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Author: Brandon Sanderson
Book: Words of Radiance (1.088 Pgs.)
Book #2 of The Stormlight Archive
Years ago a hireling of the Parshendi assassinated the Alethi king, Gavilar, resulting in the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi. Now the Assassin in White is active again, using powers that were long thought lost, and tries to kill Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne.
Kaladin, once a slave and bridgeman on the Shattered Plains, is given command of the royal bodyguards, trying to protect the king and Dalinar from perils and the threat of the Assassin. Meanwhile he struggles to master the powers of a Windrunner, that are somehow linked to his honorspren, Syl.
Shallan, together with her mentor Jasnah, tries to prevent the return of the legendary Voidbringers and their civilization-ending Desolation. The secret to this task can be found at the Shattered Plains, but arriving there is more difficult than she could ever imagine.
Years ago a hireling of the Parshendi assassinated the Alethi king, Gavilar, resulting in the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of Alethkar and the War of Reckoning against the Parshendi. Now the Assassin in White is active again, using powers that were long thought lost, and tries to kill Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne.
