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Stormlight 5 Previews Coming July 29th!


THE TIME IS UPON US! Well, close enough anyway. Reactor Magazine (formerly Tor.com) will be releasing one to three chapters of Wind and Truth every Monday at 11 A.M. Eastern Time, beginning on July 29th and continuing until the book comes out on December 6th! They'll go up under the dedicated column on Reactor's website weekly. More details and overview of past updates below the cut.


The current marketing blurb is short and sweet, though naturally full of massive spoilers for the first four books:

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Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions, and the Knights Radiant and the nations of Roshar have a mere 10 days to prepare for the worst. The fate of the entire world—and the Cosmere at large—hangs in the balance.

The US cover has not been revealed yet, so let's take a gander at Gollancz's UK cover instead:

Wind and Truth UK Cover.jpeg

(The artist was not listed, but historically they have hired Sam Green for the Cosmere, so likely him? If anyone knows for sure please let us know so we can assign proper credit!)

As per usual we will limit discussion to specific subforums here and spoiler channels on our Discord server until six months after the book's release to give everyone a chance to read it. Unfortunately we will not be doing weekly chapter reactions on our YouTube channel the way we did for Rhythm of War and The Lost Metal, our staffers are simply too busy this time around. However, Reactor will be running their own readalong with beta readers Lyndsey Luther, Drew McCaffrey, and Paige Vest—make sure to give them your love two weeks from now!

Oh, and if you haven't been keeping up with the news, we actually already have a few readings from an early draft:

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Miscellaneous:

Normal chapters:

Flashbacks:

Brandon has also put out a couple general updates on Reddit with a bit of structural info and some fun concept art: Update OneUpdate #2 (if I must suffer the inconsistent title formatting then you all must join me...)


Normally I end with some cleverly crafted call-to-action that drives engagement in the comments (do we even have an algorithm to boost?), so: Book! BOOK! Booooook? Book. Yes, that sounds about right. *sage nodding*

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Child of Hodor

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1/3rd of the book per Brandon’s video! That’s insane. I was expecting about 1/5th like with OB and RoW.

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This is my first time following something like this and it's very exciting! I think it will be an interesting experience, as if you watch a series once a week and then wait a week to see what happens next 😄 

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Oltux72

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Do you think Brandon got a chuckle out of having Oathbringer on the cover of Wind and Truth?

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14 hours ago, Oltux72 said:

Do you think Brandon got a chuckle out of having Oathbringer on the cover of Wind and Truth?

I think it's actually the Way of Kings leatherbound, which is also in the Update #2 concept art they've been occasionally using in promo material.

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The last two times they did this I promised myself I wasn't going to read the chapters ahead of time, then each time I proceeded to actually read them! Hopefully this time I will have the strength to resist! 😂

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J. Magi

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Ahhhhhh noooo . . .  I'm actually here for a new release and I have to decide whether to wait or not . . . 

What's a girl to do . . .

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23 hours ago, Rich Inman said:

The last two times they did this I promised myself I wasn't going to read the chapters ahead of time, then each time I proceeded to actually read them! Hopefully this time I will have the strength to resist! 😂

We must form a resistance. 

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1 hour ago, Shinwarrior said:

We must form a resistance. 

Indeed. We shall be known as Those Who Resist!

But we only choose the most inconsequential hills to die on. 🫡 

We resist because we can!

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Tem

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Book! I did not know that chapters were made available ahead of time, given that I just discovered the Cosmere last year. I was fully prepared for months of waiting and now the first chapters will be there this month? 🎉 And this way, I will be forced to read a third of the book spaced out over multiple weeks instead of reading the whole thing in one weekend in december. Might be the healthier way XD

 

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I’m gonna try not to read them

This is the second Sanderson book I’ll actually own, and I preordered it, so I’m gonna wait until I get the book

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Other than the chapter 1/prologue (?) preview I read months ago :ph34r:

I want the surprise, y’know?

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On 7/19/2024 at 1:52 AM, J. Magi said:

Ahhhhhh noooo . . .  I'm actually here for a new release and I have to decide whether to wait or not . . . 

What's a girl to do . . .

You could always oh I don’t know read them…

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J. Magi

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35 minutes ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

You could always oh I don’t know read them…

Whaaaaaat noooooo

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3 minutes ago, J. Magi said:

Whaaaaaat noooooo

*raises eyebrow* hmm yeah I so believe you. 

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J. Magi

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1 minute ago, RoyalBeeMage said:

*raises eyebrow* hmm yeah I so believe you. 

😓

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Edema Rue

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Ohscudohscudohscud

I want so badly to wait, I want to, I should, I want the feel of a paper book in my hands, I should wait, I should wait, I should wait—

*puts on my calendar to read new chapters every monday*

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