![]() ![]() “I got to see everything that he’s done-and George has done and all the other epic fantasy writers-and say, ‘What have they tried that’s worked? And what hasn’t worked that I can try differently?’” ![]() “I always say I have a big advantage over Robert Jordan in that I got to grow up reading Robert Jordan,” he says. Utilizing Jordan’s notes, he wrote three gripping novels that breathed life into the series’ finale, wrapping up an iconic epic.Įven when talking about his own books years later, Sanderson is always quick to acknowledge Jordan’s genius. Sanderson has an impressive track record with ambitious sagas, as he was chosen by editor Harriet McDougal to complete her late-husband Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. “We will have a big climax in Book Five, and then in Book Six, we’ll take things in a slightly different direction.” “The first arc focuses on Dalinar, Kaladin, Shallan, Eshonai and Szeth,” Sanderson says. Sanderson always conceived of the Stormlight Archive as a 10-book series, which will be split into two five-book arcs. The numbers make it clear that the series’ vibrant world of Roshar is worth exploring for hours on end. And as of this article’s publication, Oathbringer is ranked the ninth most purchased book on Amazon this week. ![]() Fans adore the increasingly long books, however, ensuring that Words of Radiance debuted in the #1 slot on the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. ![]() Oathbringer, which Sanderson says is “10 percent longer” than Words of Radiance (Book Two), is so big that publisher Tor Books is still figuring out how to release it as a paperback. “The hope is that you get a thousand-plus pages of writing that’s engaging.” “One of the biggest dangers of these epic fantasies is that it will feel dull,” Sanderson says in a phone interview with Paste. The key, Sanderson explains, is that he paced the novel as if it were a trilogy. Yet for such a behemoth, it reads like a much shorter book. Titled Oathbringer, the novel hits shelves tomorrow and clocks in at over 1,200 pages. The Everstorm is raging, the Radiants are rising, and Brandon Sanderson is releasing the third book in his Stormlight Archive series. ![]()
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