The story begins with the previous desolation, which was thought to be the final one.

The Knights Radiants possess magical swords, armor as well as magical powers.

To counter the threat, the conscious forces of nature create an order of defenders known as the “Knight Radiants,” who are so named for their glowing eyes and aura. The novel opens into a world that oscillates around a terrible recurring phenomenon called “The Desolation,” where monsters known as “Voidbringers” devastate the world and human survival hangs by a thread. Sanderson finished the first draft in 2003, but the book was not released until 2010 because Sanderson delayed publishing due to him deciding to focus on the Mistborn Series instead. The book is quite large and consists of One Prologue, One Prelude, 75 Chapters, an Epilogue, and Nine Interludes. It was published on the 31 st of August 2010 by Tor books. This novel is the first in the Stormlight Archive series. The Stormlight Archives: The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson lives in Utah with his wife and three children. It is quite interesting that Brandon Sanderson set out to study Biochemistry at Brigham Young University but switched in his second year to English Literature after a two-year missionary stint abroad in South Korea. He also has to his credit a long list of novels, some of which belong to the cosmere universe and others which do not. He has created several graphic novel series, which include Dark One and White Sand. He was chosen specifically by the wife of the late Robert Jordan because she was deeply impressed by his work on his first novel in the Mistborn novel series, The Final Empire. Sanderson’s fertile imagination and prolific writing skills made him the right candidate to complete Robert Jordan’s classic high fantasy series “The Wheel of Time,” a feat which brought him a fair amount of fame and endeared him to the fans of the series. His other book series, which include: The Reckoners, Skyward, and Alcatraz, are set outside the Cosmere Universe. The Cosmere is also the setting for two of his most famous fantasy series: The Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive. His fictional Cosmere Universe made him into one the greatest fantasy world builders of all time, right up there with J.R Tolkien and George R. He is an American author of science fiction and epic fantasy novels.

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