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Rhythm of War: Book Four of the Stormlight Archive

by Brandon Sanderson Publisher: TOR BOOKS

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War, scholarship, and the ideals of the Knights Radiant

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    Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

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AlbakiReads Editorial

War, scholarship, and the ideals of the Knights Radiant

The fourth Stormlight Archive novel brings several pressures together within a prolonged war: Dalinar Kholin’s coalition faces an enemy operation and the possibility of betrayal, while Navani Kholin’s scholars pursue discoveries that could reshape the conflict. The plot also follows distinct challenges for Kaladin and the Windrunners, and for Adolin and Shallan as they seek support from the honorspren at Lasting Integrity. Alongside military strategy and technological change, the book places the Knights Radiant’s ideals—and the origins of the ancient tower tied to their strength—under scrutiny. Its 1,232 pages and continuing cast of characters make it a substantial installment in the series.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers continuing The Stormlight Archive, especially after Oathbringer.
  • Epic-fantasy readers interested in coalition warfare, magical orders, and political strategy.
  • Readers drawn to stories where scholarly discoveries intersect with large-scale conflict.

Themes

War and resistanceBetrayal and political strategyTechnological discoveryIdeals and allegianceHuman–spren bonds

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Book overview

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and a USA Today and Indie Bestseller!

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1
New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition's envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

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