Rhythm of War (6 of 6) [Dramatized Adaptation]

The Stormlight Archive [Dramatized Adaptation] #4, Part 6 of 6

by Brandon Sanderson, Richard Rohan (Narrator), Robbie Gay (Narrator)

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.

© 2020 by Brandon Sanderson. Recorded with the permission of the Author and Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC Production. Published by arrangement with Macmillan publishing group LLC d/b/a Tor Books. All Rights Reserved. ℗ 2021 Graphic Audio, LLC. All rights reserved.

Genres: Fantasy, Audiobook

Audiobook

Published December 3, 2021

About the author

I’m Brandon Sanderson, and I write stories of the fantastic: fantasy, science fiction, and thrillers.

The release of Wind and Truth in December 2024—the fifth and final book in the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive series—marks a significant milestone for me. This series is my love letter to the epic fantasy genre, and it’s the type of story I always dreamed epic fantasy could be. Now is a great time to get into the Stormlight Archive since the first arc, which begins with Way of Kings, is complete.

During our crowdfunding campaign for the leatherbound edition of Words of Radiance, I announced a fifth Secret Project called Isles of the Emberdark, which came out in the summer of 2025. Coming December 2025 is Tailored Realities, my non-Cosmere short story collection featuring the new novella Moment Zero.

Defiant, the fourth and final volume of the series that started with Skyward in 2018, came out in November 2023, capping an already book-filled year that saw the releases of all four Secret Projects: Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, and The Sunlit Man. These four books were all initially offered to backers of the #1 Kickstarter campaign of all time.

November 2022 saw the release of The Lost Metal, the seventh volume in the Mistborn saga, and the final volume of the Mistborn Era Two featuring Wax & Wayne. Now that the first arc of the Stormlight Archive is wrapped up, I’ve started writing the third era of Mistborn in 2025.

Most readers have noticed that my adult fantasy novels are in a connected universe called the Cosmere. This includes The Stormlight Archive, both Mistborn series, Elantris, Warbreaker, four of the five Secret Projects, and various novellas, including The Emperor’s Soul, which won a Hugo Award in 2013. In November 2016 all of the existing Cosmere short fiction was released in one volume called Arcanum Unbounded. If you’ve read all of my adult fantasy novels and want to see some behind-the-scenes information, that collection is a must-read.

I also have three YA series: The Rithmatist (currently at one book), The Reckoners (a trilogy beginning with Steelheart), and Skyward. For young readers I also have my humorous series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, which had its final book, Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, released in 2022. Many of my adult readers enjoy all of those books as well, and many of my YA readers enjoy my adult books, usually starting with Mistborn.

Additionally, I have a few other novellas that are more on the thriller/sci-fi side. These include the three stories in Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds, as well as Perfect State and Snapshot. These two novellas are also featured in 2025’s Tailored Realities. There’s a lot of material to go around!

Good starting places are Mistborn (a.k.a. The Final Empire), Skyward, Steelheart, The Emperor’s Soul, Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians. If you’re already a fan of big fat fantasies, you can jump right into The Way of Kings.

I was also honored to be able to complete the final three volumes of The Wheel of Time, beginning with The Gathering Storm, using Robert Jordan’s notes.

Sample chapters from all of my books are available at brandonsanderson.com—and check out the rest of my site for chapter-by-chapter annotations, deleted scenes, and more.

Reviews

[Shanna (shannasaurus_rex_reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to the graphic audio this time and it was so cool to hear the rhythms and tones!! If you only do one graphic audio in this series, I recommend this one.

[azarakhsh]

خوانش دوم مجموعه (اینبار به صورت شنیداری) به فاصله کمتر از یکسال
چقدر لذت بخش بود
این مجموعه تا همیشه با من می مونه
تو همه لحظه های غم و شادی، شرم و شکوه، سرافکندگی و سربلندی...
تا یادم باشه که "مسیر پیش از مقصد"

[Nusrat Farzana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been dying for half of the length of the book. Which is a lot. Of time to be dying.
Will review when I get back words.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿Qué más puedo decir de Sanderson y el Archivo que no haya dicho ya? Esta saga es una absoluta maravilla y cada libro que sale es distinto y a la vez absolutamente genial.
El worldbuilding es asombroso y fascinante, hay varios plot twists que me han dejado con el culo torcido, las temáticas que trata este libro son absolutamente espectaculares y es un libro muy "character-driven", algo que me maravilla. Los arcos que tienen los personajes sobre los que se centra este libro son geniales, y un capítulo en concreto consiguió por fin sacarme lágrimas. Esta es una saga mágica. Quiero a todos los personajes demasiado, a todos. Es que de nuevo en este libro consigue desarrollar a personajes secundarios que hasta entonces no habían tenido mucho desarrollo de tal manera que acabas emocionado por sus historias.
No puedo esperar 3 años mínimo para ver cómo concluye este primer arco. Ojalá poder congelarme en carbonita. Esta saga es ya sin duda mi saga favorita y Kaladin Stormblessed está en el top de mis personajes favoritos de la ficción.
Vida antes que muerte. Fuerza antes que debilidad. Viaje antes que destino.
Gracias Sanderson por darme un empujón para que dé el siguiente paso, lo necesitaba. Gracias.

[John Andrewski · Rating 2 out of 5]

I actually listened to the graphic audio version of this book, which is where the majority of my dislike is from. Absolutely terrible audio adaptation, especially in coming off the previous books.

The story in itself was a long series of down notes, with the only few upbeats being far between and muddled.

All in all, not a fan of this one, might even be enough to put me off the series.

[Matthew · Rating 2 out of 5]

So many ideas, not enough editing of them.

[Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

With the conclusion of this book, I just finished a fantastic re-read experience via Graphic Audio of the entire Cosmere in preparation for the release of Stormlight book 5: Wind and Truth. I'm starting Wind and Truth today and I'm so excited. This truly is my favorite book series of all time!

[Lio Leeuwerink · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazingly done as always. The new narrator and the new VA for Shallan take a little getting used to, but they're both very talented performers and they knock it out of the park.

[Virginia]

2022 Audie Winner

[Libbi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series!!! Looking forward for the next book. Enjoyed the Graphic audio version