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The back cover of each book in [[The Stormlight Archive]] contains text, often called a blurb, that is written from an in-universe perspective.{{wob ref|2888}} It is as of yet unknown who the author of each text is, but it has been confirmed that each one comes from the perspective of one of the [[Sleepless]].{{wob ref|1500}}{{wob ref|
==The Way of Kings==
''I long for the days before the [[Last Desolation]]
''The age before the [[Herald]]s abandoned us and the [[Knights Radiant]] turned against us. A time when there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men.''
''The world became ours, and we lost it. Nothing, it appears, is more challenging to the souls of men than victory itself.''
''Or was that victory an illusion all along? Did our enemies realize that the harder they fought, the stronger we resisted? Perhaps they saw that the heat and the hammer only make for a better grade of sword. But ignore the steel long enough, and it will eventually rust away.''
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''The world can change. [[Surgebinding]] and [[Shardwielding]] can return; the magics of ancient days can become ours again. These four people are key.''
''One of them may redeem us.''
▲''Now there are four whom we watch: '''[[Kaladin|the Surgeon]]''', forced to forsake healing and fight in the most brutal war of our time; '''[[Szeth|the Assassin]]''', who weeps as he kills; '''[[Shallan|the Liar]]''', who wears her scholar's mantle over a theif's heart; and '''[[Dalinar|the Prince]]''', whose eyes open to the ancient past as his thirst for battle wanes.''
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==Words of Radiance==
''We may soon hold [[Surges]] again, for [[Surgebinding|Radiance]] has returned to some, and shines toward others. '''[[Kaladin|The Captain]]''', broken by loss, seeks reconciliation. '''[[Shallan|The Spy]]''', broken by cruelty, seeks completion. '''[[Szeth|The Stonewalker]]''', broken by oaths, seeks truth. '''[[Venli|The Traitor]]''', broken by ambition, seeks freedom.''
''And finally '''[[Dalinar|the King]]'''. Broken by war, he seeks the past. That which was abandoned. That which he'' ''must not know.''
''For those secrets will crush him as they did the knights who came before.''{{tweet ref|916417321748504576|Just got the final dust jacket for Oathbringer. Huzzah!|date=2017-10-06}}
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