Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

by Brandon Sanderson

The world is the same as it’s always been, Adolin thought. These things we’re finding—monsters and Radiants—aren’t new. They were only hidden. The world has always been like this, even if I didn’t know it.

The most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one, is it? It’s the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar. Trembling, bleeding, agonized, Dalinar forced air into his lungs and spoke a single ragged sentence. “You cannot have my pain.”

Teft licked his lips, and spoke. “I will protect those I hate. Even … even if the one I hate most … is … myself.”