The Way Of Kings Part Two: The Stormlight Archive Book One

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The brand new epic fantasy series from international bestseller Brandon Sanderson According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls Heaven But then the Voidbringers assaulted & captured heaven casting out God & men Men took root on Roshar the world of storms & the Voidbringers followed They came against man ten thousand times To help them cope the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor & mystical weapons known as Shardblades Led by ten angelic Heralds & ten orders of knights known as Radiants mankind finally won Or so the legends say Today the only remnants of those supposed battles are the Shardblades the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield The entire world is at war with itself
- & has been for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind Kings strive to win more Shardblades each secretly wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single throne On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes that blow through every few days is a young spearman forced into the army of a Shardbearer led to war against an enemy he doesn't understand & doesn't really want to fight What happened deep in mankind's past? Why did the Radiants turn against mankind & what happened to the magic they used to wield?