EPITAPH PROVEN | Kirkus Reviews
by Brandon Sanderson ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2023 Engrossing worldbuilding, appealing characters, and a sense of humor make this a winning entry in the Sanderson canon. Likes 14 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A fantasy adventure with a sometimes-biting wit. Tress is an ordinary girl with no thirst to see the world. Charlie is the son of the local duke, but he likes stories more than fencing. When the duke realizes the two teenagers are falling in love, he takes Charlie away to find a suitable wife—and returns with a different young man as his heir. Charlie, meanwhile, has been captured by the mysterious Sorceress who rules the Midnight Sea, which leaves Tress with no choice but to go rescue him. To do that, she’ll have to get off the barren island she’s forbidden to leave, cross the dangerous Verdant Sea, the even more dangerous Crimson Sea, and the totally deadly Midnight Sea, and somehow defeat the unbeatable Sorceress. The seas on Tress’ world are dangerous because they’re not made of …