Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson

Rhythm of War

By Brandon Sanderson

  • Release Date: 2020-11-17
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 3,889 Ratings

Description

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and a USA Today and Indie Bestseller!

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1
New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.

After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.

Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.

At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.

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

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Reviews

  • Dragging on

    2
    By Lokeybrandon
    What a let down. Talk about just rambling on forever with nothing really happening. It was a massive let down and I hope that the next book harkens back to what the books were like with movement and change with in the development of the story. ………………………….
  • Don’t waste your time.

    1
    By LobstersGoPinchPinch
    Kept waiting for this story to get going and it never did. Total waste of time and money.
  • Storm light archives

    5
    By JOHLDH41
    He’s good, Robert Jordan was a master and found his equal!!!
  • Wow

    4
    By lordlestibournes
    The only reason I’m giving this four stars is because it felt a little slow at times. Again, it is the Stormlight archive and it continues to be the epic story it was designed to be all the way back in the first book. This book has so many revelations and points where you begin to question everything you’ve read so far. Sanderson also continues to deliver with his incredible characters. Kaladin’s portrayal of depression is a standout in the book and is both beautiful and really heartbreaking. The ending of the book leaves me theorizing for the next chapter of this amazing story.
  • Wonderful

    5
    By Gold-leader
    What can I say? It’s Sanderson in top form for this chapter in the stormlight archive. Rarely do you have the pleasure of reading a series that remains as fresh and enthralling as this is. My only regret is that I now must wait for the next book to publish. I will be counting the minutes.
  • Huzzah for character development!!!

    5
    By Expert_Square_Dancer:)
    Once again, Sanderson has created a stunning addition to the Stormlight series. Like the books (full sized novels, not the novellas) before it, we dove into the backstory of a character: Venli. We also were transported into Shadesmar, visiting the Honorspren capital, which was really cool. And the climax… oh… it was amazing. I’m not entirely sure whether I liked this book’s climax better, or Oathbringer’s better. I think I’m not sure because they’re great in different ways. I’ll be honest, I actually cried. Not because I was sad, though that almost happened too, but because there is such a touching scene. And then Kaladin gets some major character development! Yay! *dances around throwing confetti* Yes, he’s my favorite character. But oh ho ho. You thought I was done. NOPE! The climax was crazy, but just WAIT until the epilogue… And then the book ends. And I now have to wait. Oh well. I’m sure the next book will be stunning too, so I can be patient. Sanderson may be an INCREDIBLY fast writer, but he has other books to work on (such as Secret Projects #3 and #4) and these books are LONG. Super great though! I LOVED it!
  • Absolutely impossibly irrefutably ingenious

    5
    By CopperDV
    Poor Mr cephalopod, but you should read the book.
  • Stormlight at it’s best.

    5
    By Joao Vitor Vignoly
    The spoilers-free reviews of this book were the reason for me to pick up this series in the first place, and after reading the first 3 books and 2 novellas I was ready to have my mind blown. That probably was the reason the first 3/5 of this book felt slow to me, but because I knew Sanderson wouldn’t disappoint I kept reading, not skipping anything, and got all the feelings I was hoping to get in this book, the same ones that i’m getting used to having while reading about this beautifully created universe, Thank you Brandon.
  • Storming Amazing

    5
    By MistahC
    Best book series I’ve ever read. Can’t recommend enough. Brandon Sanderson delivers yet again with his fourth entry of the stormlight archives!
  • So long…

    4
    By so do so do so
    I like a long book. I’ve read a dozen of Sanderson’s books. This one was longer than any other and had less payoff. It’s still good and moved the story forward, but the ending wasn’t a big enough payoff for all the work it took getting there.