


A civilization called the Parshendi sent him to kill the king of the Alethi, Gavilar Kholin. The novel begins with the history of the Assassin in White, Szeth-son-son-Vallano. The capacious world of Words of Radiance, along with the other books in The Stormlight Archive, has become widely popular among a young adult audience.

To drive the series’ plot, Sanderson invents a myriad of neologisms, titles, and locations, building an elaborate and unpredictable fantasy universe. The second installment in the series The Stormlight Archive, the story is told by a host of characters involved in a war against the series’ antagonists, the Voidbringers. Words of Radiance is a 2014 epic fantasy novel by American writer Brandon Sanderson.
