Oathbringer (2017)
Oathbringer is a 2017 imaginary places book written by Brandon Sanderson.
The storms of Roshar have changed, and the enemy humanity told itself was a legend has come back in force. Oathbringer is the third Stormlight Archive novel, and it turns toward Dalinar Kholin, a hardened highprince trying to unite fractured nations while his own past refuses to stay buried. Brandon Sanderson builds the book on his usual scale: a world of stone and spren, sworn oaths that grant power, and characters carrying real weight of guilt and duty. It is long, structured around flashbacks, and written for readers already deep in the series.
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What is Oathbringer about?
The storms of Roshar have changed, and the enemy humanity told itself was a legend has come back in force. Oathbringer is the third Stormlight Archive novel, and it turns toward Dalinar Kholin, a hardened highprince trying to unite fractured nations while his own past refuses to stay buried. Brandon Sanderson builds the book on his usual scale: a world of stone and spren, sworn oaths that grant power, and characters carrying real weight of guilt and duty. It is long, structured around flashbacks, and written for readers already deep in the series.
When was Oathbringer published?
Oathbringer was published in 2017.
Who made Oathbringer?
Oathbringer was written by Brandon Sanderson.
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A few thoughts on Oathbringer
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power scratches the same itch for sweeping secondary-world fantasy, warring peoples, ancient threats, and landscapes that feel mythic. It is a gentler watch than Brandon Sanderson's page count, but the appetite for grand stakes and slow-built history carries over. Come for the world as much as the plot.
Doorstopper epic fantasy series with huge casts
Oathbringer runs long and tracks a whole warring world, and these match that ambition. Erikson's Forge of Darkness and McClellan's The Autumn Republic build sprawling military fantasy, Bennett's City of Blades and Hobb's Ship of Destiny carry deep character arcs, and Kingdom of Ash closes out its own multi-book saga.
Fantasy built on strange, rule-bound magic
Sanderson is known for magic with clear costs, and these invent worlds just as odd. The Raven Tower tells a whole reign through a patient god, Railsea reimagines the sea as endless track and rails, and Butcher Bird, The Hundredth Queen and Second Daughter each bend their own myths and powers.
Sweeping fantasy on screen while you wait for the next book
Stormlight's scale reads like a blockbuster, and these bring big fantasy to the screen. The Rings of Power and Warcraft go for armies and continents, while Dragon Knight, The Warrior and the Sorceress, Thirteen Generals and Kannappa deliver swords, sorcerers and mythic quests.