Wind and Truth

Book Five of the Stormlight Archive

No cover — Brandon Sanderson: Wind and Truth (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare-and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium's place has thrown everything into disarray.

Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide-Adolin in Azimir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiants killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium's champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.

2 editions

1329 pages

English language

Published Oct. 14, 2024 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-31918-0
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ASIN:: 1250319188
Goodreads:: 203578847

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Reviews

Øyvind reviewed Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

The final book of the first half of Stormlight Archive

5 stars

The world in Stormlight Archive is an interesting one and we really start to see the larger Cosmere in this book. The world building is expanded nicely with both new things and also getting an history lessons of important events on Roshar. Along with the world building is the character development really good and feels natural. And I really enjoyed the story arc with Kaladin and Szeth, to bee fair Kaladin is probably my favorite character in this series. Alodin is another character that I really enjoyed the journey of in this book, with his defense of Azimir, and how that changes him.

This book ends the first story arc of the Stormlight Archive and it manages to tie up quite a few story arches nicely while also setting up quite a few other story lines to be continued in the next arc. I'm really looking forward to see …

Brackmeister reviewed Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

Was wirklich wichtig ist

5 stars

Ja, das Buch hat alles, was für episches Fantasy wichtig ist, aber für mich war das beherrschende Thema, die Frage der einzelnen Charaktere, was ihnen wichtig ist. Teils jede(r) für sich, teils gemeinsam. So ist auch die alles entscheidende Konfrontation am Ende m.E. gar nicht der fürs Genre sonst typische Endkampf. Wobei ich weder habe kommen sehen, wer als Odiums Champion gegen Dalinar antritt, noch wie dieses Aufeinandertreffen ausgeht. Ich fand das Buch super, es fokussierte sehr schön auf die einzelnen Personen. Wer sie sind und wer sie sein wollen.

Strakul reviewed Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

Journey Before Destination

5 stars

This is the ending of the first arc of The Stormlight Archive and it is quite an impressive book. It's very long, and the plot does suffer a bit in the middle parts, but the setting and characters are well established so I felt drawn to it all the way. Overall, it was a great book and a fitting conclusion to this arc. I really want to know what happens next, but suspect it may be several years before we return to Roshar.

For a full review, check out my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2024/12/book-review-wind-and-truth-by-brandon.html

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