Szeth reveals to the King that he was sent by the Parshendi to kill him. Szeth manages to defeat the King by causing the balcony he is standing on to collapse, mortally wounding him. Within the headquarters, Szeth confronted the King wearing an armored Shardplate after learning that he pursues the wrong person.
Within the palace of Kholinar, Szeth sneaks into the hallway and used his Lashing abilities to outmaneuver the King's guards. He also possesses access to powers that are no longer available to normal humans (“Surgebinding”), once possessed by the Knights Radiant and thought lost, making him incredibly difficult to defeat in battle. As the story progresses, he continuously changes hands, doing his best to hide the fact that he possesses an Honorblade, a mythical blade used by the Heralds that can cut through any material. Szeth, a Shin man cast out by his people and condemned to obey his constantly changing masters, is sent to assassinate the king of one of the world's most powerful nations, Alethkar. Jezrien announced to Kalak that they must remain secret for their departure and left his Shardblade behind in despair while Kalak left his sword as well feeling heartbroken about their departure. Devastated by the war and mass casualties, The Herald Kalak meets up with his leader Jezrien while learning the other Heralds had renounced their Oathpact and went their separate ways leaving their Shardblades behind. The story rotates between the points of view of Kaladin, Shallan Davar, Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Dalinar Kholin, Adolin Kholin, and several other minor characters, who lead seemingly unconnected lives.Ĥ500 years ago, a catastrophic war known as the Last Desolation ended when mankind fought victoriously against their enemies known as the Voidbringers.
On August 26, 2010, chapters 12 and 13 were released. Tor wrote that they did not release chapters 7, 8, and 10 because they wanted to focus on the storyline of Kaladin, one of the main characters.
On August 5, 2010, chapters 9 and 11 were released. On July 8, 2010, the next three chapters (4–6) were released in audio format. On June 10, 2010, the prologue and the first three chapters of the book were released, along with an introduction by Sanderson, as a preview on the Tor website. The original, non-canon version, entitled The Way of Kings Prime, is available on the official website of the author. Its publication was delayed when Sanderson instead decided to focus on his Mistborn trilogy. Sanderson started working on pieces of The Way of Kings in the late 1990s and finished the first draft in 2003. The unabridged audiobook is read by narrator team Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. In 2011, it won the David Gemmell Legend Award for best novel. A leatherbound edition was released in 2021. It was followed by Words of Radiance in 2014, Oathbringer in 2017 and Rhythm of War in 2020. The Way of Kings consists of one prelude, one prologue, 75 chapters, an epilogue and nine interludes. The novel was published on August 31, 2010, by Tor Books.
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The Way of Kings is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the first book in The Stormlight Archive series.
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