After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion Dalinar Kholin and
his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted brutal war. Neither side has
gained an advantage and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms
over every strategic move. Now as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars
begin to change the face of the war the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The
arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals and potentially
reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength. At the same
time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights
Radiant his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to
wage war no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of
Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition's envoy to the honorspren stronghold of
Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium
or personally face the storm of failure. Brandon Sanderson's The Cosmere The Mistborn trilogy
Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne
series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker
Arcanum Unbounded