Book of the Month Preview: ‘Rhythm of War’ by Brandon Sanderson
Can you believe we’re almost at the end of the year?
We have read such a great year of books!
Maude Garrett has been a fan of Brandon Sanderson for years. MBC has even covered the Mistborn trilogy. Sanderson has such a strong wit and writes his adventures beautifully. They are fully formed characters with motivations and, more importantly, dreams. They all overcome obstacles that help improve their perspective about themselves and how they live.
After taking on the first book in the Stormlight Archive, The Way of Kings, it was necessary to follow up with the second book, The Way of Kings!
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for December is Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson.
With each book by Sanderson, her admiration for him grows so much more.
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Brandon Sanderson was born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child Brandon enjoyed reading, but he lost interest in the types of titles often suggested for him, and by junior high he never cracked a book if he could help it.
This all changed in eighth grade when an astute teacher, Mrs. Reeder, gave Brandon Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly. Brandon thoroughly enjoyed this book, and went in search of anything similar.
He discovered such authors as Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn, David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, and Orson Scott Card. Brandon continued to be an avid reader through junior high and high school. He liked epic fantasy so much that he even tried his hand at writing some. His first attempts, he says, were dreadful.
Maude Garrett’s Interview With Brandon Sanderson
Rhythm of War
by Brandon sanderson
After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.
Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin's scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.
At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.
What RHYTHM OF WAR Offers
mental health and healing
ethics of science and creation
identity and truth-telling
connection vs. isolation
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Join us for an in-depth discussion of Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Parts 1-3 incl interlude) on Thursday, December 11th, and Thursday, December 18th (Part 4 to end) on Twitch from 5-7 p.m. PT.
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