The Stormlight Archive
First cover of The Way of Kings, the first book in the series.
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| Author | Brandon Sanderson |
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| Cover artist | Michael Whelan |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Tor Books (United States) |
| Published | August 31, 2010 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book |
| No. of books | 10 |
The Stormlight Archive is an ongoing epic fantasy series written by American author Brandon Sanderson. Planned as the first of ten books, The Way of Kings was published on August 31, 2010, by Tor Books in the United States. The release of the second book, Words of Radiance, was delayed until March 2014, due to Sanderson's commitment to writing the final book of The Wheel of Time.
From June to August 2010, Tor Books published sample chapters from The Way of Kings on its official website, along with an introduction by Sanderson. In its first week of release, The Way of Kings was #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list. In subsequent weeks the book was #11, #20, and #25.
In October 2010, Brandon Sanderson revealed that his tentative plan was to release the second book in the series in 2012, approximately two years after the release of the first book, due to writing the final book of The Wheel of Time, followed by the third book about a year later. However, after completing the first draft of A Memory of Light, Sanderson revealed the book would be pushed back to a 2014 release, almost four years after the first book. The second book was initially titled Highprince of War (referring to Highprince Dalinar), but Sanderson decided to focus the second book on Shallan, tentatively titling it The Book of Endless Pages and eventually settling on Words of Radiance with Highprince Dalinar's book planned as the third novel, titled Oathbringer.
Ten books are planned in the series, broken down into two sets of five books each. Sanderson describes the planned story arc of the second set of five book as a "sequel" to the first set, with some appearances of characters from the first set.
The Stormlight Archive novella Edgedancer was released in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection in November 2016.
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