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Words of Radiance (5 of 5) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Words of Radiance (5 of 5) [Dramatized Adaptation]

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Audio dramaPart of a bookEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy
Length
7h 0m
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

GraphicAudio's full-cast dramatization, with music and sound effects, of Brandon Sanderson's Words of Radiance, the second Stormlight Archive novel, in the fifth of five parts. After the battle on the Shattered Plains, Kaladin commands the royal guard while hiding the powers his bond grants him. Shallan Davar travels to the Plains carrying dangerous secrets and a lead on the lost city of Urithiru, as an assassin takes on new targets and a new storm gathers.

Prose complexity
10/10

Vibe

AdventurousTenseAtmosphericEmotionalHopeful
Multiple POVsFound FamilyCourt Intrigue

Genres

Epic Fantasy High Fantasy Fantasy

Authors

B
Brandon Sanderson

Born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1975, Brandon Sanderson spent his early twenties working graveyard shifts at a hotel — writing novels at the front desk between guest check-ins. By the time his debut, Elantris, was published by Tor Books in 2005, he had completed thirteen novels in the drawer. His subsequent Mistborn trilogy and the ongoing Stormlight Archive series established him as the primary architect of the Cosmere, an interconnected fictional universe in which most of his fantasy series share...

Characters

Kaladin StormblessedProtagonist

Captain of the royal guard, struggling to master and conceal the Radiant powers his oaths grant him.

Shallan DavarProtagonist

A Lightweaver uncovering the secrets of the Knights Radiant while hiding a traumatic past.

Dalinar KholinProtagonist

The highprince working to unite the warring Alethi against a returning ancient threat.

Jasnah KholinProtagonist

Dalinar's scholar niece and Shallan's mentor, whose research frames the book's central mystery.

Szeth-son-son-VallanoAntagonist

The Assassin in White, bound by his Oathstone to a new set of orders.

All characters in Words of Radiance (5 of 5) [Dramatized Adaptation]