THE SUNLIT MAN by Brandon Sanderson

The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson is a thrilling, high-stakes standalone sci-fi fantasy novel set in a distant future of the sprawling Cosmere universe. The story follows Nomad, a fugitive who has spent years fleeing the relentless Night Brigade by frantically skipping from one world to the next. When his powers become critically depleted, he finds himself stranded on Canticle—a hostile, scorching planet where survival requires perpetually outrunning a sunrise that melts solid stone. Trapped on a dying world, Nomad is suddenly thrust into a fierce conflict between a ruthless tyrant and the brave rebels standing against him. Tormented by the ghosts of his past and facing imminent incineration by the sun or eternal enslavement, Nomad must fight not only for his physical survival, but for the redemption of his very soul.