Little nuisances like this really make this world, its peoples, and its history come alive. Knowing anything about history on Earth, you may be able to deduct that the nation of Alethkar is a descendant of the Kingdom of Alethela. However, there is a kingdom called Alethela. For example, many of the main characters in the story are from the nation of Alethkar, but as you see in the map above, Alethkar is not there. The book does not provide a map of the current time period, and this forces the reader to try and fit the puzzle pieces together to figure out where current places are located. The map shows a time period of great prosperity in the world, and as the story unfolds, you begin to understand the changes and degeneration that has occurred throughout the centuries. What sets this book apart from other epic fantasies is that the map above is from a time period thousands of years prior to the events taking place in the book. The world is Roshar, and the image above is the map on the inner cover of the book.
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