The Way of Kings

How it reads

The Way of Kings is fantasy (epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are war, power and politics and faith. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. The ending is bittersweet: it resolves, but at a price. At 1007 pages it's a real commitment. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.