Second book of the way of kings

The first of ten planned volumes, the way of kings, was published on august. The stormlight archive 4 book series kindle edition. Its sequel, words of radiance, debuted at the top of the new. Second kings features many unique events and people. The second book of kings chapter 1 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible. The novel was published on august 31, 2010 by tor books. If jeremiah did write much of kings, he could not have written this section, set in babylon, for he had been taken away to egypt years earlier. This summary of the book of 2 kings provides information about the title, authors, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of 2 kings. For an outline of both 1 and 2 kings see introduction to 1 kings. The way of kings is the beginning of a masterpiece series in epic fantasy. I assumed it was the natural progression from book one. I mean, sure, you could read four or five other novels in the time it takes you to read. The stormlight archive is an ongoing epic fantasy novel series written by american author brandon sanderson. It has subdivisions of hoshea reigns over israel, the fall of.

This book relates the transactions from the death of saul until the end of davids reign, being a history for the space of about fortysix years. Brandon sandersons the way of kings is truly a masterpiece in the world of epic fantasy novels. The way of kings is an epic fantasy novel written by american author brandon sanderson and the first book in the stormlight archive series. The second book of kings, otherwise known as the fourth. Full text of the second book of kings internet archive. The way of kings consists of one prelude, one prologue, 75 chapters, an epilogue and 9 interludes. It has subdivisions of the sickness of ahaziah, ahaziahs death. Back to the main page back to the holy bible the second book of kings otherwise called the fourth book of kings chapter 1 1. The second book of kings chapter 17 is taken from jimmy swaggarts, the expositors study bible.

The second book was initially titled highprince of war referring to highprince dalinar, but sanderson decided to focus the second. The way of kings, part 2 by brandon sanderson goodreads. This book has beautiful portraits of many of my favorite historical figures, like gladys bentley, audre lorde, and chavela vargas, but also introduces you to new. Words of radiance is the second novel in the stormlight archive, and i read both the way of kings and words of radiance in the space of about a week, i was obsessed. The end of the first half of the way of kings left me hanging and very keen to progress to the second half. The way of kings has sold more than a million copies since its 2010 release. In the hebrew bible the bible used by jews, first and second kings are a single book, as are the first and second books of samuel. Book of second kings overview insight for living ministries. The book inhabits a strange, almost alien, world that feels. Book one of the stormlight archive brandon sanderson. In the books of 1 and 2 kings, nineteen evil kings from nine. Buy the way of kings by brandon sanderson online at alibris. Where part 1 was very much building the story and introducing us to roshar, part 2 became explosive very quickly, just like sandersons later chapters in his other series such as mistborn. Sanderson holds closely to the adage, better for me to be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

Archive novels the way of kings and words of radiance. It is now my life goal and a new addition to my bucket list to obtain and read the entire series of the stormlight archive, which will probably take at least another 20 years from now to complete. The novels of the stormlight archive follow a consistent internal. The book was divided into the two books of first kings and second kings in the historical books of the greek septuagint old testament, and continues as such in the latin vulgate and our christian old testament of the bible. Over the course of the book, kaladin trained bridge four from a. When this was translated into greek in the last few centuries bce, kings was joined with samuel in a fourpart work called the book of kingdoms. It is a reprint of the first book in smaller paperback form. After really enjoying the way of kings, the stormlight archive i was interested in reading the second book.