Yumi has spent her entire life in strict obedience, granting her the power to summon the spirits that bestow vital aid upon her society—but she longs for even a single day as a normal person. Painter patrols the dark streets dreaming of being a hero—a goal that has led to nothing but heartache and isolation, leaving him always on the outside looking in. In their own ways, both of them face the world alone.

Suddenly flung together, Yumi and Painter must strive to right the wrongs in both their lives, reconciling their past and present while maintaining the precarious balance of each of their worlds. If they cannot unravel the mystery of what brought them together before it’s too late, they risk forever losing not only the bond growing between them, but the very worlds they’ve always struggled to protect.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere

The Stormlight Archive

The Way of Kings

Words of Radiance

Edgedancer (novella)

Oathbringer

Dawnshard (novella)

Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga

The Original Trilogy

Mistborn

The Well of Ascension

The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne

The Alloy of Law

Shadows of Self

The Bands of Mourning

The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels

Elantris

Warbreaker

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

The Sunlit Man

Collection

Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

The Scrivener's Bones

The Knights of Crystallia

The Shattered Lens

The Dark Talent

Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels

The Rithmatist

Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners

Steelheart

Firefight

Calamity

Skyward

Skyward

Starsight

Cytonic

Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)

Defiant