Review of The Sunlit Man

Note to readers; unless you have read the Mistborn Trilogy, the Wax and Wayne series, the Stormlight Archive, and Elantris, some content in this review and The Sunlit Man may be slightly confusing. Just a heads up :) 

Author: Brandon Sanderson

Personal Rating: 11+

What It's About

The Sunlit Man follows Nomad, a man on the run from an orginization know as The Night Brigade, on a journey across a barren land. The world he has recently escaped to is a dangerous one; with the days only ten hours long, the sun is always on his tail. But it is no ordinary sun; with light that melt the surface of the planet, it is certain death to not constantly be on the run from it on the clusters of ships that make up the only civilization on the planet. Nomad soon finds the tyrant of the planet, the Cinder King. Granted this title by the terrified people, the Cinder King uses a near magical device to turn ordinary people into mindless slaves know as the Charred. The only hope the people have is of a lost shelter under the surface of the planet; that is, until they saw Nomad narrowly evade the rays of the sun, grafting him The Sunlit Man, their long lost hero sent by a long dead god.

What I Liked

I liked the halo of mystery surrounding Nomad, causing the reader to be unsure of his origins. Brandon Sanderson does an exceedingly great job of going further into Nomad's history.

 I also liked the use of the people's technology in the book, whcih they utilized to make a floating city out of air ships. They used conduits of energy called sunhearts to generate power for their vehicles and weapons. Oh, and some of the names were hilariously absurd- Jeffrey Jeffrey is an example, though there were a few more that I won't say just so that you can laugh if you read the book for the first time!

What I Disliked

I disliked the way that the characters in the book gathered their sunhearts; they had to sacrifice people to the sun, usually the terminally ill or old, for the sun to condense their souls into pockets of  Investiture, or energy, which they collected on their next cycle around the planet. This process seemed so cruel and sad to me, even though it was necessary for their survival. 

I was also very sad that this was the last book in the Secret Project Kickstarter, which is a series of four books Brandon Sanderson wrote just as a fun project. None of the bools are connected, other than the fact that they are all in the same Cosmere, or universe, that Sanderson created for his books. 

Conclusion

The Sunlit Man was a very unique end to the Secret Project Kickstarter, and follows a very interesting man names Nomad. The action and excitement on the planet he landed on only adds to the delightful overall intrigue of the book, making for an awesome read!