Words of Radiance: Book Two of the Stormlight Archive

By Brandon Sanderson

Book Overview

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.

Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status "darkeyes." Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow linked to his honorspren, Syl.

The Assassin, Szeth, is active again, murdering rulers all over the world of Roshar, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin's master has much deeper motives.

Brilliant but troubled Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of the legendary Voidbringers and the civilization-ending Desolation that will follow. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but just arriving there proves more difficult than she could have imagined.

Meanwhile, at the heart of the Shattered Plains, the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on a desperate gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The possible consequences for Parshendi and humans alike, indeed, for Roshar itself, are as dangerous as they are incalculable.

Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive
● The Way of Kings
● Words of Radiance
● Edgedancer (novella)
● Oathbringer
● Dawnshard (novella)
● Rhythm of War

The Mistborn Saga
The Original Trilogy
● Mistborn
● The Well of Ascension
● The Hero of Ages

Wax and Wayne
● The Alloy of Law
● Shadows of Self
● The Bands of Mourning
● The Lost Metal

Other Cosmere novels
● Elantris
● Warbreaker
● Tress of the Emerald Sea
● Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
● The Sunlit Man

Collection
● Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series
● Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
● The Scrivener's Bones
● The Knights of Crystallia
● The Shattered Lens
● The Dark Talent
● Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

Other novels
● The Rithmatist
● Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
● The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

Other books by Brandon Sanderson

The Reckoners
● Steelheart
● Firefight
● Calamity

Skyward
● Skyward
● Starsight
● Cytonic
● Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
● Defiant

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765365286
• ISBN13: 9780765365286
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 1328 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Read this series if you are struggling with mental illness, disability, or feeling disconnected from

Sanderson portrays people of all walks of life and their very real struggles with many difficult struggles with mental illness, belonging, LBGTQ+ characters, disabilities, love, loss, power, and much more, with their stories and inner voices that are unbelievably relatable to anyone. If you are trying to overcome difficulties this books is for you. Always remember, journey before destination when reading. The most important step a man can take is the next one.

Read it!

The Way of Kings is a wonderful intro to the world of Roshar and its players. In Words of Radiance everything kicks into action. And that is an understatement. I am now on Oathbringer and beyond. This series, so far, is wonderful.

Best Series Out There

Right up there with LOTR and other epic fantasies, The Stormlight Archives is absolutely amazing. Words of Radiance continues the superior story quality from the Way of Kings and will not leave you disappointed