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Revision as of 18:51, 8 April 2015
The Stormlight Archive is an ongoing epic fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson. The series is estimated to require ten books to complete.[1] The first book in the series, The Way of Kings, was published in 2010. The second book, Words of Radiance, was published in 2014.
Each book will have one major viewpoint character, with the other major characters complementing that character. In The Way of Kings, the main character is Kaladin, with Shallan and Dalinar as the other major viewpoints. The other main characters include Eshonai, Adolin, Jasnah, Navani, Szeth, Taravangian, the herald Taln, and one of the other Heralds of the Almighty.[2]
The order of the first five books is as follows[2]:
- The Way of Kings - following Kaladin
- Words of Radiance - Shallan's flashbacks
- Szeth (Originwelally Stones Unhallowed[3], currently Skybreaker[4])
- Eshonai [5]
- Dalinar (Possibly The Highprince of War)[6]
The second set of five books will be completed after the second Mistborn trilogy.[7] They are currently going to have flashbacks from Jasnah, Lift, Shalash, Renarin, and Taln.[8]
The Stormlight Archive is set on the world of Roshar.
Publication
- US/Canadian rights (#1-4) with Tor
- Bulgarian rights (#1) to Studio Art Line
- UK rights (#1-4) to Gollancz
- German rights (#1-3) to Heyne
- French rights to Calmann-Levy
- Polish rights to MAG
- Turkish rights (#1) to Arkadas
- Spanish rights (#1) to Ediciones B
- Chinese rights (complex, #1) to Fantasy Foundation
- Czech rights (#1) to Talpress
- Italian rights (#1) to Fanucci[9]
Awards
- Way of Kings #7 NY Times best-seller
- Winner of the 2010 David Gemmell Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel
- The Way of Kings hit the Times list in mass market, debuts at #25 on the chart
- Named one of the Best of 2010 by Fantasy Faction
- Named one of the Best of 2010 by Ranting Dragon
- Named one of the Best of 2010 by SFF World
- Named one of the Best of 2010 by Goodreads[9]
- Words of Radiance #1 NY Times best-seller[10]
Notes
- ↑ Stormlight is ten books?
— Theoryland - Nov 13th, 2010# - ↑ a b {{{3}}}
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "qa-612-7" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ WoR press release
— Tor.com - FEB 28 2013# - ↑ Skybreaker profile
— Goodreads # - ↑ Eshonai is probably 4
— Twitter - 28 Feb 2013# - ↑ {{{3}}}
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "qa-689-16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ {{{3}}}
— Theoryland - {{{date}}}# Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "qa-675-8" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Who are the back 5?
— 17th Shard forums - 20 Feb 2015# - ↑ a b Brandon's Awful Agent page
— Awful Agent # - ↑ Words of Radiance debut 1st on NYT bestsellers
— Tor.com - MAR 12 2014#