![]() ![]() The Shattered Plains by themselves made me go Woah! because it is such a cool world-building idea. We meet him as he is transported and then sold to a Highlord waging war on the Shattered Planes. He is a slave who was once a soldier and he’s basically given up on life. Kaladin Stormblessed stole my readerly heart immediately. Since we’re following three protagonists, I’ll break this up into three parts, starting with my favorite. ![]() This is a very difficult book to review because there is so much going on, although the time covered in-world isn’t even that great. Her research hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war. Though Shallan genuinely loves learning, she plans a daring theft. Fascinated by ancient text The Way of Kings, troubled by visions of ancient times, he doubts his sanity.Īcross the ocean, Shallan trains under eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar’s niece Jasnah. In one such war on ruined Shattered Plains, slave Kaladin struggles to save his men and fathom leaders who deem them expendable, in senseless wars where ten armies fight separately against one foe.īrightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. ![]() Wars are fought for them, and won by them. In centuries since ten orders of Knights fell, their Shardblade swords and Shardplate armor still transform men into near-invincible warriors. Animals and plants retract cities are built in shelter. Roshar is a world of stone swept by tempests that shape ecology and civilization. More on that after my thoughts about the story itself (but spoiler: it was totally worth it again).įirst sentence: Kalak rounded a rocky stone ridge and stumbled to a stop before the body of a dying thunderclast.Īnd return to men the Shards they once bore. While I started reading the hardback book, which also has beautiful illustrations by the way, I did end up buying the Graphic Audio audiobooks again. It’s a good 1000 pages long, it features one of the best character arcs I could have wanted and begins a huge, epic tale of war, finding truth, rediscovering history and, you guessed it because it’s Sanderson, intricate magic systems. This is a seriously big book! I mean really, really big.
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