After returning to Narak, Dalinar relieves Kaladin of duty due to his battleshock and increasing depression. Fabrials are created by imprisoning a spren in a gemstone. While returning, Navani is contacted by a mysterious stranger, who tells her that creating magic devices called fabrials is unethical and wrong. Kaladin escapes to the flying machine and they fly away with the townspeople on board. Meanwhile, Kaladin is baited into a fight with his former friend Moash, who somehow induces Kaladin to have visions of traumatic experiences. While the evacuation begins, the Radiants get into a battle with the Fused, which ends with no conclusive winner. Navani,ĭalinar, and many Radiants arrive on a flying machine to assist Kaladin in evacuating the city. The book begins with Kaladin traveling to his hometown of Hearthstone, to rescue the citizens and pick up a famous Herdazian general, The Mink. The prologue is from Navani's perspective, in which she recalls Gavilar's death and his involvement with strange spheres of light. Ī sequel, Knights of Wind and Truth, is set for a November 2024 release. As with its Stormlight Archive predecessors, the unabridged audiobook is read by narration team Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. The book features illustrations of four Heralds, as well as illustrations of all the True Spren who form Nahel Bonds save for the Bondsmith spren. It is currently both the longest Sanderson novel and longest in the series at 455,891 words, though Oathbringer has a higher page count.Īs with Kaladin in The Way of Kings, Shallan in Words of Radiance, and Dalinar in Oathbringer, Rhythm of War has a sequence of flashback chapters, this time for characters Eshonai and Venli.

Rhythm of War consists of one prologue, 117 chapters, 12 interludes and an epilogue. It was published by Tor Books on November 17, 2020. Rhythm of War is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the fourth book in The Stormlight Archive series. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book

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