Rhythm of War

Key Takeaways

Kyle, in 2023 in Books: More than any other Brandon Sanderson book I’ve read, this felt like a deep exploration of metaphysics.

In Latter-Day Saint theology, there is a complex concept of divine intelligent matter that makes up the universe. I couldn’t help but feel like Sanderson was using his rich fictional world to explore a similar concept.

Connections

• Brandon Sanderson — the author; Rhythm of War is book four in the Stormlight Archive, part of the broader Cosmere shared universe.
• Series: The Way of Kings → Words of Radiance → Oathbringer → Rhythm of War → Wind and Truth. Edgedancer is a novella bridging earlier entries.
• Romney — A Reckoning notes Mitt Romney “devoured everything by Brandon Sanderson,” placing the series inside Kyle’s reading overlap with political biography.