FIRST BOOK OF THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE
Roshar, a world dominated by stone and rain, filled with monstrous creatures and swept by terrible storms. A world where great kingdoms are forged through incessant wars, and where stormlight infuses crystalline spheres used by various human races in a thousand different ways, from sources of light to units of currency. This is the world of Roshar, once defended by the Radiant Knights, men and women with wondrous armor of supernatural strength and swords that can cut through anything. But now, centuries later, the Radiant Knights have faded into myth, and the Eternal Storm threatens to engulf the entire creation.
VOLUME I, THE WAY OF KINGS:
In the east of Roshar, on a vast plain of stone plateaus separated by deep chasms, two great armies have clashed for years. The Alethi seek to avenge the murder of their king by the Assassin in White, besieging the formidable Parshendi, who have skin like marble and armor that is one with their bodies. Young Kaladin was training to be a surgeon, but fate will land him in the crew of the Fourth Bridge, where the life expectancy is one to two weeks!