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The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- Narrateur(s): Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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Auteur(s): Brandon Sanderson
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From number one New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one of the Stormlight Archive, begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion.
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.
It has been centuries since the fall of the 10 consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them and won by them.
One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where 10 armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.
Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.
Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.
The result of more than 10 years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.
Speak again the ancient oaths:
Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before destination.
And return to men the Shards they once bore.
The Knights Radiant must stand again.
Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson:
The Cosmere
The Stormlight Archive:
- The Way of Kings
- Words of Radiance
- Edgedancer (Novella)
- Oathbringer
The Mistborn trilogy:
- Mistborn: The Final Empire
- The Well of Ascension
- The Hero of Ages
Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series:
- Alloy of Law
- Shadows of Self
- Bands of Mourning
Collection:
- Arcanum Unbounded
Other Cosmere novels:
- Elantris
- Warbreaker
The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series:
- Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
- The Scrivener's Bones
- The Knights of Crystallia
- The Shattered Lens
- The Dark Talent
The Rithmatist series:
- The Rithmatist
Other books by Brandon Sanderson:
- The Reckoners
- Steelheart
- Firefight
- Calamity
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- Jonathon Flaman
- 2019-04-15
Slow but steady
The way of Kings takes some time to get into. Give yourself at least 10 hours before deciding whether to stick with it or not. Some minor gripes are that the two narrators will say the same names differently, and falls into the Fantasy/Sci Fi trap of having new names for everything. Days, months, every minor item or animal is given a new name and repeated as if we are supposed to know what it is and it's significance. This took the most time to get over. Overall the Story is well told and after the initial 10 hours or so finally had some characters worth investing in. I will continue on with the series.
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- Nicole
- 2017-11-02
Gripping and Near Impossible to Put Down!
It has been a very long time since I have read a book that is so hard to put down. There was never a dull moment, and I was always eager to know what would happen next.
This world and story is a brilliant creation, and has left me caring about all of the characters.
Definitely worth your time!
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- Sarah Wong
- 2018-03-15
Frustratingly awful narration
I waited for a credit to try this book out. It was recommended by many friends as something I would enjoy, but I only got to halfway through chapter 2 and I can't stand the narrator. He speaks completely in a monotone with no inflection or emotion. Even when voicing characters, or narrating a battle scene. That was the most boring battle scene I have ever experienced. Debating with myself whether I power on through it to get the great story, or just cut my losses and return it.
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- Dan Wood
- 2018-08-13
Amazing book!
I couldnt stop listening to this book. The characters were relatable and i found myself caring deeply about them. I even found that a lot of the lessons the characters learned in this book I could put into action in my own life. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy. It has strong characters overcoming impossible odds, creative new takes on magic and creatures, and an interesting story that will get you hooked.
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- Josh
- 2018-06-18
great good great readers
honestly i was disappointed to find out this was book 1 of 10 and that now i will have to wait for the rest of the books to be written and then recorded before i can hear the full story of this epic world and time.
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- Kyle C Laursen
- 2018-08-29
amazing
loved every second of it! honestly one of the best books and audio books I have ever read or listened to!
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- Alex Baker
- 2018-09-13
Amazing book - Phenomenal narrators
I picked this book up on some recommendations from friends and once I started I couldn't stop listening! one of the best fantasy books I have ever experienced. The voice acting was top notch and pulled me deep into every battle and adventure. One of the best books and series on #Audible1
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- Oscar
- 2019-05-03
could not finish keep listening
I tried and I tried to like this book, it seems to be regarded highly among fantasy novels. However no matter how hard I tried I could not get over the cheesy writing. It's like a fantasy novel a boy would write and think he was being very clever. Sorry , not for me.
Perhaps I'll try the 3rd or 4th book and see if it gets any better.
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- Gary Brown
- 2018-06-16
OMG!!!
This is one of...correction...the BEST story I have ever read! It is incredibly deep and the characters are painstakingly developed as is the world that Sanderson has created. Couple the exquisite writing with the unbelievable narration by Michael Kramer and you have about 50 hours of the most immersive entertainment that you could ever hope to find.
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- Ryan Legault
- 2017-12-01
Simply amazing.
Loved the narration, the characters and the story telling. Great novel. Can't wait to finish the series
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- Lionel Alves
- 2022-09-09
Excellent
It is my second book series of Brandon Sanderson after Mistborn and I am not disappointed.
A bit overwhelmed by all the characters at the beginning of the book but after that it is amazing!
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2020-10-26
Just bad
Don’t buy this book, the author’s voice is awful!! Disgusting! You can barely make out the words! Unacceptable!
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- Robert
- 2012-10-26
It doesn't get any better than this!
I gave up on the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series by Volume 5 so never got to Brandon Sanderson’s concluding contributions to that series. My first books by Sanderson were those of the Mistborn Trilogy. I was totally captivated by the story and its writing. I avoided The Way of Kings because of its Audible 2 credit price but finally caved because I had lusted so long for something so good as Mistborn. I should not have delayed. The Way of Kings was well worth the price and promises to be one of the best ever series by Sanderson or any SF/Fantasy author. This is Book 1 of the Stormlight Archive.
