Brandon Sanderson has been busy over the last few months. With the recent announcement that his Cosmere universe would be coming to Apple TV, Sanderson has been actively providing updates about his progress via Youtube. And yet somehow he’s still found time to launch a massive new crowdfunding campaign that has already blown its goals out of the water.
The Hoid’s Storybook Collection campaign went live on Backerkit on March 3 and its already raised over $5.7 million after a single day. The project’s original funding goal was only $1,000,000 and the campaign is planned to run all the way through March 27.
Sanderson isn’t new to crowdfunding success and is known for delivering a great final project to anyone who backs these campaigns. The Cosmere RPG, for example, launched on Kickstarter back in August 2024 and generated a whopping $15 million in the span of a single month. The Hoid’s Storybook collection is seemingly on track to be even bigger.
For those not intimately familiar with Sanderson’s Cosmere books, Hoid is one of the few characters who shows up in mutliple stories. He’s an ancient, immortal storyteller who is also capable of jumping between worlds. The new storybook collection includes four illustrated editions of prominent fables Hoid has told throughout his long lifespan.
“The inception of this campaign came when I wrote the story of ‘The Dog and the Dragon’ for Rhythm of War,” Sanderson writes in the campaign description. “We’ve chosen to make the presentation of each of these books individual to the given story. Some (like Wandersail) are luxurious, graphic depictions intended to be the perfect collection piece for a Stormlight enthusiast. Others (like The Dog and the Dragon) have been designed to evoke a classic children’s book, to be read to those who are younger.”
In addition to the four storybooks, the campaign also includes the option to buy a special edition of The Fires of December, an entirely new Cosmere novel set to release on December 8, 2026. The upcoming book is part of the Hoid’s Travails series, which includes Tress of the Emerald Sea and Yumi and the Nightmare Painter.
For an idea of what to expect from the upcoming Hoid Storybooks or The Fires of December, you can check out Brandon Sanderson’s official Youtube page. He has been regularly launching new videos for each book in the leadup to the campaign.
