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'''Prologue: To Question'''
 
[[Gavilar]]'s assassination is told through the viewpoint of [[Jasnah]]. She discovers her bonded spren and [[Soulcasting|Soulcasts]] for the first time.
 
'''Part One: Alight'''
 
Shallan travels by ship to the [[Shattered Plains]]. She learns from Jasnah of her betrothal to [[Adolin]]. She is awoken in the middle of the night just in time to witness the murder of Jasnah, so she causes the ship to sink through soulcasting in an attempt to save the crew. She is helped ashore by a [[santhid]] and manages to join [[Tvlakv]]'s slave wagons.
 
Kaladin sets up training for the other bridge crews and experiments with his [[Surgebinding#Adhesion|Adhesion]] abilities. He's dismayed to hear the [[Brightlord]] [[Amaram]] has arrived in Dalinar's camp.
 
Dalinar continues to try to unite the [[Highprince]]s by asserting his authority as the Highprince of War. He has an illusion during a [[Highstorm]] in which he participates with a [[Knight Radiant]]'s crew in a fight against a [[Thunderclast]].
 
 
== From the Cover Flap ==