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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am proud to present to you Rhythht Archive It’s been ten years now since I began this series, and it has been an increasingly satisfying experience to see the story grow and fulfill the vision I’ve had for it all these years In particular, one scene at the end of this book is ained for the series, over twenty years ago!

We are approaching the last book of this sequence of the Storine the series as two sets of five books, with twowiththese in a tiht, and a lot of people put in a lot of hours to bring it to pass This list will be a little long, but each and every one of them deserves to be commended for their efforts

At Tor Books, my primary editor on this novel was Devi Pillai, and she was tireless, punctual, and a wonderful advocate for the Storht Archive This is tireat deal of thanks for shepherding this series during its early years But I want to give a special thanks to Devi for helping make this transition smooth and easy

As always, thanks go to To Devi and Tom’s team at Tor orked on this book with us include Rachel Bass, Peter Lutjen, Rafal Gibek, and Heather Saunders

At Gollancz, ive special thanks to Gillian Redfearn who provides editorial support through the entire process, and who also works very hard to reat

Our copyeditor was the always-great Terry McGarry, and joining us for the first tiler I’ve wanted to ith Kristina for a long time on a Cosmere book, and she did an excellent job with this one

For the audio book, Steve Wagner was our producer And returning to the series are the excellent Michael Kra, the best audio narrators in the world They haveon these fifty-plus-hour beasts of an epic fantasy series

My priency, with Joshua Bil him were Susan Velazquez, Karen Bourne, and Valentina Sainato Our UK agent is John Berlyne at the Zeno Literary Agency I continue to be grateful for their work and advocacy on my behalf

At onsteel Entertainer The Ineffable Peter Ahlstrom is our vice president and editorial director, and Isaac Stewart is our Art Director Nor that this book is dedicated to hiured I’d let him off this time Isaac not only is the one who creates our beautiful maps, but is the person who introduced et a chance to n your copy of this book, and be sure to swap stories with him about your favorite LEGO sets

Also at Dragonsteel Entertainment are Karen Ahlstrom, our continuity editor, and Kara Stewart, our warehouse er and CFO Adam Horne is my in-house publicist, personal assistant, and all around “I can do that” guy who gets things done Our other store ee, Lex Willhite, and Michael Bateet you your T-shirts, posters, and signed books Their assistants, the “mini minions” of our team, include: Jacob, Hazel, Isabel, Matthew, Audrey, Tori, and Joe Additionally, thanks to all those who volunteer, especially to the always awesome Christi Jacobson

The artists who contributed to Rhyth the completion of the art, some even braved literal storms to deliver it I’m in awe of their talent and coive h the turbulent times they’ve faced

One of the highlights ofto ith Michael Whelan I’m humbled that he is so supportive of the books that he sets aside personal projects for a tis he’s done for the series I would have been grateful for just one of his cover illustrations, so I feel incredibly lucky that he continues to work hiswhat I think is the best Storht cover so far It’s without a doubt a masterpiece, and I am in awe of it

In Oathbringer, we printed portraits of the Heralds on the front and back endpapers, and we continue that tradition here Early in the writing process for this book, we co that two of them would have to be saved for a future book Each artist stepped up to the task and provided masterpieces Donato’s Herald Talenelat is careworn yet triumphant, and I’m thrilled to have his beautiful vision of this character Miranda Meeks is no stranger to the Stor to ith her any chance we have—and her Herald Battah is regal and mysterious Karla Ortiz, whose work I’ve been a fan of for soh-on-perfect visions of Heralds Chanaranach and Nalan Lastly, Magali Villeneuve’s Heralds Pailiah and Kelek are stunning and wonderful Howard Lyon collaborated with her to paint a oil versions of these last thich will eventually be displayed with the others

Dan dos Santos is a living legend and a good friend He brings his signature style to the fashion plates in this voluers as alien but also in a way that readers can identify with the that line

Ben McSweeney joined the Dragonsteel team full time this year, and the book showcases soes especially continue to help fill out the visual aesthetic of Roshar I love how Ben’s piece detailing Urithiru’s atrium helps convey the immensity of the city; special thanks here to Alex Schneider, who consulted on some of the architectural layout

A great big thanks to Kelley Harris, a core s Navani’s notebook pages to life with an in sense that rens from the early twentieth century

Additionally, many artists and others helped behind the scenes on this book and deserve a huge thank-you: Miranda Meeks, Howard Lyon, Shawn Boyles, Cori Boyles, Jacob, Isabel, Rachel, Sophie, and Hayley Lazo

We had a few very important subject experts help us with this book Shad “Shadiversity” Brooks was our primary historical martial arts consultant Carl Fisk also lent us so wrong, it’s not their fault It’s al I either didn’t show thee