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Words of Radiance
Book 2 of The Stormlight Archive
- 1088 pages · about 18 hours
- First published 2014
- 23 editions
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1 About this book
Words of Radiance is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the second book in The Stormlight Archive series. The novel was published on March 4, 2014, by Tor Books. Words of Radiance consists of one prologue, 89 chapters, an epilogue and 14 interludes. It is preceded by The Way of Kings (2010) and followed by Oathbringer (2017).
In 2015, it won the David Gemmell Legend Award for best novel. The unabridged audiobook is read by narrator team Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Good for readers who want: epic fantasy, magic, aliens, and a long read.
- Fantasy, epic
- High Fantasy
- Epic Fantasy
- Magic
- Fantasy
- Imaginary wars and battles
- Life on other planets
- Great powers
2 About Brandon Sanderson
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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