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Oathbringer / Brandon Sanderson.
Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified. Nestled in the mountains high above the storms, in the tower city of Urithiru, Shallan Davar investigates the wonders of the ancient stronghold of the Knights Radiant and unearths dark secrets lurking in its depths. And Dalinar realizes that his holy mission to unite his homeland of Alethkar was too narrow in scope. Unless all the nations of Roshar can put aside Dalinar's blood-soaked past and stand together--and unless Dalinar himself can confront that past--even the restoration of the Knights Radiant will not prevent the end of civilization.
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- ISBN: 9780765326379
- Physical Description: 1243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Tor Fantasy, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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| General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
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| Subject: | Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction. Imaginary places > Fiction. Slavery > Fiction. Magic > Fiction. Kings and rulers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 December #2
An epic fantasy about the return of an ancient, world-destroying evil.God is dead. And Odium, the god who killed the Almighty, is unleashing terrible monsters to destroy humankind. Dalinar Kholin has bonded with the powerful spren known as the Stormfather and led his people to the lost city of Urithiru, but his work is just beginning. Now he has to unite the nations of the world to fight the Voidbringers and prepare for "a millennia-old conflict of ancient creatures with inscrutable motivations and unknown powers." Danger is everywhere, even in his own stronghold, where the highprince Sadeas has been murderedâunbeknownst to Dalinar, by his own son, Adolin Kholinâand in Dalinar's own mind, where certain memories are missing. Meanwhile, Kaladin is looking for his family, and Shallan is struggling to live with what happened to hers. In this third book in the Stormlight Archive series, it feels like the plot is driving the characters rather than the other way around, but those characters are still rich and vivid, and the plot is still gripping and building toward another dramatic climax. Sanderson (Edgedancer, 2017, etc.) manages to tell a compelling story while raising questions about what it means to be a moral actor in a complicated world. Fans of the Stormlight Archive series will enjoy this book, which brings back favorite characters and deepens a well-drawn fantasy world. Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews
The much-anticipated third Stormlight Archive epic fantasy installment is classic Sanderson, with multiple story lines and unexpected twists and turns. Dalinar Kholin has to rebuild his Alethi army to fight the Voidbringers; he's also grappling with the consequences of his past actions. Scholar's apprentice Shallan Davar delves deeper into the long-lost mysteries to find ways to save the world from destruction, and Kaladin Stormblessed heads out on the trail of the enemy. Maps, illustrations in Shallan's sketchbook, and excerpts from Navani's notes are rich in detail and add critical layers to the fantasy. Sanderson is a master at misdirecting readers with carefully plotted detours, and he dribbles out revelations leading up to the climactic clash. This is just the third title in a massive 10-part saga, so there is still a lot of groundwork to be laid, but Sanderson successfully balances introducing new elements and satisfactorily resolving some threads, leaving fans to eagerly await the next in the series.
Copyright 2017 Publishers Weekly Annex.Agent: Joshua A. Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary. (Nov.) - Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 2017 December
The highly anticipated third title in the Stormlight Archive series picks up where the second book left offâwith the devastating Everstorm passing over the Roshar supercontinent, awakening enslaved Parshmen who transform into Voidbringers, creatures of destruction. The freed, angry slaves are joined by the Parshmen's warrior cousins, the Parshendi, to bring on the world-ending Desolation. Kaladin, captain of the King's Guard and powerful Windrunner, journeys home to protect his family and track the Voidbringers. Shallan, the Veden scholar, struggles to develop her lightweaving abilities as she works to uncover the mysteries of their new refuge, Urithiru. Dalinar's backstory is the primary focus of this title's flashback narratives, and as the great warrior and uncle to the king seeks to unite the world against a new, shared enemy, he also confronts his forgotten past and transgressions. Dalinar's journey to save humanity must first start with facing his own. Sanderson's masterful worldbuilding skills and careful, complex construction of character shines in Oathbringer. Sanderson dives deep into expanding his worldbuilding beyond the physical world of Roshar into the cognitive realm of Shadesmar, where the Spren, spirits of nature, reside. As new characters are introduced and old favorites are further developed, Sanderson uses his characters to explore relevant issues of mental illness, substance abuse, identity development, gender roles, and the oppression of marginalized groups. Readers looking to undertake an epic fantasy series will find Sanderson's writing easy to fall into and gripping. Previous fans of Sanderson need not be notified, for this title is already on hold or pre-ordered.âJewel Davis. 4Q 4P S NA A/YA Copyright 2017 Voya Reviews.
