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Brandon Sanderson has published six solo novels with Tor Books-Elantris, the Mistborn trilogy, Warbreaker, and The Way of Kings-as well as four books in the middle-grade Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series from Scholastic. Based on the bestselling video game from ChAIR Entertainment and Epic Games, this all-new adventure from acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson digs deeper into the fantastical world of Infinity Blade, a world of mystery and intrigue where magic and technology are indistinguishable, and even life and death are not what they seem. His quest for freedom will take him on an epic journey in search of the mythical figure known as the Worker of Secrets - the one being in the world who can unravel the secrets of the Infinity Blade. But when Siris somehow succeeds where all those from his bloodline previously have failed, he finds himself cast into a much larger world, filled with warriors and thieves, ancient feuds and shifting alliances, Deathless immortals and would-be kings.
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This was his father's sacred mission, and his father's before him, going back countless generations in an effort to free their people from enslavement. Very disappointed.Trained from birth in swordplay and combat, a young knight named Siris has journeyed to the Dark Citadel with a single purpose: fight through the army of Titans to face the tyrannical God King in one-on-one combat. At the very least, there should have been some kind of prologue that explained what had happened between the two books so those of us who don't play the games weren't completely lost. There is no excuse for such an accomplished and gifted author to give his readers something like this. Too many holes, too many assumptions, too little character development, too much unrealized potential. I have to assume that people who play the video game have picked up the missing pieces through game play, but for people like myself who just read the books, this novella is a big disappointment. This second book is even more incomplete than the first one, and while I was able to put the pieces together the first time and enjoy the story, there's just too much missing here. At the end of the book, there is a big "Matrix-like" reveal and the godking has to make a choice to serve the Worker or to sacrifice himself for his people. (Apparently I missed something here - because when the last book ended, Sirius was a free man, and there's nothing in this book that explains how he and the godking (Raidriar) became trapped together) Isa comes back from the first book to rescue Siris (also called Ausar for much of this book) and he and the godking eventually team up to try and defeat "the worker" who has taken over control of all of the godking's lands and people while he's been imprisoned. This book opens with Siris and the godking trapped in some sort of prison for the soul, where for some period of time, they've been taking turns killing each other. "Redemption" is clunky in its storytelling and lacks the near perfect flow that most of Sanderson's other works have. I'm a big fan of Sanderson and before reading "Redemption" I had seen nothing from him that I considered less than excellent. I was excited to read this second one as I felt the story of the first book deserved a longer, more thorough exploration. I don't play video games, but enjoyed the first book despite that fact.
These books are based on the video game of the same name. "Infinity Blade: Redemption" is the second installment in Brandon Sanderson's short story series.