The Way of Kings : pre-release

[Vatdoro]

Brandon Twittered the following about 15 minutes ago:

Getting Ready for a Post about THE WAY OF KINGS. Should go up soon.

I am VERY excited about this new series. I am so excited about it, I am a little sad that Brandon has to work so much on the last few books of The Wheel of Time.  (And I am a HUGE WoT fan!) That's how excited I am.

I managed to get a hold of Dragonsteel (see the Dragonsteel **SPOILERS** thread for more info on that) I enjoyed the characters and concepts introduced in that book immensely. From what I understand, Brandon decided not to publish Dragonsteel, but to introduce some of the concepts from it in The Way of Kings instead. YES!

Anyway, I thought I'd start a thread to discuss the imminent announcement of WoK. My first thread on these forums! That's how excited I am. 

[Peter Ahlstrom]

Dragonsteel (Jerick, Frost, Topaz etc.) will probably appear in some Dragonsteel-titled form eventually, but it could be 15 years down the road. What's being lifted for Way of Kings is not any major characters or the world itself, but some of Jerick's midstory is being transferred to a WoK character instead.

Though I guess I already said that in the other thread.

[Shaggy]

Um…sorry but what is 'The Way of Kings?' 

[Inkthinker]

It his next series, post-WoT.

Very little is known about it so far, I think, but we can probably expect some unique magic systems and environments (the Sanderson hallmarks).

[Shaggy]

Oh, cool. Can't wait. 

[mccullough]

At the signing last night Brandon said that if he can get The Way of Kings to his liking before he has to settle down for more WoT, then it's a go. I hope that based on his twitter it is to his liking. I can't wait for new 'Brandon Sanderson'.

P.S. I know Warbreaker is new, and I can't wait for it, but I am excited that Brandon will probably still be able to continue to do his own new works as well, while he finishes up WoT.

[Reaves]

There is probably more that Ookla/ Brandon has told us at one point, but when last I heard Way of Kings was going to be:
-really long. I think I heard the phrase "10 books" bandied about.
-with lots of magic. A new magic system will be introduced in each book, making for TEN different magics. I also heard he was going for an elemental-ish magic, as in wind magic and fire magic and whatnot.

[Shaggy]

I love that kind.…

[Peter Ahlstrom]

At least one of the magic systems will involve something elemental, but they won't all be that way. Some will be more complex than others.

[Shaggy]

If you know–will each of the previously introduced magical systems be apparent as the books progress, or will there only be one in each book?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

As far as I know, there will be multiple magic systems in each book. Maybe each book will focus on explaining only one, but there will be more than one kind of magic going on in the books and stuff from previous books will still be around, assuming the character(s) who used that magic system is/are still around.

[Shaggy]

Sounds great! Has the B started writing it yet?

[Peter Ahlstrom]

He's going to post a blog entry about it soon, so RAFO.

[Shaggy]

Will the blog entry be on his website or this website? (Or both, I guess?)

[Roberts]

I went to a book signing a few months ago and Mr. Sanderson read an excerpt, about an assassin. I asked if, like his other books, there would be discussions of religion and crazy magic systems. He said there would be 10 magic systems, and I couldn't tell if he was serious or joking. Anyway I'm excited because this will be the first huge, epic series I read from the very beginning! I found out about Harry Potter maybe two years after it started. I was a tiny kid when Wheel of Time first came out and I only just read GRR Martin this month, although maybe that's a good thing because I have a shorter wait for book 5.