Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson

Wind and Truth

By Brandon Sanderson

  • Release Date: 2024-12-06
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 387 Ratings

Description

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray.

Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide—Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiant killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium’s champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.

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 & 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

Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
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
Lux (with Steven Michael Bohls)

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

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Reviews

  • Not his best.

    3
    By Greggyles
    You can tell he still doesn’t quite know where this story is going. Def journey over destination. However in this book he repeats a lot of the same language, the same debates, the same mechanisms. The characters are starting to feel stale. Their lessons they are still learning should have been learnt by now. The conflicts between their enemies feel repetitive. I love that he FINALLY added some actual romance in characters who should be able to portray love in more than a familial way. While still fun to read, because I’m a massive fan, it slogs. It’s just more teasing with drops of reveals. I mean it covers just 10 days but still. Eliminate some more characters or join them all together. And the backflashes can be done at this point. Move the story forward! This may feel more critical than I intend it to but I mean it more as a suggestion for where he takes the next arc. All in all def a 3. 4 if you love fantasy as much as I do.
  • Unsatisfying

    2
    By Matthewmatics18
    Will try to keep this spoiler free. I am an enormous fan of Brandon Sanderson. I have read every single one of the Cosmere novels, and I have read some of my favorites multiple times, especially the “Way of Kings” and “Words of Radiance”. This was not Brandon Sanderson’s best work. In previous Stormlight novels, it felt like I was experiencing a character’s development in the moment, growing as they did. Not so in this novel, where I was just told flat out what was happening to the character instead of living it with them. I think that part of this is explained by the premise. It is hard for much to change in ten days, and I think Sanderson limited himself by constraining this novel to those ten days. I have so much more to say about this book but will stop myself in order stay spoiler free. Let me say this. In the other Stormlight novels, there is at least one moment (and often more) of intense emotion that would bring me to the verge of tears. Not so in this one. Many of the twists in this novel are very predictable. Very little action occurring. A rare miss from Brandon Sanderson. 2.5/5
  • Journey Before Destination.

    5
    By SamTheTruthless
    I have read many books in my life but not many have affected me as much as this series has. Brandon Sanderson is a storming genius. All I can say is the journey through these books was so worth the destination and the best part is, that it isn’t finished yet. I could not recommend a series more strongly to someone than this one.
  • Sanderson Does It Again

    5
    By kauffman.jordan
    Brandon Sanderson is a talented story teller with the ability to weave deep truths about what it means to be human and deal with real life topics into fantastical fiction. He continues to share the realities of war and mental health struggles without it feeling like a psa. This is a must read for sci-fi and fantasy fans. I’d highly recommend reading Mistborn, Elantris, and all 4 previous Storm Light archive books before reading this one.
  • Fantastic ending to a fantastic series

    5
    By SpiderFerg
    I didn’t know that I wanted the entire last book of the series to be a Sanderlanche until I read it. Can’t wait for book 6!
  • Quite the ending of the first arc

    5
    By ldsosapr
    I’m exhausted, but happy, and I want more. It’ll be a while til we get 6-10, but in the meantime, we have plenty of Cosmere to quench our thirst.
  • Masterpiece

    5
    By Words over my hammy
    Read the book non stop and it’s awesome! Can’t wait for the next arc

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