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|setting=[[Roshar]], [[Cosmere]]
|publisher=Tor Books
|ISBN=978-
|page-count=1,088
|word-count=[[/Statistical_analysis|398,238]]
}}{{for|Words of Radiance (in-world)|the in-universe work|pre= This article refers to the novel written by [[Brandon Sanderson]]}}
'''''Words of Radiance''''' is the title for the second book in [[The Stormlight Archive]].{{tor ref|the-title-for-brandon-sandersons-second-stormlight-archive-book-has-been-revealed|Words of Radiance press release|date= Feb 28th, 2013}} It was released on March 4th, 2014.
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''The [[Knights Radiant]] must stand again.
''And '''[[Szeth|the Assassin]]''' has arrived.
== Cover Flap ==
Six years ago, the Assassin in White, a hireling of the inscrutable [[Parshendi]], assassinated the [[Gavilar|Alethi king]] on the very night a treaty between men and Parshendi was being celebrated. So began the Vengeance Pact among the highprinces of [[Alethkar]] and the [[War of Reckoning]] against the Parshendi.
Now the Assassin is active again, murdering rulers all over the world, using his baffling powers to thwart every bodyguard and elude all pursuers. Among his prime targets is Highprince Dalinar, widely considered the power behind the Alethi throne. His leading role in the war would seem reason enough, but the Assassin’s master has much deeper motives.
Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status darkeyes. Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as the distinctly uncommon threat of the Assassin, all while secretly struggling to master remarkable new powers that are somehow linked to his [[honorspren]], [[Syl]].
Brilliant but troubled Shallan strives along a parallel path. Despite being broken in ways she refuses to acknowledge, she bears a terrible burden: to somehow prevent the return of the legendary [[Voidbringers]] and their civilization-ending Desolation. The secrets she needs can be found at the Shattered Plains, but even arriving there proves more difficult than she imagined.
Meanwhile, at the heart of the [[Shattered Plains]], the Parshendi are making an epochal decision. Hard pressed by years of Alethi attacks, their numbers ever shrinking, they are convinced by their war leader, Eshonai, to risk everything on an desperate gamble with the very supernatural forces they once fled. The consequences for Parshendi and humans alike—indeed, for [[Roshar]] itself—are as dangerous as they are incalculable.
== Summary ==
'''Part Three: Deadly'''
Shallan finally arrives at the Shattered Plains, right in the middle of a conference between the king and all the Highprinces. She informs the royal family of Jasnah's death and bluffs her way into being hired by [[Sebarial]]. She then takes on the character of "Veil" using her fledgling [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] skills and does some work for the [[Ghostbloods]], hoping to learn about [[Urithiru]] and warn Dalinar of the Parshendi [[Voidbringers]]. Her day job is fixing up Sebarial's books, and she finds time to start courting her betrothed, Adolin, who start to hit it off.
Kaladin continues to train the other bridgemen, trying to find decent sergeants so he can delegate more patrols and guard duty. He decides to go into the chasms alone to learn how to walk on walls like Szeth, and after faltering at first, eventually soars above the ground in complete control of his abilities. [[Moash]] finally reveals his secret past and his lust for revenge against the king himself. Kaladin is torn -- he knows the king is weak and should be removed, but he is assigned to protect him.
Dalinar, Shallan, Kaladin, and Renarin gather in Urithiru and declare themselves as Knights Radiant.
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{{for|/Covers|a cover gallery for Words of Radiance}}
== Interior Art ==
{{for|/Interior art|a gallery of the book's interior art}}
== Translations ==
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!colspan=4 style="background:#CCCCFF;" | Translations
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! style="width:20%;" |Language
! style="width:50%;" |Title
! style="width:20%;" |Publisher
! style="width:20%;" |Publication Date
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! rowspan= 1| Čeština
| ''Slova paprsků ''
| Talpress
| 2015
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! rowspan= 2| Deutsch
| ''Die Worte der Lichts''
| rowspan=2 | Heyne
| rowspan=2 | 2014<br />2015<br />
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| ''Die Stürme des Zorns'' (The Storms of Wrath)
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|-
! rowspan= 1| Español
| ''Palabras radiantes''
| España por Nova
| 2015
|-
! rowspan= 1| Français
| ''Le Livre de Radieux'' (The Book of Radiance)
| Le Livre de Poche
| 2017
|-
! rowspan= 1| Italiano
| ''Parole di luce''
| Fanucci
| 2014
|-
! rowspan= 2| Limba Română
| ''Câmpiile Sfârâmate'' (Shattered Plains)
| rowspan= 2| Paladin
| rowspan= 2| 2019
|-
| ''Poarta Jurâmântului'' (Oathgate)
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! rowspan= 1| Magyar
| ''Tündöklo Szavak''
| Delta Vision
| 2020
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! rowspan= 1| Polski
| ''Słowa Światłości''
| MAG
| 2014
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! rowspan= 1| Türkçe
| ''Pralayan Sözler''
| Akılçelen Kitaplar
| 2019
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! rowspan= 1 | русский язык
| ''Слова Сияния''
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| 2016
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! rowspan= 1 | українська мова
| ''Cлова променистого орденy''
| Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля
| 2023
|-
! rowspan= 1 | עִבְֿרִית
| ''רסיסים של אור'' (Shards of Light)
| אופוס
| 2016
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! rowspan= 1| 臺語
| ''燦軍箴言''
| 奇幻基地
| 2016
|-
|}
== See Also ==
* [[Words of Radiance/Timeline]]
* [[Words of Radiance/Epigraphs]]
* [[Words of Radiance/Headings]]
* [[Words of Radiance/Covers]]
== Trivia ==
* The working title for the book was '''''The Book of Endless Pages''''' but, [[Brandon]] decided to rename it due to the irony of the book having over 1000 pages.{{wob ref|10033}}
* One of the scenes that Brandon had in mind from the beginning that helped guide the plot was when Kaladin swears the Third Ideal of the [[Order of Windrunners]] in [[Summary:Words of Radiance#Chapter 84|Chapter 84]].{{wob ref|7140}}
==Awards==
*2015 Audie Award for Fantasy (for the audiobook){{url ref|url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2015/05/media/audio/2015-audie-award-winners-announced/|text= 2015 Audie Award Winners|site= reviews.libraryjournal.com|date= May 29th, 2015}}
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{{for|/Statistical analysis|a full statistical analysis}}
''Words of Radiance'' consists of one prologue, eighty-nine chapters, fourteen interludes, and one epilogue, reaching a total 398,238 word count. There are twenty-one different unique point-of-view characters in a total of 178 POVs.
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