The world-hopping storyteller Hoid is getting four new picture books
Brandon Sanderson is one of the most successful and prolific fantasy and science fiction authors of all time, and his devoted fanbase has helped him repeatedly shatter crowdfunding records. His company Dragonsteel Entertainment raised $41 million to publish four secret novels he wrote during the COVID-19 lockdown. Brotherwise Games’ Cosmere Roleplaying Game, based on Sanderson’s sprawling fantasy universe, raised $15 million. His latest project launched on BackerKit on March 3 and has raised $5.5 million in under 24 hours.
The campaign is focused on Hoid, an immortal fool and storyteller who appears in many of Sanderson’s novels. Hoid’s Storybook Collection spans four illustrated fables: The Dog and the Dragon, Wandersail, and The Girl Who Looks Up were originally presented in the Stormlight Archive series, while The ChasmFriends Get a Pet is part of Dragonsteel’s Story Deck collectible trading card game.
Backers can also buy The Fires of December, a new Cosmere novel. Like Tress of the Emerald Sea and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, which were released as part of Sanderson’s secret projects campaign, The Fires of December is a standalone novel that can provide an introduction to the Cosmere. The three books have now been grouped into a series called Hoid’s Travails since they are framed as stories Hoid is telling about the remarkable people he’s met in his world-hopping travels.
The books are expected to ship in fall 2026. Add-ons include pins and plushies depicting ChasmFiends – giant crab-like creatures from the Stormlight Archive – and a replica of Hoid’s flute.