Tor‘s publicity department has started releasing previews of Brandon Sanderson‘s upcoming novel, The Way of Kings. Over the next few months, they’ll be doling out tour info, further excerpts, and more. For now, if you head over to Tor.com and register on the site, you can read the first three chapters of The Way of Kings to get a sense of this epic story.
Here’s the official announcement from Justin Golenbock, Tor‘s Senior Publicist:
“Brandon Sanderson has fast become a man with little need for introduction. The New York Times bestselling author of critically praised novels like Warbreaker and the Mistborn trilogy, he is also completing the late Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time® series — arguably the definitive fantasy series of the post-Tolkien era —and his first of the final three novels, last fall’s #1 New York Times bestseller The Gathering Storm, garnered widespread national acclaim —along with equal measures pressure and expectation — for the young author.
Happily, I can attest that Brandon Sanderson has more than met the challenge with his newest project, his most audacious effort to date: The Way of Kings (Tor Books; August 31st, 2010) the door-stopping first novel in “The Stormlight Archive,” a monumental ten-volume epic fantasy saga written in the grand tradition of The Wheel of Time.
Here is a world with historical depths to rival Tolkien, a deep and compelling cast of characters to rival Jordan, and a complex and involving story with all the head-spinning twists and surprises the young fantasy master has become known for. Sanderson’s unique gifts for imaginative landscapes and distinctive systems of magic and technology have never been more apparent. The Way of Kings is an ambitious and immersive first novel in a series that could ultimately redefine the fantasy landscape.”
Brandon Sanderson is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hero of Ages and Warbreaker. He is currently completing Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time. He also teaches at Brigham Young University, where he earned a master’s degree in creative writing. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he lives in Utah with his wife and two children.