KAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Remember that one time Branden did the most successful Kickstarter ever? The Year of Sanderson hit 7.5 million dollars in the first 6 hours, eventually reaching over 40 million dollars by the end. This campaign hit 7.5 million in the first hour and a half. At the 6th hour mark, it was well over 11 million. The original Way of Kings leatherbound Kickstarter finished at 6,788,000, which again, this one beat in an hour. And for most of that hour, the website was down. The main draw, or at least the initial headlining reason to back it, is the gorgeous new leather bound editions of Words of Radiance, with brand new art brilliant foiling and stunning interior design. But then, Brandon dropped this. Another secret project. Set in the far future of the Cosmere, with high-cosmere connectivity, just writing these for me. They're just all for me. So do you have several hundred dollars that you want to spend on some sweet, sweet sanderswag, or maybe you're just interested in Brandon's super secret project? Let's take a look at your options. First off, everyone is going to be getting Dragon Steel Prime in eBook and audiobook for free. That's what Brandon is doing with all of his sanders and curiosities. So if you've ever been inclined to sneak into the special collections of BYU and read his master's thesis, now you don't have to. I have read it. But with this release, I'll finally be able to talk about it. Dragon Steel Review video coming soon. The lowest tiers are for those only interested in the new secret project. For ten dollars, you can get the eBook, twenty dollars also gets you the audiobook, and for fifty you get the eBook, no audiobook, hardcover, and swag box, which will come with a bookmark, sticker, and pin. Similar to the secret project boxes from last year. Dragon Steel, are you just doing this because you had a bunch of extra year of sanders and boxes that you needed to put stuff in? Bumping up to two hundred and fifty dollars, there's an option to just get the words of Radiance Leatherbound. However, for the exact same price, albeit probably an increase in shipping, you can get the Leather Bounds plus a Radiant Order Pack of your choice, and the Backer Pack. Back Urr, pack. Though they did have Backpacks as part of the VIP swag in Dragon Steel 2022. Each of the ten Radiant Order Packs come with an enamel pin of the appropriate spread, a challenge coin featuring the same spread, looks like in a more realistic style than the Chibi pins. Steve, did you work on this? A set of charms unique to each order, stickers, and a penit to display your loyalty. Yay, Will Shapers! The backer kit will include the expected epic bookmark, as well as another deck of cards, spread themed this time. King Queen Jack, Stormfather, sibling, Night Watcher, I mean there's ten orders, there's to...oh man. Stormlight Coasters, these ones, probably new ones. A character coin, and the only thing that probably won't be available after this campaign, the exclusive Dragon Steel Prime Pin. Again, everything else, the books, the Radiant Order stuff, the plushies, everything, will probably be available for purchase either from the Dragon Steel website after the campaign is over, or when you come to Dragon Steel in December. If shipping is too much, and you're planning on being here at the end of the year, you won't really miss out by waiting. Jumping up to $375, that also gets you Dragon Steel Prime in hardcover, and the secret project stuff, minus the audiobook. Then the highest tier, for $650, you'll get all of the books, Words of Radiance, Dragon Steel Prime, and the new secret project, all the digital rewards, eBooks and audiobooks of Dragon Steel Prime and secret project, and all of the Order packs. There's also a signed numbered version of the top tier, but that sold out pretty quick. Yes. Numbered versions will not correlate with when you pledged, so even if your backer number 9,428, if you picked one of the 4,900 numbered tiers, you'll have a signed and numbered edition randomly assigned and sent to you. They said no stretch goals, but they're already giving out more little nuggets. If you go to the first update, there's an STL file to 3D print an IAMASTIC display, all a nightblood. We'll see what other goodies arise before the end. Quick note, the Radiant Spren plushies are not part of the Radiant Order packs. If you want an emotional support stormfather to snuggle with, you'll need to be sure to pick him up separately in the add-on section. You should still be able to edit your pledge until the end of the campaign, so hop on that if you want a squish sprint. They're $40 each, or you can get all 10 for $400. I was tempted, but that would have been over $1000 and I'm not making nearly that much money doing this. Many of the tiers also don't include the audiobook of the secret project. That's available as an add-on as well for $15. Amazingly, the audiobook will be released on Audible as well as downloadable formats, Brandon called them on it, and they blinked. There's also a foldable coin display and a Stormlight Archive license plate frame that are not part of any existing pack. If you want those, add on, $15 each. Individual Radiant Order packs are there for $50, extra backer packs are $50 as well, $10 for $500, plus full sets of each item in those packs are available, $125 for pin, coin, charm, and banner sets, with a full set of stickers being $80. So if you get everything, you go for the highest tier, that's $650, plus all 10 plushies, $400, plus the signed way of kings at $250, the second edition of way of kings prime at $35, plus the coin display and license plate frame at $15 each, you'll top out at $1365, plus shipping. Brandon said these campaigns are the main way he supports his company, so you know it's going to a good cause, I suppose. And it's all really cool. If you don't get any add-ons, all your stuff will be sent in two shipments, one this year and one the next. Beginning this fall, all leather bounds, Dragon Steel Prime and Radiant Order sets will begin being sent out. After those are done, add-ons will go out, which will naturally include all of the plushies. Then sometime after May next year, the new secret projects will be shipped. Dragon Steel is doing their best at getting shipping prices as low as they can, but it's still going to be spendy for folks outside the US. If you're coming to Dragon Steel this year, maybe wait on buying stuff and instead just bring an extra suitcase. Though they are able to offer four monthly payments starting in April, rather than one lump sum up front. I'm taking advantage of that option, as $150 a month is a lot easier on the budget than $650 all at once. But if you take that option, be sure you can do it, as they won't be able to provide any refunds for partial payments. It ain't quite the gear of Sanderson, but so far, 2024 is shaping up to be pretty awesome. Still don't really know if 631 is pointing to anything else. The other secret projects were all between four and 500 pages. This new secret project gonna be over 600? I'd love to hear your theories and generally talk Cosmere. So next week, instead of the usual video release, I'll be going live on YouTube Friday, March 15th at 1pm Mountain Time. I'll be filling Mistborn Metal Vials with actual samples of the Alomantic Metals, including the Modern Metals. I was only able to get these because of the help of my patrons. Thank you so much specifically to Doug, Matt, Steve, DataGremlin, Alec, Craig, Scotty, James, and Dalinar's Bot. Again, March 15th at 1pm Mountain. Come chat and hang out! Ah, I'm not in the right shirt at the end.