When Authors Play Too Many Video Games (The Way of Kings - Part 1)

We embark on The Way of Kings, the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s magnum opus series, The Stormlight Archive. This book dares to explore such important questions as “what if someone who was good at fighting also had depression?” and “what if big swords but no blood?” Content warnings: discussion of depression, mentions of suicide The Way of Kings By Brandon Sanderson Published in 2010 by Tor Books. Spoilers The Way of Kings Some other Stormlight Archive plot spoilers (marked off near the end of the episode) Links: Summary and info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_Kings Map of Shattered Plains: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormlightarchive/images/2/2a/Shattered_Plains.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20121114150205 Bridgemen Squad: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormlightarchive/images/2/27/Bridge_BMcS.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200703022429 Kaladin’s New Bridge Strategy: https://imgur.com/stormlight-bridge-design-side-carry-d9Ocndg Thanks for listening! If you liked the show, please leave us a review! If it’s funny, we’ll read it on air. Guaranteed. And if you want to contact us, shoot us an email at [email protected]. And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram if you’re into that sort of thing.