The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

August 31, 2010 | 0 Comments
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The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Series: Stormlight Archive #1
Genres: Fantasy
Format: Audio, eBook, Print
Pages: 607
Date: August 31, 2010
Publisher: Tor Books

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 ten 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 ten 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.

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About Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson writes stories of the fantastic: fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers. Best known for his Mistborn series, he has also written The Reckoners, a Young Adult Superhero series; Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians, a Middle Grade fantasy series; and many more. He also finished Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.


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