It’s as bad as if a woman’s chest was uncovered in our world. Her left hand has a glove on it because among the Alethi, the main race of Stormlight Archive, having an uncovered left hand is considered obscene for women. Speaking of the characters though, on the front cover, you can see Shallan Davar: one of the main characters of Stormlight Archive. Speculation Warning (Also, More Minor Spoilers for Stormlight Archive) Shadesmar actually has its own spren-based ecosystem that’s lavishly depicted by Whelan here. Those oddly geometric plants are also spren of a sort. The land the characters are standing on is where ocean is in the material world. They’re actually where ocean is in the material world, as you can see by comparing a map of the two realms. That sparkling surface in the lower background that looks like sands of a desert? That’s not sand. You can quite clearly see those beads here in the cover. The books describe the seas of Shadesmar as being made of innumerable tiny glass beads, with each bead representing an object, thought, or emotion in the material world. The cover of Rhythm of War seems to depict the world of the spren (read: spirits), known as Shadesmar. Analysis Time (Warning, Minor Spoilers for Stormlight Archive Ahead, Read at Your Own Peril) So I’m quite confident that this one, coming straight from Tor Book’s website, is no different. While Rhythm of War hasn’t been released yet, Whelan’s covers for the Stormlight Archive books always manages to be spot-on. It’s not surprising considering that he reads every single book he draws covers for. Michael Whelan also made the covers for all the previous Stormlight Archive books, and each one somehow managed to be more epic than the last. The cover of The Way of Kings (and by extension Whelan) shows us what a true highstorm looks like. Okay, maybe not quite like a highstorm, but I’d imagine it made little difference to the people inside either storm. Funnily enough, at the time Whelan was working on this cover on August 4, Hurricane Isaias was blowing through his current residence of New England like a highstorm from Roshar. And now, it finally has an equally as epic book cover thanks to the renowned artist Michael Whelan. Rhythm of War is the latest entry in Brandon Sanderson’s best-selling epic fantasy book series: The Stormlight Archive. Some fan-made theme music for you to enjoy while you’re reading.
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