Sanderson is the author picked to finish up Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and I thought I’d like to read something he’d written on his own before those start rolling out (the final book is being spilt into three with the first one coming out Nov 3. yay!).<\/p>\n
This was his debut novel and also, somewhat unusually for fantasy, it’s a stand-alone so a good one to read when you’re not necessarily looking to get thrown into yet another fantasy series… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
There’s a city of magic that was mysteriously corroded; there’s a new religion rising; there are politicians who’ve stopped caring about the body politic; and there’s an arranged marriage that fell apart before it even started. Intrigue and magic and religious furor and HOPE really is the thing this book is about. Really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sanderson is the author picked to finish up Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and I thought I’d like to read something he’d written on his own before those start rolling out (the final book is being spilt into three … Continue reading