Rhythm of War

The Stormlight Archive #4

A year has passed since Dalinar Kholin united humanity against the invading forces of Odium. The war has become a brutal stalemate—each victory costly, each defeat devastating. And as alliances strain under the weight of exhaustion and mistrust, Dalinar’s shrewd but dangerous ally, Taravangian, plots from the shadows, his loyalty as uncertain as the storms themselves.

While Navani Kholin’s scholars race to harness new technologies that could turn the tide, the enemy prepares a daring strike that threatens to unravel everything the Radiants have fought to protect. The escalating arms race will test not only the limits of power, but the very ideals that define what it means to be Radiant.

Haunted by his past and forced to redefine his purpose, Kaladin Stormblessed faces a war he can no longer fight in the same way. As the ranks of the enemy swell with newly awakened Fused, the honorspren refuse to bond with humankind, leaving the Radiants to dwindle. To save what remains, Adolin and Shallan must journey to Lasting Integrity—the stronghold of the spren—and plead their cause before an ancient people who have every reason to turn them away.

The fate of Roshar now hangs not only on victory in battle, but on whether fragile trust can withstand the coming storm.