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'''''The Stormlight Archive''''' is an ongoing epic fantasy series by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. Set on the planet [[Roshar]], the series forms a core part of the [[cosmere]] sequence, and centers around [[Odium]]'s efforts to escape the ties that bind him to the [[Rosharan system]]. The series is estimated to require ten books to complete.{{wob ref|2875}}
For a summary of the events thus far, see [[/Summary|the individual summary pages for each book]].
== Structure ==
The novels of ''The Stormlight Archive'' follow a consistent internal structure. Each is split into five parts, and Brandon plots each novel as if it were an entire trilogy. The names of each part, when put together, form a [[ketek]]. Between each part is a set of interludes, set in different points of view, which show events in other locations on Roshar. Each novel has one character who gets multiple interludes, whose interludes effectively form a novella. The books also feature several pieces of in-world art on the endpages and between some chapters, and epigraphs from in-world documents at the start of each non-flashback chapter.{{wob ref|3718}}{{wob ref|3916}} Each of the first five books begins with a prologue that shows a different character's perspective of the night of the [[assassination of Gavilar]] and ends with an epilogue from [[Hoid]]'s point of view.{{wob ref|13282}}{{wob ref|12260}} Each book also includes an [[Ars Arcanum]].
Each novel will focus on one specific order of the [[Knights Radiant]] and feature flashbacks from a character tied to that order.{{wob ref|1673}}{{wob ref|11374}} Brandon has made clear that a character can have flashback point of views, even if
Subject to the assumption that characters stay associated with their current order and assigning the [[Order of Dustbringers]] to [[Shalash]]'s book by process of elimination, the following table summarizes these relationships and the order of books:
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!2024{{wob ref|15744}}
|''[[
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|[[Order of Skybreakers|Skybreakers]]
!2016
|''[[Edgedancer (novella)|Edgedancer]]''
|2.5<br />(
|[[Lift]]
|[[Edgedancer (novella)/Statistical analysis|40,660]]
|- class="stormlight cosmere unreleased"
!
|''[[Unpublished works#Cosmere_works|Horneater]]''{{wob ref|
|4.5{{wob ref|13754}}
|[[Lunamor]]
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* US/Canadian rights (#1-4) with Tor
* Bulgarian rights (#1-4) to Артлайн Студиос (Artline Studios)
* UK rights (#1-4) to Gollancz
* German rights (#1-3) to Heyne
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