Brandon Sanderson finishes Rhythm of War, Book 4 in The Stormlight Archive

The third book in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, Oathbringer, came out in November of 2017. Now, the author has announced that he’s finished “the final draft” of the fourth book, Rhythm of War, which means it’s on track to come out exactly three years later!

We don’t know a ton of what will go down in Rhythm of War, but what Sanderson has teased has us excited: “Book four finally gets to one of the foundational scenes I conceived from the beginning,” he said last year. “In fact, it might be the very first big scene I imagined, and my favorite in the entire series.  A part of me can’t believe people are finally going to be able to read it. Less than one year now! Life before death, Radiants.”

The title is also interesting. Thus far, every book in the Stormlight Archive has been named after an in-universe book without the series itself. Sanderson has hinted that Rhythm of War will be “the first of one of these in-world books that has involved the writings of someone who is not human.”

“Rhythm of War” sounds like something a member of the Parshendi people would come up with, since they communicate with songs and rhythms. And Sanderson has confirmed that the new book will feature looks into the past of the Parshendi warrior Eshonai. Put that all together, and we get a clearer idea of where the title may have come from.

Rhythm of War comes out on November 17 of this year. See you on Roshar!

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