson's Mistbornas a counter-example.
There are secrets to be discovered, but you don't need to wait forever to find out. One of the things I like best about the Cradle series is the pace. Published by Hidden Gnome Publishing (April 30, 2017)
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