Words of Radiance
core novel 2014 Cosmere
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.76 (531,227 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 1088 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765326362 |
Synopsis
Words of Radiance continues directly from The Way of Kings on the world of Roshar, with the storylines converging on the war-torn Shattered Plains. Kaladin has become a royal bodyguard while secretly training as a Windrunner and forming a bond with a spren named Syl, wrestling with his resentment toward the ruling lighteyes class. Shallan, traveling to join the scholar Jasnah Kholin, discovers unexpected powers of her own and a companion in a spren called Pattern. Dalinar Kholin presses forward with his effort to unite the fractured highprinces and revive the Knights Radiant, while his son Adolin fights ritual duels to win Shards for the family's cause. As unsettling signs multiply, including strange transformations spreading among the Alethi's Parshendi enemies, the approach of a prophesied storm known as the Everstorm suggests that old enemies once thought defeated may be returning.
Where it sits
- Universe: Cosmere
- Series: The Stormlight Archive core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Brandon Sanderson
Awards (verified)
- David Gemmell Legend Award (Best Novel), 2015: won
Notes
- From the series record (The Stormlight Archive): Planned as 10 novels; 5 published through Wind and Truth (2024).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Stormlight Archive: position 2 of 5: previous The Way of Kings (2010) · next Oathbringer (2017)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmere
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_of_Radiance
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive
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