Typos for The Way of Kings Prime
pg numbers and lines according to the PDF as recovered on 8/27/2020
Edit: my own typo.
Edit 2: formatting
pg 12 last line
change raise to raised
The king, however, simply raise a forestalling hand.
(stylistic) pg 20 7th line from bottom
replace "of them" with "the men" (similar repetition, but increased space between them)
Very few men on the entire field had been killed by spears—yet nearly all
of them wielded them.
pg 22 line 28 (or 12th from bottom)
change steeping to stepping
“What?” Aredor asked incredulously, steeping up to his younger brother’s side.
pg 31 line 3
change siad to said
“Ask your king,” he siad sharply, and continued past her.
stylistic pg 65
suggest inserting "it" between "wanted" and "to", suggest "Although" instead of "Yet"
Yet, the piece of her that scoffed at superstition—institutionalized
or not—wanted to offer what comfort it could. She remained quiet
67 line 20
change "keep" to "have kept"
She turned toward him—he had sacrificed much. “Nelshenden, I am
sorry to keep you out of the end of the war.”
71 line 12
change "at it" to "as it"
something in Taln’s mind that immediately
began adjusting for the language difference, at it had done so often before.
77 line 13
change "to her" to "of her"
She was very clever—moreover, she was dedicated to understanding and fulfilling what was expected to her.
79 line 15
change "such" to "as such"
Tethren was a Prince of House Rienar in Jah Keved, but he was a
younger son, and such often oversaw their family’s business negotiations.
84 line 7
change "returning" to "returned"
Eventually, people returning to their feasting.
pg 98 line 14 change to tendency
from Jasnah simply had a tenancy to . . . overreact.
pf 98 last line
change has to had
Barely protected from storms, sleeping practically
in the open, without proper amenities or enough water even for regular
bathing. It has been miserable. Even worse, it had been boring.
pg 180 line 14
change they to them
I’ve found that men rarely like to be told
what they can’t do. So, I just let they try it.
217 line 1
change lean to learn
Merin shook his head. “Vasher wants me to lean how to jump up to my
244 line 3
change bother to brother
“He has to go, Bother Lhan,”
249 line 1
change his to this
pg 248 last line included for context
248 Elhokar sighed, turning to the crowd. “I have some business that needs
249 to be attended to before his competition begins,” he said unnecessarily to
281 line 3
change folder to folded
Jasnah folder her arms, tapping her foot in frustration.
305 line 32 (or line 8 if counting from bottom)
insert “ballad” between “a” and “building”
You prefer a building subtlety to a sudden and
obnoxious crescendo. You make plans for your future, and make allegiances
with skill.”
327 line 19
change build to built
Though the Kholinar palace was only one story tall, it had been build on a slight cleft in the land,
346 line 3
change made to make
“If you leave me behind, I’ll just follow you and made a nuisance of myself.
471 line 22
change fell to feel
“I fell like I should recognize you, old man,” Ahven noted carefully
487 line 32
change spend to spent
even those who weren’t accustomed to military discipline
had spend their lives working in fields
489 line 9 to 10
insert of between fall and highstorms
They would only begin growing again with the steady fall
highstorms
499 line 14
change “aren't unarmed” to “aren't armed” OR “are unarmed”
They kept hitting you to keep you down. Men fear
Shardbearers, even when they aren’t unarmed.
508 line 10
remove it between called and the
During the days of the Epoch Kingdoms it had been called it the
Conversion.
Continuity 509 line 14
change millenia to centuries
Taln nodded slowly, regarding her. She was so young, barely into her
thirties. He had seen as many millennia pass as she had seen decades,
512 line 9
insert not between Ahven and left (after seeing dust on the walls)
Had Ahven left orders for servants to clean
the unoccupied wings?
Stylistic 514 line 8
change manageable to unmanageable
“It’s only bread, soldier. I doubt you’ll find that it makes your prisoners too healthy to be manageable.”
526 line line 20
change the 2nd to and replace with do
“To whom to your loyalties belong?”
529 line 4
change solders to soldiers
Jek’s men—a group of ten solders
Stylistic 523 line 9
change for to of
Now Lhan was paying the debts for his curiosity
Stylistic 537 line 28
change ranked to outranked
Meridas was still the top nobleman in the group—but
everyone knew that deities ranked aristocrats.
553 line 26
change lay to laid
Dalenar lay a hand on Echathen’s arm, and shook his head slightly.
581 line 10
insert the between of and army's
There was no way to keep news of army’s pursuit quiet, not with Nachin and his family in camp.
