The brand new epic fantasy series from international bestseller Brandon Sanderson‎.‎ According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls‎.‎ Heaven‎.‎ But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven‎,‎ casting out God and men‎.‎ Men took root on Roshar‎,‎ the world of storms‎.‎ And the Voidbringers followed ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎They came against man ten thousand times‎.‎ To help them cope‎,‎ the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons‎,‎ known as Shardblades‎.‎ Led by ten angelic Heralds and ten orders of knights known as Radiants‎,‎ mankind finally won‎.‎ Or so the legends say‎.‎ Today‎,‎ the only remnants of those supposed battles are the Shardblades‎,‎ the possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the battlefield‎.‎ The entire world is at war with itself ‎- and has been for centuries since the Radiants turned against mankind‎.‎ Kings strive to win more Shardblades‎,‎ each secretly wishing to be the one who will finally unite all of mankind under a single throne‎.‎ On a world scoured down to the rock by terrifying hurricanes that blow through every few days is a young spearman‎,‎ forced into the army of a Shardbearer‎,‎ led to war against an enemy he doesn‎'‎t understand and doesn‎'‎t really want to fight‎.‎ What happened deep in mankind‎'‎s past‎?‎ Why did the Radiants turn against mankind‎,‎ and what happened to the magic they used to wield‎?‎