The assassin disappeared, but the Parshendi took credit for the assassination. Gavilar Kholin, King of Alethkar, had just finished signing a peace treaty with a newly discovered race of people, the Parshendi, when an assassin in white took his life. Hence, trying to summarize the story can get a wee bit. There are multiple point-of-view characters and story threads, most of which do not really begin to weave together until the end of the story. But, it means that there are a lot of story elements. The storytelling and worldbuilding is so ding-dang good that you almost don’t notice how late into the night you’re reading.
Don’t get me wrong, the time absolutely flies by when you’re reading this book. That makes for an audiobook that’s over 45 hours long. but I don’t want to spoil those too much, so mostly just The Way of Kings). That’s why, this week, our geek together revolves around The Way of Kings (and, to some extent, Words of Radiance, Edgedancer, and Oathbringer. It’s as excellent as I remember, probably even better. In all that time, a lot of what I used to know about the series has been lost.Īnd so, in an effort to regain my past understanding of the world of Roshar and Alethkar and all that jazz, I have undertaken the task of re-reading the first book in the series, The Way of Kings. I read the first book, The Way of Kings, nearly ten years ago. The last book, Oathbringer, released in 2017. The trouble is, Rhythm of War is the fourth book in his Stormlight Archive series. Acting like a drug dealer who gives out free samples, Sanderson has actually released the first several chapters of the book online, so I have been listening to it every chance I get. On November 17, Brandon Sanderson’s new book Rhythm of War will be released, and the fantasy-loving section of my brain (which, let’s be honest, is all of it) is screaming with delight. These wonderful works, originally published on Tor.com and elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, including the Hugo Award-winning novella, “The Emperor’s Soul” and an excerpt from the graphic novel “White Sand.”Īrcanum Unbounded will also contain the Stormlight Archive novella “Edgedancer,” which will appear in this book for the first time anywhere.įinally, this collection includes essays and illustrations for the various planetary systems in which the stories are set.This post may contain affiliate links. “Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell” (Threnody) “Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30” (Mistborn) The collection will include nine works in all. An all-new 40,000-word Stormlight Archive novella, “Edgedancer,” will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.
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