Brandon Sanderson The Stormlight Archive Series 4 Book Collection (The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, Rhythm of War)

Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive 4-book collection brings together four volumes set on Roshar, a world shaped by storms and long-held legends. The series draws on mythology of the Tranquiline Halls, the Voidbringers, and the Almighty’s gifts to humanity: powerful armour and mystical weapons known as Shardblades, once wielded by angelic Heralds and the orders of knights called Radiants.

Across these books, Shard artifacts remain at the centre of conflict as kingdoms and aristocratic families vie for Shardblades and Shardplates, ancient relics from a past civilisation that can decide wars. As new threats emerge and alliances form, the struggle expands into a protracted war, shadowed by the risk of betrayal and shaped by discoveries that may alter the balance of power.

Included titles

• The Way of Kings
• Words of Radiance
• Oathbringer
• Rhythm of War

Key details

• Four-book collection from The Stormlight Archive series
• By Brandon Sanderson
• Includes The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer and Rhythm of War
• Oathbringer is the third volume of the series

Synopses

The Way of Kings

Myth tells of humanity’s fall from the Tranquiline Halls after the Voidbringers’ assault, and of life beginning anew on Roshar. Legends speak of Shardblades and powerful armour granted to help mankind endure repeated wars, led by Heralds and the Radiants.

In the present, Shardblades remain as the chief remnants of those supposed battles, and their possession makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield. With the world at war for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind, kings seek Shardblades while each hopes to unite humanity under a single throne.

Words of Radiance

The race to find the Shard artifacts begins as the story returns to a planet battered by apocalyptic storms. With the world tipping into war, aristocratic families move to control Shardblades and Shardplates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars.

As the struggle for these mythical objects of power intensifies, characters are drawn into new dangers that threaten both their integrity and their lives.

Oathbringer

In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive series, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, whose numbers match their thirst for vengeance.

After a costly victory under Dalinar Kholin, the Parshendi summon the Everstorm, and its passage awakens the parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. As Kaladin Stormblessed flees to warn his family, he must confront the possibility that this newly kindled anger may be justified.

Rhythm of War

After forming a coalition of human resistance, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant spend a year fighting a protracted, brutal war with no clear advantage for either side. The threat of betrayal by Dalinar’s ally Taravangian hangs over every strategic decision.

As Navani Kholin’s scholars make new technological discoveries that begin to change the war, the enemy prepares a bold operation. The resulting arms race tests the core of Radiant ideals and may reveal secrets of the ancient tower that once stood at the heart of their strength.