581 line 12
change a to an before anxiety
bringing with it a anxiety that wasn’t dulled even by the fim marching speed Meridas
instituted
582 last line
insert be between will and likely
“Trade? No, I think Aneazer will likely to consider us a threat.
584 line 14
remove a between is and something
“You have to admit,” Lhan said, “it is a something of an accomplishment
Stylistic 585 line 14
insert as between world and he
his determination to see the world he wanted to, rather than as it really was.
591 4th line from the bottom of the page
change arrive to arrived
Only because I left one of my men here to watch in case news arrive!
598 line 22
change sparely to sparsely
The rooms were sparely furnished,
602 line 28
change passed to past
the first time had seen the ocean had been when the Aleth armies
marched passed the Point of the Sea of Chomar
604 line 11
insert to after come OR change come to be
Renarin shrugged. “This was the right place to come, Merin.
610 line 29
change hadn't to hasn't
We do as our king commands,” he said. “As of yet, he hadn’t commanded—which left us a little confused at what to
do with you.”
612 line 12
change solders to soldiers
“How many officers?” Merin asked. “A couple per ship? And how many
of your own solders walk the decks? Tensets.”
Continuity: 624 line 7
change faceplate to face (Merin does pick up or wear the helm, that is removed by the shardbearer)
The young Shardbearer in silver jumped forward, trying to thrust through Merin’s faceplate.
632 line 3
change regulated to relegated
Jasnah’s place in the group had been regulated to that of the protected and coddled
woman
632 line 13
insert in after it (she would have to fold it in with...)
she did not doubt that going to the Holy
City was going to be dangerous. Her men could not face a trained enemy on
its own—she would have to fold it with more seasoned troops once they
reached Elhokar’s main army.
634 line 34
change instance to insistence
For the first time, she realized how grateful she was for Taln’s instance
upon her practical clothing.
Stylistic 636 last line
change this to these (this people is used plurally again on page 637 paragraph 4 but the singularity there, seems stronger without the echo on this line)
You killed this people, Jasnah. I will save them.
Stylistic 637 line 2
remove the from between most and people
They have food, which is
more than can be said of most the people in this winds-cursed land.”
651 line 5
insert what between do and Elhokar
The only option was to do Elhokar had not.
651 line 13
change but it took, to: but if it takes
We’ll try a retreat, but it took us too long to disengage. They’ll give chase, and
they’ll catch us. After that . . .”
654 line 9th from the bottom
insert the between of and men
Most of men would escape—assuming
655 line 16
change "ride them by" to "ride by them"
There were sudden cries from the field nearby as the wounded realized that
this time Dalenar would not ride them by without thought.
655 line 23
insert left between men and behind
The youth on the saddle behind Dalenar held to his Plate with rigid
hands as the men behind watched their lord abandon them.
666 line 10
remove "under" from between "acts" and "in"
If a man acts in his own name, he is a
tyrant. If he acts under in the name of ‘The Kingdom,’ he is hailed as
monarch.
684 line 4
change crumbed to crumbled
Stone crumbed to dust, which in turn blew
of with the winds and mixed with the crom minerals to harden into rock
once again.
686 line 7th from bottom
change an to any
There don’t seem to be an answers.
Stylistic 696 line 2
remove all from between "men" and "a"
his stewards. If the army somehow survived the next few weeks, he vowed
to raise the men all a rank or two.
696 line 19
change seen to see AND insert "the" between "of" and "Veden"
“I got close enough to the main body to seen glyphseals from all three of
Veden Houses. I recognized a couple of the faces, too.”
Stylistic 740 line 12
insert "would" between "more" and "masculine-cut" AND remove “would” after featers
Jasnah now had a group of trained lady’s maids to attend
her—no more masculine-cut clothing and unprimped features would
mar her image.
748 line 13
change regulated to relegated
Apparently, she had been
regulated to a somewhat perfunctory position in the Herald’s Army; and
if there was one thing Jasnah Kholin loathed, it was being ‘perfunctory.’
749 lines 24 to 26
rearrange clauses
Change to
Whether or not it makes him look mad ---- claiming to be a Herald certainly...
Original line
Claiming to be a Herald—whether or not it makes him look mad—certainly has gained
him a lot of authority in this group.”
760 line 30
consider adding a hyphen to change ununinformed to un-uniformed
The haphazard
arrangement of tables, mixed with ruddy hearthlight and ununiformed
servants,
776 line 4
insert "he" between "could" and "serve"
but how could serve mankind if he himself were not
stable?
794 last line
change deal to dear
Jasnah nodded, closing her eyes. Oh, my deal, poor Taln.