I will not write a summary of the plot but suffice it to say it is jam-packed with exposition and events. Any average writer would have saved some of the chapter endings to cap a book entire - or a TV series season! A lot of them I could not predict - although a central element of Shallan's back-story became rather obvious by the time it was revealed. I remember thinking the final few pages of "The Way of Kings" were one knock-out punch after another - well, the final 200 pages of this book are one ferocious UFC prize-fight after another! Events that the author could have easily spent foreshadowing for another book or two at least *cough*likeRobertJordan*cough* happen in... See More