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From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of the Stormlight Archive, begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.
It has been centuries since the fall of the 10 consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them and won by them.
One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where 10 armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.
Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.
Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar’s niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan’s motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.
The result of more than 10 years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.
Speak again the ancient oaths:
Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before destination.
And return to men the Shards they once bore.
The Knights Radiant must stand again.
Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson:
The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive:
The Way of KingsWords of RadianceEdgedancer (Novella)Oathbringer
The Mistborn trilogy:
Mistborn: The Final EmpireThe Well of AscensionThe Hero of Ages
Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series:
Alloy of LawShadows of SelfBands of Mourning
Collection:
Arcanum Unbounded
Other Cosmere novels:
ElantrisWarbreaker
The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series:
Alcatraz vs. the Evil LibrariansThe Scrivener’s BonesThe Knights of CrystalliaThe Shattered LensThe Dark Talent
The Rithmatist series:
The Rithmatist
Other books by Brandon Sanderson:
The ReckonersSteelheartFirefightCalamity
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Customers praise this epic fantasy series for its richly detailed world-building, interesting magic system, and compelling characters. The writing is well-thought-out and engaging, with one customer noting the author’s trust in readers’ intelligence. While some customers enjoy the pacing, others find it slow at the beginning, and the book’s complexity receives mixed reactions, with some finding it incredibly complex while others find it confusing at first.
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