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The Stormlight Archive Book Two

By Brandon Sanderson

Series: Stormlight Archive

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THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE The race to find the Shard artifacts is on... Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation... Read More

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THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE The race to find the Shard artifacts is on...

Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars.

As the world tips into a war for control of the mythical artifacts of power made from Shard, characters are swept up into new dangers which will threaten their integrity and their lives.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399622073

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 54.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 833g

Pages: 1232

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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.

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