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[From The Mancave] – Legion: Skin Deep – Brandon Sanderson (Free Audiobook)

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From The Mancave is the working title tagline to connect readers to book-related swag, giveaways, and free multimedia content from me to you. Don’t judge me too harshly for the name as I too am laughing at my own sanity for being unable to think of anything else. And I don’t mean to offend anyone with the title.

From The Mancave
Legion: Skin Deep 
(Free Audiobook)

Today marks the day that Brandon Sanderson’s follow-up short story, Legion: Skin Deep, will be available for free download! Unfortunately, this freebie swag is only for those in the U.S. region (for publishing rights restrictions). This offer only lasts a month (starting Nov 24, 2014) so get on the offer while you can! You can preview the clip above or head-on over to Audible’s official site to listen to the clip and find out more on how you can get a full audiobook copy of this rad short story! [Click this link to be taken to Audible to find out more!]

Audiobooks not your thing? No problem! Get a sneak peak of Legion: Skin Deep’s early draft excerpt (subject to change) [on Brandon Sanderson’s official website by clicking here].

Audiobook Information

Book Title:                  Legion: Skin Deep (Short Story, Legion, #2)
Author:                         Brandon Sanderson
Duration:                     4 hrs and 23 mins
Narrator:                     Oliver Wyman
Release Date:            Nov 24, 2014

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[Review] Legion #1 – Brandon Sanderson

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Book Title:                  Legion (Short Story, Legion, #1)
Author:                         Brandon Sanderson
Number of pages:   88

Synopsis:

legion - brandon sanderson (cover)Stephen Leeds, AKA ‘Legion,’ is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his ‘aspects’ are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society.

(re: Goodreads @ Legion by Brandon Sanderson)

Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr spoiler-less review:

-The dynamic between Leeds and his hallucinatory phantasms is a blast to read into.
– Plot reads like a detective tale with undertones of science, religion, and faith.
– Revelations do feel a bit rushed and open-ended in concept (not to be mistaken for a ‘bad’ ending).

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Initial Thoughts

Following the idea that a short story equals a simpler review (because it only makes sense to not ramble too much about so little), this review is increasingly condensed—for your sake and mine (but mainly yours).

Disclaimer: There may be spoilers inherent to this review from this point onward.

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