It shows Jasnah Kholin defending a city against an invasion. On March 16, 2017, Tor Books revealed the cover art for Oathbringer, painted by Michael Whelan. Īfter realizing the book took more time to work on than originally planned, Sanderson wrote a novella titled Edgedancer, following Lift first published in Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, an anthology of Cosmere short fiction, on November 22, 2016. Due to the length of the book, Tor had to use a different press and bindery from the one that printed Words of Radiance. On June 27, 2017, Tor posted a blog post detailing the process of beta reading for Oathbringer in which beta readers give their immediate reactions to any given point in the story and look for continuity. On June 15, 2017, Sanderson completed the fifth and final draft and managed to cut it down to 450,000 words. On March 15, 2017, Sanderson completed the third of five planned drafts, which totaled 514,000 words. On December 9, 2016, three weeks after his fifth update, Tor announced that Sanderson had completed his first draft, coming in at 461,223 words. Sanderson provided numerous updates on Reddit about his progress on the book. Prior to the release of Oathbringer, several chapters and interludes had been posted in blog posts, read in conventions and published in an anthology. The third book was initially titled Stones Unhallowed with Szeth-son-son-Vallano as its focus, then Skybreaker, and eventually Oathbringer with the focus on Dalinar Kholin. It is preceded by Words of Radiance and followed by Rhythm of War.Īs with its Stormlight Archive predecessors, the unabridged audiobook is read by narrator team Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.

Oathbringer consists of one prologue, 122 chapters, 14 interludes and an epilogue. It was published by Tor Books on November 14, 2017.

Oathbringer is an epic fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson and the third book in The Stormlight Archive series. Print ( hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book

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