The Way of Kings

Name: The Way of Kings
Brand: Orion Publishing Co
SKU: 9781399622066
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The first book of the breathtaking epic Stormlight Archive from the worldwide fantasy sensation

By Brandon Sanderson

Series: Stormlight Archive

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( 548,083 ratings, 41,431 reviews)

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The groundbreaking first book of an epic series that has changed the face of fantasy. The Way of Kings begins The Stormlight Archive. Speak again the ancient oaths: Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before Destination. Return to men the Shards they once bore. The... Read More

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The Way of Kings

First volume in the Internationally bestselling epic fantasy series - a benchmark for the genre
'Epic in every sense' GUARDIAN

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The groundbreaking first book of an epic series that has changed the face of fantasy. The Way of Kings begins The Stormlight Archive.

Speak again the ancient oaths:

Life before death.

Strength before weakness.

Journey before Destination.

Return to men the Shards they once bore.

The Knights Radiant must stand again.

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 overwhelming 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.

Readers love The Way of Kings:

'A masterpiece series in epic fantasy' – Novel Notions

'It's multi-POV, action-packed, heartfelt, exciting, thrilling' – Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'The story is mind-blowing' – Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'[It's] elevated the art of storytelling to a different league' – Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Introduces a series that will change the history of Fantasy' – Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'I really wish I could give The Way of Kings a sixth star' – Goodreads reviewer

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399622066

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 52.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 780g

Pages: 1168

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Magnum Opus from a Contemporary Tolkien

Those familiar with high-fantasy will require no introduction to Brandon Sanderson, a powerhouse of the genre renowned for epic world-building and prolific writing (George RR Martin, take notes…)

The first book in the Stormlight Archive, the Way of Kings introduces us to Sanderson’s most ambitious body of work, and is an absolute must-read for any reader who has completed Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, and requires their next fantasy fix. Sanderson has certainly earned his place amongst these giants!

About the Author

Brandon Sanderson is a Number One New York Times bestseller, a Sunday Times bestseller, and a David Gemmell and Hugo Award winner, his novels have sold more than 40 million copies around the world. He is most famous for his epic fantasy series The Stormlight Archive and The Mistborn Saga; his work also includes the Skyward science fiction series, the Legion spy sequence, and The Reckoners superhero novels. In addition to creating his own landmark series, he was chosen by Robert Jordan's estate to complete The Wheel of Time , now an internationally successful series on Amazon Prime.