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The Way of Kings

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
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According to mythology, mankind used to live in 'The Tranquiline Halls': heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms, but the Voidbringers followed. The Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, the Shardblades. Led by 10 angelic Heralds and 10 orders of knights known as Radiants, mankind finally won (or so the legends say).

Today the only remnants of those supposed battles are the Shardblades, the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield. The entire world is at war with itself - and has been for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind. Kings strive to win more Shardblades, each secretly wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single throne.

On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes, a young spearman is forced into the army of a Shardbearer, led to war against an enemy he doesn't understand and doesn't really want to fight.

©2010 Dragonsteel Entertainment LLC (P)2011 Orion Publishing Group Limited

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amazing.

slow and a bit of a confusing start, but then everything starts coming together, creating a rich and compelling story.

highly recommended.

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highly recommended

Great characters. Great world building. Great story. I'm excited to start the next book in the series straight away.

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great book!

I loved the book, can't wait to get started on the next one.
Just buy it and listen.

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Great book

What does Michael Kramer and Kate Reading bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Love being able to read a book while riding my bike and running!

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I wish the 2 reading it would coordinate, and decide how to pronounce names etc, so that we dnt get some anoyingly silly name in the end when Kate pronounce Sadius all wrong, when we have just heard throughout the whole book so far how Michael pronounce it other way. Luckily this was only one chapter in this book taht she had to speak his name, but i fear Ill end up correcting her a lot in book 2 now ><

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Great Story, Dragging

Dragging sometimes, story was good overall. Pace picked up at around 2 hours near the end.

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Great Fantasy!

An very compelling and rich universe with great depth! Truly enjoyed it!
Exciting to find out how the multiple characters will interact onwards!

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it takes awhile to get used to the narrator.

i loved the story. it starts off really slow and the narrator has a very odd high ending tone in mid sentence everytime. it was so annoying that i almost gave up on the book multiple times. as story evolved, it got interesting, characters became more interesting. im glad i kept up with it as i just found out that it is the first of a very long series. its worth it. but i had to speed up the narrator to be able to stand it.

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A must read...

Brandon Sanderson has created a beautiful high fantasy world that has made me want more. It's been a long time since I have seen such a rich universe along with a great story. Highly recommend it.

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good story

First this is a good story.
second its really annoying the switch between the readers, its not necessary and ruined what was a good production

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just epic

this is already a Timeless classic. bringing together a gripping Story, genuine characters and some of the greatest philosophical questions that haunt humanity.

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