The singers have joined with powers to become the Fused, hosts to ancient souls in modern bodies. As powers of old have returned, the humans and the spren (magical spirits attuned to certain emotions or elements) have begun to reform the Radiant Knights. Rhythm of War continues the story of a war between humans and the parshmen (the singers) who are the native species of the world of Roshar. “I grew up on Anne McCaffrey and Robert Jordan and these really great, meaty epic fantasy series, which are my first love… I always wanted to do one of those myself.” When trying to write for the market, he produced what he feels were some really awful novels, and beginning The Way of Kings was a way to return to the types of stories that he loved: big, chunky fantasy. (It was published in 2005.) “ The Way of Kings was number 13, the last of those unpublished books,” he recalls to Den of Geek. Sanderson wrote 13 novels before he sold one: Elantris, in 2003. He is, of course, not the only person who has enjoyed the epic fantasy saga. Now, 18 years later, Rhythm of War, the fourth book of The Stormlight Archive, marks Sanderson’s 25th novel (in addition to assorted novellas, short stories, and graphic novels), and something over seven million words of published fiction. Throwing away any ideas of what the market wanted, he decided to write something instead for himself. When Brandon Sanderson wrote The Way of Kings, the first book in The Stormlight Archive series, he was ready to give up on publishing.
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