Brandon Sanderson fans can rest easy: A new Cosmere novel is coming in 2026.

The fantasy author announced his newest novel, “The Fires of December,” during his annual fan convention, Dragonsteel Nexus , on Thursday — and the surprise announcement was met with deafening cheers and applause from the audience of fans at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.

“For a number of years now, we’ve had a Cosmere novel every year,” he told fans. “And people started to ask me, ‘Brandon, well, 2026, where’s the Cosmere novel?’

“We’ve got one,” he said, before displaying the new novel’s cover art to the audience.

According to Sanderson, the standalone novel will be part of his “special projects” line and fits into his Cosmere universe. Here’s everything we know about “The Fires of D

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