First published 2010
Kaladin once trained as a healer until he took up a spear to protect his younger brother. Now he serves as a slave in the armies fighting on the Shattered Plains, where ten separate forces battle a single enemy in a war that defies logic. His commanders treat soldiers as disposable while men kill for mystical weapons called Shardblades that can turn ordinary warriors into unstoppable forces. Brightlord Dalinar Kholin leads one of these armies but suffers visions of the fallen Knights Radiant that make him question his sanity. Across the ocean, young scholar Shallan approaches Dalinar's niece Jasnah with plans for theft disguised as academic interest. Her research uncovers secrets about the Knights Radiant and the war's true origins. On the storm-swept world of Roshar, where tempests shape both landscape and civilization, these three lives converge around an ancient mystery that could restore the legendary orders or doom them all.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, action, epic-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Roshar, Shattered Plains
Period: ancient
1007 pages · Hardcover · Tor Books