Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive, #3) (Cosmere Universe)

by Brandon Sanderson

The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, at the top of his game.

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

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, Shalladin 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 is 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.

Reviewed by ross91 on

5 of 5 stars

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Kal, baby, I need you to be happy!

Anyway, this book was insane! It's always amazing to end the year with a favorite!

I'm so overwhelmed I can't even form coherent thoughts, so here's some blabbing:

So.. hell yeah Queen Jasnah (Elhokar's death was the saddest thing of the book though)!!
Szeth with the Radiants!!
Poor little Renarin deserves more love!!
Lopen is just the best human being ever
Kal, you'll swear new oaths soon, I believe in you!
Adolin is just the guy that seems perfect and boring but he's actually flawed and interesting and needs to be preserved at all costs
Gloryspren, gloryspren everywhere!!
I missed Eshonai but Venli turned out to be interesting as well
More Lift! And more Fen! And more Azure!
Dalinar was scary. He's still one of my favorites (even though Kal is now in first place) but how he treated his wife was THE WORST. And poor baby Renarin! God, I don't think I'll ever forgive him!
And that interlude about soulcasting and Aimia was so damn interesting, I want to know what happened in Aimiaaaa!

And lastly I dunno why 'cause I LOVE Kal and I hate Shallan but I shipped them together and now my ship is dead and I'm not even mad but still, Adolin is so much better than Shallan ... god ok that's enough.

And I want to see Kal smile more often... IS THAT SO HARD???

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