Coming in at over 45 hours on audiobook or over 1000 pages in print, for some TWoK might seem too lengthy. Personally, for me, it ended all too soon. The book was totally gripping and absorbing. I could not put it down. The writing contains wit and charm, adventure and philosophy, comedy and pathos. It’s all there, a wide range of human thought and emotion. While constructed of multiple arcs, the writing is completely straight forward, accessible and easy to follow.
I became totally invested in each character and cared for everyone of the good guys and even some of the bad ones. One of the most interesting characters, one named Szeth, is a peace-loving believer in nonviolence but is also an ultimate, ninja-like assassin who hates to but is forced to kill and cries each time that he does. How’s that for a crazy mixed-up contradiction. Frankly, I think that Szeth is a metaphor for many of us and our behavior. But among my favorite and central characters were a peasant, apprentice surgeon named Kaladin and a spren named Syl with whom Kal has a rather magical and symbiotic relationship.
Spren appear throughout the book. They were for me various types of conscious energy or spirit-like entities that were part of or associated with almost everything on the planet including specific kinds of thoughts and emotions, wellness and sickness, life and death. They particularly seem to appear when “change” happens and it is at least at this point in the series difficult to know if they are responsible for, contribute to or are just present when changes in anything from one’s health to the weather occur.
Speaking of the weather, the environment and particularly the atmosphere of the planet and how the geology, flora and fauna have evolved within the influence of extreme weather is integral to the storyline. The book describes and develops half a dozen interesting and well defined fictional races. Wars exist on the planet among them over the power and dominance brought by the magical weapons known as Shardblades and Shardplates. And, while war is one of the central themes of the book, descriptions of battles and war do not dominate the narrative.
What came across most movingly, uniquely clear and beautifully written were the two human qualities of love and compassion. I do not think that those two attributes have ever been more deftly portrayed than it is in this book. Some of my other favorite SF/Fantasy writers including Dan Simmons and Peter F. Hamilton while brilliant in almost every other respect, fail to adequately communicate those two essential qualities of our nature. Other authors talk about it, their characters go through the motions and maybe say the words but I just do not always “feel the love” in their writings like I do in reading this book. The humanity and heroism portrayed by some of the characters in TWoK were strikingly remarkable. It is another one of those attributes of Sanderson’s writing that makes everything more real and capable of eliciting emotions within the reader.
Magic abounds in the book and all of it seems to make sense if ever magic can be made sense of. It was once said that any technology sufficiently advanced will appear as magic and this is that kind magic, magic that can almost be but not quite understood. There is plenty of adventure and excitement contained within the pages and Kate Reading and particularly Michael Kramer bring it all to life. Yes, this is the same duo that narrated the Wheel of Time saga. Their talent was well highlighted there but I believe even more so in The Way of Kings.
This was one great book and the only downside is that Sanderson is so prolific with his other literary pursuits that the sequel to this one is long overdue and the Audible rendition even longer than that.
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- Rob
- 2010-11-29
Loved the Book, One Glaring Narration Issue
I loved this book. Of course it was a little slow at first, but that's to be expected when background information is being given at the beginning of any long novel. The characters are well developed and you care about what happens with them. I got a little tired of the jumps back and forth in time, but that was only minor. The glaring flaw was in the narration. Michael Kramer and Kate Reading do a great job and unlike other reviews I have no problem with their style. Toward the very end of the book though the pronunciation of Sadius was changed by Kate Reading to the point where I was asking myself if a new character had been introduced somewhere that I missed. I soon figured out who she was talking about, but it's one of those little things that grate on the nerves every time you hear it. It doesn't seem too much to expect that pronunciation of names be consistent throughout an entire series let alone a single book. The producers should be embarrassed to put out a final product with such an amateur flaw. Audio books should be edited as properly as written books.
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- Lore
- 2012-03-31
Wow - 45 hours long and leaves you wanting more!
I have become a big fan of Brandon Sanderson's work and this new series does not disappoint. He has created another interesting world full of rich characters and I can't wait for book two.
The same narrators from the Wheel of Time series re-unite with Sanderson to create another winner. Mistborn, Warbreaker, Elantris, and now this work vaults Sanderson to the top of my must-read list. This book is so good I will gladly listen to it again as a refresher when book two comes out!
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- Monica
- 2017-01-17
Great Story!! Cons: slow start & poor narration
Very angry & frustrated listening experience. I learned to appreciate Michael Kramer's performance but Kate Reading CHANGED THE PRONUNCIATION of a key character's name 3/4 through the story!!!! How the hell did this pass editing? It did not help matters that I'd already grown distasteful of her repetitive tone and inappropriate cadence for a narrative story. She reads as though each line is poetry, punctuating the same parts of every sentence with the same tone of voice. This may be great for reading prose but it quickly grew tiresome having to listen to such a repetitive rhythm, and toward the end of the book I was groaning each time the chapters switched from Kramer to Reading. Fantastically gripping and imaginative story once you get past the lengthy slow start though. just wish Kramer had gone it alone.
