Miles Ovadia★ Curator · Lv 5
todaySlow to start, then utterly consuming. Sanderson builds worlds like an engineer and lands them like a poet.
Fantasy
The Way of Kings
4.9· 724 ratings
Published 20101008 pagesEnglishEpic · Immersive
Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
Why read it
On a world scoured by apocalyptic storms, a broken slave, a scholarly noblewoman, and a disillusioned warlord are pulled toward an ancient truth as legendary powers begin to stir again after millennia.
The premise
Sanderson opens his sprawling Stormlight Archive on the planet Roshar, where armies fight over shattered plains, magic is drawn from storm-light, and the mythic Knights Radiant may be returning. It is epic fantasy on a grand scale, built on intricate magic systems and characters wrestling with despair, honor, and the will to keep going.
The story behind it
Published in 2010, it launched the planned ten-book Stormlight Archive, the centerpiece of Sanderson's interconnected Cosmere universe. It became a New York Times bestseller and cemented his standing as a leading voice in modern epic fantasy.
What awaits inside
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Honor over survival
What awaits is Kaladin's struggle to protect others even when the world has given him every reason to stop caring.
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Storm-fueled magic
The intricate systems of Stormlight and Shardblades reward readers who love rules-based wonder.
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A world of shattered plains
The setting itself, battered by highstorms, shapes every culture, creature, and war upon it.
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The return of the Radiants
Scattered signs suggest lost powers and orders are awakening for a coming cataclysm.
From the book
Kaladin's ordeal as a bridgeman, running suicidal charges into arrow fire to carry bridges across chasms.
The assassin in white striding the walls in defiance of gravity as he cuts down a king.
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