Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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We shall create a very secret society, more powerful than even the CIA and MI5, whose soul purpose will be to protect Brandon and family, Peter and anyone else with deep knowledge of the Cosmere, but more importantly, ensure that if anything was to ever happen, everything we know about the Cosmere would be safe, so his legacy may continue forever and to the end of ages.Genius.
To be fair, the first book is focused on Kaladin. Each subsequent book will have its own focus character, including Shallan and (probably) Jasnah.Shallan? Navani? Jasnah?
These female characters are strong and wonderful, but there's just not enough of them in the first two-thirds, IMHO. Just read pp. 594-598 and that was some awesome dialogue. Brandon sure writes those scenes well. If the rest of the book follows the promise of this chapter, it will have been worth all the ho-hum.
1. “The love of men is a frigid thing, a mountain stream only three steps from the ice. We are his. Oh Stormfather…we are his. It is but a thousand days, and the Everstorm comes.”—Collected on the first day of the week Palah of the month Shash of the year 1171, thirty-one seconds before death. Subject was a darkeyed pregnant woman of middle years. The child did not survive.You're assuming that the whole series has to take place before the Everstorm comes.
1000 days doesn't seem like enough time for the series to take place in, given the bit we have so far. I'm also a bit confused here, are the years 500 days? (5 days a week, 10 weeks a month, 10 months a year) And is a day in this series the same length as a day in our world? Should we be multiplying their ages by 1.37 to get their age in our years?
Organs are only taken after a person is dead. You don't actually kill them for their organs.Don't you have to kill someone to make a Hemalurgic spike?Or harvest from a dying person, just like organ donation.
Or the events of Elantris occured before Rayse/Odium visited Sel.Brandon has confirmed that Odium's visit was prior to the events of Elantris.
Looking at the quote saying that Shallan used all nine colors of sphere, I think she means actual color, I don't think she counts white in that, so that would be nine colors plus white, and so we're back to ten types. This really makes the most sense. I mean, why wouldn't they use all ten types of gem as currency? Why exclude one?It might have something to do with Talenel.
Please forgive me for ranting here. I am two thirds of the way through The Way of Kings and I am only just starting to like it. Is it just me? I dare not read other threads until I finish it. My main complaint in the first third was: Where are the girls??? Not that I don't enjoy the well-done testosterone-laden war epic, but Brandon has me spoiled for female leads and usually a better balance in the estrogen dep't. It's starting to grow on me, but I hope the pacing improves for the rest of the story.Shallan? Navani? Jasnah?
I tend to think that one of the 10 people in all of the world chosen to become an immortal warrior who battles against the armies of a dark god is probably resourceful enough to deal with the local magistrate.I think that even an immortal would be incredibly disoriented after 4500 years of torture.
Just sayin.
