Rosharl is a world of storms and cliffs. Superstorms of incredible power sweep over the rocky landscape. In order to escape them, strange animals hide in shells, and bizarre plants shelter in the earth.
Centuries have passed since the fall of the Shining Knights, but their Shards’ Armor and Blades remain—possession of which turns ordinary people into invincible warriors.
On the Shattered Plains, a war is underway against the mysterious Parshendi, who organized the assassination of King Alethkar a few years ago. Kaladin, a former soldier who by circumstances became a slave, ends up in a bridge crew of doomed men who, under a hail of Parshendi arrows, carry bridges to help the army cross the fissures.
Dalinar Kholin? Actually: The crown prince Dalinar Kholin, commander of one of the Alethi armies, the brother of the late king and the uncle of the current ruler, is troubled by prophetic visions appearing to him during superstorms.
The young Shallan seeks to meet with the king’s sister Jasnah, known both as an outstanding scholar and as a heretic. Although Shallan sincerely wants to become Jasnah’s student, not all her intentions toward her future teacher are honest and noble.