Wind and Truth is DONE! (kind of) Preorders up now

A couple of days ago, on June 3, 2024, Brandon announced that he was officially done with Wind and Truth! The book still needs to go through proof- and copyedit, but at 491k words, Brandon's work is essentially done. And, coincidentally, preorders for the book in the US and Canada opened up a mere day later. Let's get into some details, shall we?

First, here's the announcement from the man himself:

If you are a little rusty on what this book is all about, here's the brief synopsis from McMillan's website:

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Dalinar Kholin has challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions, and the Knights Radiant and the nations of Roshar have a mere 10 days to prepare for the worst. The fate of the entire world—and the Cosmere at large—hangs in the balance.

In the hours after the announcement, Peter Ahlstrom - Brandon's VP of Editorial, and long-time friend - jumped on Reddit to shed just a little more light into the state of things. First, it looks like the absolute physical limit for the book - for any book printed by Tor - is 1,344 pages. Which, given Brandon's average chapter length, and how much page space is taken up by headings and epigraphs, and how many interior illustrations there are, translates to just about... 489k words. Whoops, we are a couple thousand over the limit! This is all averages, Dragonsteel is going to find a way to massage things down a little bit, but that's pretty close to the wire.

Other tidbits include the note that the book won't be split into two volumes in the US. Included in the 1,344 limit from earlier are 19 pages of art, and the book is the right length to tell the story Brandon wanted to tell. (Well, except he wanted to do a couple more interludes, but it looks like there won't be room for those.)

If you are curious, this post outlines when different edits started, and what they all focused on. The book is planned to be done done by August 8.

In other news, preorders - including some limited number of signed copies - are now available in the US and Canada:

(though the signed copies appear to have disappeared already). Follow the link in the post above to check if your local bookstore will be carrying copies.