{"product_id":"the-way-of-kings-book-one-of-the-stormlight-archive-stormlight-archive-1-1st-ed","title":"The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive (Stormlight Archive #1) (1ST ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntroduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery and a woman who would save her impoverished house.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Tom Doherty Associates book.;Colored maps on end papers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrandon Sanderson\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. His bestsellers have sold 50 million copies worldwide and include the Mistborn saga; the Stormlight Archive novels; and other novels, including \n\u003ci\u003eTress of the Emerald Sea, The Rithmatist\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eSteelheart, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Skyward\u003c\/i\u003e. He won a Hugo Award for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, a novella set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, \n\u003ci\u003eElantris\u003c\/i\u003e. Additionally, he completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time(R). Visit his website for behind-the-scenes information on all his books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA new epic fantasy series from the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author chosen to complete Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time(R) Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Brandon Sanderson and the Stormlight Archive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over 15 million \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStormlight Archive books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e sold!\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of the genre's most beloved authors.\"--\u003cb\u003eTIME\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sanderson raises the genre stakes... A fan favorite.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Sanderson] is not a brilliant writer of epic fantasy, he's simply a brilliant writer. Period.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003ePatrick Rothfuss, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The genre's most popular writer... easily one of the most successful and prolific fantasy writers of the century so far.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Epic in every sense.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eThe Way of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sanderson is a master of many aspects of the fantasy genre: epic world-building, coherent systems of magic and unforgettable character development. All those are in peak form in his masterwork, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Way of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \"The 50 Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (So Far)\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Absolutely revels in its fantasy world, one of actual gods, bizarre magic, knights with superpowers, spirits and sorcery, monsters, demons, and magic sword[s] called Shardblades. It embraces the fantastic, and does so with an astonishing amount of creativity . . . \n\u003ci\u003eWords of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eWords of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Excellent . . . cranks up the level of intrigue to dizzying extremes...Sanderson's experiment is working, and he gets better with every book. The journey will be worth it. Yes, you should buy this book. Yes, this is a series worth following to the end.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReactor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eon \n\u003ci\u003eWords of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e, Book One of the Stormlight Archive, begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called \n\u003ci\u003eThe Way of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Way of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeak again the ancient oaths: \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLife before death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStrength before weakness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJourney before Destination. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eand return to men the Shards they once bore. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Knights Radiant must stand again. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOther Tor books by Brandon Sanderson\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Cosmere\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Stormlight Archive\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Way of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eWords of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eEdgedancer (novella)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eOathbringer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eDawnshard (novella)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eRhythm of War\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Mistborn Saga\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Original Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eMistborn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Well of Ascension\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hero of Ages\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWax and Wayne\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Alloy of Law\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eShadows of Self\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bands of Mourning\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Metal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOther Cosmere novels\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eElantris\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eWarbreaker\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eTress of the Emerald Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eYumi and the Nightmare Painter\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Sunlit Man\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCollection\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eArcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eAlcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Scrivener's Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Knights of Crystallia\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Shattered Lens\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Talent\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eBastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOther novels\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Rithmatist\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eLegion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eThe Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOther books by Brandon Sanderson\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Reckoners\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eSteelheart\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eFirefight\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eCalamity\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSkyward\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eSkyward\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eStarsight\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eCytonic\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eSkyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e● \n\u003ci\u003eDefiant\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/26\/2010 (EAN 9780765326355, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 37 (EAN 9780765326355, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/01\/2010 (EAN 9780765326355, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9780765326355, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9780765365279, Mass Market Paperbound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eSanderson, Brandon\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBrandon Sanderson\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. His bestsellers have sold 50 million copies worldwide and include the Mistborn saga; the Stormlight Archive novels; and other novels, including \n\u003ci\u003eTress of the Emerald Sea, The Rithmatist\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eSteelheart, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Skyward\u003c\/i\u003e. He won a Hugo Award for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, a novella set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, \n\u003ci\u003eElantris\u003c\/i\u003e. Additionally, he completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time(R). Visit his website for behind-the-scenes information on all his books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496147288342,"sku":"9780765326355","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780765326355.jpg?v=1783053996","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-way-of-kings-book-one-of-the-stormlight-archive-stormlight-archive-1-1st-ed","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}