And for those who move on to the 2nd book Words Of Radiance...Be prepared for Kate Reading's cringe worthy, horribly over exaggerated French(??) accent for the sailor character Yalb -- a bizarre and unprecedented switch from the totally normal accent she'd given him in The Way of Kings. WHAT IS HER ISSUE???? Stormfather help me get through this...please prove that the story is worth her torture
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- funkevin
- 2013-02-22
Very enjoyable (but a slight warning)
I really, really enjoyed this book. The performances and story easily in my top five favorite Audible titles.
I was was introduced to Sanderson by listening the Mistborn series (which I enjoyed). Sanderson is very good at making his characters three dimensional as well as bringing his settings to life. He creates a full background and mythology for his characters that give a fullness to the experience of his stories.
The performances here are top notch. I significantly preferred the sections performed by Michael Kramer but both narrators fit their main characters well and do a great job of creating separate, distinguishing voices for their characters.
HERE'S THE WARNING: This book does not have a complete ending. I hadn't realized that book two isn't out yet. When I finished this book, I was ready to skip all of the other titles on my listening list and go straight into the next book. I've listened to enough preexisting series (Dresden Files is a good example) that I expected to continue the story when this book left me hanging. I know I'm spoiled and I'm whining a bit but hurry up! I was already feeling extremely impatient waiting for Rothfuss's next Kingkiller Chronicles (another don't-miss-it series with a similar epic feel to Sanderson's) but now I've definitely become a whiny-baby.
The book does have a partially satisfying ending but, like most series premiers, it leaves many things unresolved and many questions unanswered. This book is still on my list of must-listens but be prepared to long for book two.
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- Tyler
- 2010-09-06
brilliant!
The Way of Kings is Sanderson's greatest work to date. the characters, the world, the story are all masterfully written, and truly comes to life with the reading of Micheal Kramer and Kate Reading. getting those two to narrate the book was a truly brilliant decision on the part of the publisher.
I cannot say enough good things about this book. from beginning to end, despite the book's length, it held my interest like few books I've read recently. There really aren't any truly slow periods. there are periods without action, or without exposition, or without drama, but there is never a scene that feels unnecessary. Normaly, i only listen to books when I am at work, but this one pulled me in so completely that i listened to it every free moment, and it even kept me up into the wee hours of the morning, unable to tear myself away. the last five or six hours were, hands down, the most riveting fiction I have ever encountered, and far beyond what one might expect from merely the first book of what is planned as a ten book series. Where the Wheel of time starts at a slow burn with The Eye of the World, The Way of Kings hits the ground running.
The Stormlight Archive is the new face of epic fantasy, like the Wheel of Time was before it. Sanderson has truly come into his own on this one.
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- Jordon
- 2017-01-25
Sanderson & Kramer brilliant. Reading unlistenable
I'll get this out of the way because it pains me to write this - I tried many times to wrap my head around Kate Reading's phonation and cadence but it was so unnatural that it routinely broke immersion. She intonates words the way an early computer speech program would. It may seem pedantic if you're just reading reviews but if you listen you will see what I mean.
Overall the entire story and the chapters read by Kramer are truly phenomenal. My favourite work of Sanderson thus far.
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- Jason
- 2010-09-15
Brandon's Best Work Yet
I read Warbreaker when Brandon became Robert Jordan's successor, as I wanted to measure his writing style against my expectations for the Wheel of Time. I have since devoured every novel (except the Alacatraz books) he's written. I expected TWoK to be on par with all his other excellent works, but I was completely blown away. This is far and above Sanderson's best work, and that's really saying something because all his other books are, in my opinion, outstanding.
Oh, and Michael Kramer and Kate Reading are awesome. That is all.
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- BigMorningStar
- 2010-09-12
Not interesting
I love epic fantasies and was very much looking forward to getting lost in this one. But after 35 hours, it is still a collection of character sketches -- sketches of uninteresting characters who make really stupid decisions for extraordinarily contrived reasons. As I listen, I repeatedly find myself thinking, "No one thinks this way. This character is doing exactly the opposite of what both emotion and reason dictate. Obviously the author is contriving a thought process and forcing this character to make a certain decision just to move the plot along. Oh, wait a minute. There is no plot. Why am I still listening to this?"
Why? Because it is Brandon Sanderson, and he has written way too many books that are nothing short of awesome to delete this one from my playlist.
Now, I'm sure there are a lot of audible members going through these comments, thinking, "Well, I'll see what everyone else is saying about 'The Way of Kings,' but I'm going to download it anyway."
My advice: Lower your expectations. Not only is the plot thin and the characters shallow, but the dialog -- the writing itself -- can be finger-nails-on-a-chalkboard grading
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- Isaac
- 2010-09-01
Worthy Successor to The Mistborn Trilogy.
I'm about halfway through and I've loved it so far. It seems to start off a bit slow but its worth it. Love everything Brandon Sanderson has written. Plus its a great deal 45 hours for one credit. You can hardly go wrong unless its completely boring, which it isn't.
Name of the Wind it the only fantasy book I've read this year that I liked more.
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