Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Book Description
In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.
Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.
Nestled in the mountains high above the storms, in the tower city of Urithiru, Shallan Davar investigates the wonders of the ancient stronghold of the Knights Radiant and unearths dark secrets lurking in its depths. And Dalinar realizes that his holy mission to unite his homeland of Alethkar was too narrow in scope. Unless all the nations of Roshar can put aside Dalinar's blood-soaked past and stand together--and unless Dalinar himself can confront that past--even the restoration of the Knights Radiant will not prevent the end of civilization.
Book Club Questions
The acceptance of Szeth - there’s no dialogue between them or them understanding he’s been inducted by a Herald… He just says “I’m here to fight’ and that’s enough?
What did we think of Szeth’s training montages? What do we think of his sword?
He swears to Dalinar - not a Herald or a Law, but Dalinar. Explain why?
Taravangian even confesses that he controlled Szeth to kill a lot of people
I would have liked to have seen Shallan’s wedding - her past (brothers) completely forgotten about until they show up
How did Skar and Drehy etc escape the Parshmen?? Even if they flew, the fused were there and they had to tow several with them
Jasnah’s reaction (or lack thereof) over Ehlokar;s death
The moments we DO have with her - ABSOLUTE BONKERY. Her fighting?? She kicks ass! Using Soul-casting in combat brings a whole new level to all of this
Rerarin seeing her kill him, but she saves him?? QUALITY PERSON. This unlocks her Fourth Ideals for a Surgebinder
Of course she's named queen!! HELLOOOO!
Rock with the bow!!! KILLER move quite literally
Taravangian only protecting his people and siding with Odium aka Desolation. “The test of Champions” is the loophole
Moash killing the Herald!?!?!? AND WHAT DOES HE EVEN GET??
Daddy Dalinar - just WOW. How he faced down Odium and didn’t give in to the Thrill, the grief, the burden - he accepted his actions completely. Ripping off his fingernails!
Odium screaming “no, we killed you. WE KILLED YOU!!” Who is WE, how died?? ALMIGHTY REBORN??
Dalinar’s new powers - he was able to grab the fabrics of reality and merge COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL
Stormfather is shocked by this power - it hasn’t been done before
When Venli asks Dalinar who he is, he answers: “I am Unity”. How did you take this? Unifying people? Realms? Radiants?
Renarin bonding with a corrupted spren - how and when tf did that happen?? What’s his role in the Diagram?? “Never trust those who say they can see the future”
LIFT ENTERS THE BATTLE - AND ITS AWESOMENESS
What did you think about the Shadesmar side-quest?
Syl has a bounty on her head - what’s that about?
What was it like meeting Adolin’s dead spren?
Taln & Ash - what did we learn about these Heralds? “How long has it been?” 4 millennia. “What a WONDERFUL thing”
How did it feel to learn the revelation that HUMANS are the Void Bringers??
It was no wonder that, once they learned they were slaughtering a people who only wanted to preserve their world and their freedom, the Knights Radiant all said, “Umm, nope,” and gave up their blades.
Of course, they killed a ton of spren in the process, which is very not cool. But think on how distraught and horrified they must have been at learning the truth: that they themselves were the abomination they thought they’d been battling.
Shallan completely splits into three
Venli is now a Knights Radiant!
