Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2)

“You see, Szeth-son-son-Vallano,” Taravangian said. “I did not send you to do my bloody work for me. I do it here, myself. I have personally held the knife and released the blood from the veins of many. Much like you, I know I cannot escape my sins. We are two men of one heart. This is one reason why I sought you out.” “But why?” Szeth said. On the

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If what you’ve been doing here is correct, it might be because Covad isn’t true Dawnchant, but a phonetic transcription of another ancient language.…” He glanced to the side, then cocked his head. Was he looking at her— Oh, no. It was just the book, which she was still sitting on. “An Accountability of Virtue.” He grunted. “Good book.” “You’ve read

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He’d never had a high opinion of dueling. It was too fake, too sanitized. But at least it was something. “It’s like you’re dead,” Evi said. Dalinar looked over at her. “It’s like you only live when you can fight,” she continued. “When you can kill. Like a blackness from old stories. You live only by taking lives from others.” With that pale hair an

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