Wind and Truth

Ten days remain before the contest of champions between Dalinar and Odium, now held by Taravangian. Kaladin goes with Szeth to his homeland, Shinovar, to face corrupted bearers of the Heralds' blades, Szeth's own family among them. Adolin defends the city of Azimir from a siege. Shallan, Renarin and Rlain chase the secret of an ancient Unmade. Dalinar and Navani enter the Spiritual Realm and learn what Honor hid about the past. Odium wins on several fronts through political maneuvering, but humans and singers sign a peace treaty. On the tenth day, Dalinar gives up Honor's power and dies saving his grandnephew, Gavinor. Odium becomes Retribution.

1. Behind the scenesTen days

   The whole book is a countdown: ten days remain until a contest that decides Roshar's fate, and the story moves day by day.

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2. Behind the scenesToo big for the appendix

   It runs about 488,000 words, 147 chapters and 18 interludes. It's the first Stormlight book without an Ars Arcanum, the magic appendix, because of size limits.

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3. ReferenceA recycled title

   Before it was Wind and Truth, the book was called Stones Unhallowed, a name once floated for Oathbringer, and then Knights of Wind and Truth.

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4. ReferenceSzeth's turn

   The flashbacks finally belong to Szeth, the assassin in white who opens The Way of Kings. Twenty chapters cover his past.

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5. Behind the scenesEnd of the first half

   The book closes the first half of the planned ten-book series. Sanderson will write the second half after Mistborn Era Three and two Elantris sequels, aiming to finish near the end of 2031.

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