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Tress of the Emerald Sea
A standalone book in The Cosmere · by Brandon Sanderson
How it opens
Tress lives on the Rock, an island of black saltstone in a green ocean made of spores, and the king's law forbids any local to leave it. She collects cups that sailors bring her from across the oceans, and she thinks she would be fine to remain there all her life. Tress brings each new cup to show Charlie, who claims to be the groundskeeper at the duke's mansion, though Tress knows he is the duke's son.
Who you meet early
- Tress
- CharlieThe duke's son masquerading as the mansion's groundskeeper, skilled at storytelling and speaking, who removed his signet ring around Tress and expresses genuine interest in the details of her daily life.
Where it sits
Tress of the Emerald Sea stands on its own. It needs no other book.
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