Words of Radiance

The Stormlight Archive, 2.

Once marked for death as a military slave, Kaladin defied fate and rose to command the royal bodyguards—an unprecedented honor for a lowly “darkeyes.” Now he must shield the king and Dalinar from both ordinary dangers and the far deadlier threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to control strange new powers tied to his honorspren, Syl.

That Assassin, Szeth, has resumed his bloody campaign across Roshar, striking down rulers with terrifying abilities that no guard can stop. Highprince Dalinar—true power behind the Alethi throne—is among his chief targets, though the motives driving Szeth’s master run far deeper than politics.

On another path, Shallan fights her own battles. Haunted by trauma she refuses to face, she carries the burden of preventing the return of the Voidbringers and the Desolation that would follow. The answers she seeks lie on the Shattered Plains—if she can survive the journey.