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The original was posted on /r/cremposting by /u/TheSanderBranderson on 2025-01-02 23:25:52+00:00.
Hello, everyone. It's me, Sander Branderson here. I know all of you loyal and excited Cosmere-nauts have been clamoring for more information after I announced Secret Project 6 earlier today. I wanted to post here and clear up any and all information regarding Secret Project 6, its release date, and exactly when you can expect to receive a physical copy. As with the original Kickstarter campaign and Isles of the Emberdark, online backers will be receiving e-book copies of it sooner than the mass public will. This is not just a choice. It is, unfortunately, the only way we at Dragonsteel are able to ship out versions of it within a year rather than two. Don't worry, though; we'll be doing everything we can to make sure that Secret Project 6 is in your hands by the end of 2026.
Now, as I mentioned in my previous announcement, I started working on Secret Project 6 in late 2024. During the last few months of Wind and Truth's prints, and amidst the prep for its impending publication, I found that I had a surprising amount of time on my hands. Despite working on both the prose version of White Sand's prewriting and preliminary stuff for the Mistborn Ghostbloods trilogy, I wasn't doing nearly as much actual writing as I would have liked. One day, I just started writing down some thoughts I had had for several years, and before I knew it, I had written nearly an entire novel of content.
Secret Project 6 takes place on Sel prior to the events of both Elantris and The Emperor's Soul. In fact, I have had the core of Secret Project 6's idea for years now, stretching all the way back before my very first publication. Parts of Secret Project 6 had been written but never completed. I actually gutted many parts of the old version of Secret Project 6 while making Elantris. As you can imagine, I had to basically overhaul the entirety of its story and characters in order to still make it work.
I have mentioned the title of Secret Project 6 and some of its original content over the years, but it has been so few times that even many members of my community (or employees at Dragonsteel!) hadn't actually heard of it before. I don't blame anyone; my truncated and unfinished novels typically receive even less attention when they are tied to less popular parts of the Cosmere, and Elantris has never been a particular standout in my bibliography to many people.
Regardless, I wanted to thank everyone for their support. We've already reached our Kickstarter goal, and it's barely been 12 hours since the initial announcement. We at Dragonsteel already are rushing to create new stretch goals for future backers. I'm not going to be able to answer all questions at this time, but I will leave everyone with a small snippet of Secret Project 6 so they know what is to come.
Without further ado, I present to you: Uh-Oh, Emperor, It's Bath Time!
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Little Emperor Raoden was a stinky little fella. "Yucky!" exclaimed King Iadon, little Raoden's dad, who had taken time away from being a big important king guy to give his little son a bath.
"Father, I see into the future. One day, I shall become an Elantrian, and with my newfound power, I shall restore to this land what has been lost. Count on it, Father. The days of our complacency are over. Domi speaks to me, and I listen intently. Hear my words, Father. Know what I say is true," said Raoden, who was a baby, so he babbled all of that incoherently and Iadon understood none of it.
"Uh-oh, emperor, it's bath time!" chortled Iadon. He sure was a real jokester, oh boy.