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\|word-count=[[/Statistical_analysis\|384,265]] }}{{for\|The Way of Kings (in-world)\|the in-universe text\|pre=This article is about [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s novel}} '''''The Way of Kings''''' is an epic fantasy novel by [[Brandon Sanderson]]. It is the first volume in a planned ten volume series called ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]''.{{tor ref\|lemgthe-way-of-kingslemg-an-introduction\|Announcement post\|date=2010-06-10}} {{a\|Michael Whelan}} created the cover for the US edition.{{tor ref\|micahel-whelans-cover-for-brandon-sanders-the-way-of-kings\|Michael Whelan's cover\|date=2010-03-01}} The cover of the international edition was created by Sam Green.{{bws ref\|the-way-of-kings-art-gallery\|Author's official site\|date=N/A}} It has three main characters and several minor characters, many of whom are explored through Interludes. == Synopsis == ''I long for the days before the [[Last Desolation]]~~. Before the [[Herald]]s abandoned us and the [[Knights Radiant]] turned against us. When there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men~~.'' ''The age before the [[Herald]]s abandoned us and the [[Knights Radiant]] turned against us. A time when there was still magic in the world and honor in the hearts of men.'' ''In the end, not war but victory proved the greater test. Did our foes see that the harder they fought, the fiercer our resistance? Fire and hammer forge a sword; time and neglect rust it away. So we won the world, yet lost it.'' ''The world became ours, and we lost it. Nothing, it appears, is more challenging to the souls of men than victory itself.'' ''Now there are four whom we watch: the surgeon, forced to forsake healing and fight in the most brutal war of our time; the assassin, who weeps as he kills; the liar, who wears her scholar's mantle over a theif's heart; and the prince, whose eyes open to the ancient past as his thirst for battle wanes.''▼ ''Or was that victory an illusion all along? Did our enemies realize that the harder they fought, the stronger we resisted? Perhaps they saw that the heat and the hammer only make for a better grade of sword. But ignore the steel long enough, and it will eventually rust away.'' ''One of them may redeem us. One of them will destroy us.''▼ ▲''~~Now there~~There are four whom we watch:. The first is [[Kaladin\|the surgeon]], forced to ~~forsake~~put aside healing ~~and~~to become a ~~fight~~soldier in the most brutal war of our time;. The second is [[Szeth\|the assassin]], a murderer who weeps as he kills;. The third is [[Shallan\|the liar]], a young woman who wears ~~her~~a ~~scholar's~~scholar’s mantle over the heart of a ~~theif's~~thief. ~~heart;~~The last ~~and~~is [[Dalinar\|the ~~prince~~highprince]], a warlord whose eyes ~~open~~have opened to the ~~ancient~~ past as his thirst for battle wanes.'' ''The world can change. [[Surgebinding]] and [[Shardwielding]] can return; the magics of ancient days can become ours again. These four people are key.'' ▲''One of them may redeem ~~us. One of them will destroy~~ us.'' ''And one of them will destroy us.''{{bws ref\|the-stormlight-archive-series#THEWAYOFKINGS}} == Cover Flap == == Interior Art == {{for\|/Interior art\|a gallery of the book's interior art}} == Translations == {\| class="infobox sortable" style="width:50%;" align=center \|- !colspan=2 style="background:#CCCCFF;" \| Translations \|- ! style="width:20%;" \|Language ! style="width:80%;" \|Title \|- ! rowspan= 1\| Dansk \| ''En Konges Vej'' \|- ! rowspan= 1\| Español \| ''El camino de los reyes'' \|- ! rowspan= 1\| Français \| ''La Voie Des Rois'' \|- ! rowspan= 2\| Deutsch \| ''Der Weg der Könige'' \|- \| ''Der Pfad Der Winde'' (The Path of Winds) \|- \|- ! rowspan= 1\| Italiano \| ''La Via dei Re'' \|- ! rowspan= 1\| Polski \| ''Droga królów'' \|- ! rowspan=1\| Čeština \| ''Cesta králů '' \|- ! rowspan= 1 \| Türkçe \| ''Krallarin Yolu'' \|- ! rowspan= 1 \| فارسی \| ''طریق شاهان'' \|- ! rowspan= 1 \| עִבְֿרִית \| ''דרך המלכים'' \|- ! rowspan= 3\| 日本語 \| 白き暗殺者 (The White Assassin) \|- \| 死を呼ぶ嵐 (To Call the Storm of Death) \|- \| 自由への懸け橋 (Bridge of Freedom) \|- ! \|} == See Also ==