The Way Of Kings

It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades a... (more)

It 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 are fought for them. One such war rages on the Shattered Plains of Roshar. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable. (less)