A true slow burn with impressive world-building and lore, the kind you can sink your teeth into and truly transport yourself to a world that feels entirely unfamiliar yet immediately knowable. Excellent characters that never feel unrelatable or overpowered relative to the dangers of their surroundings; prepare to be frustrated, enamored, and sympathetic to each of them at various points in the book. One of the best first books of a series I've ever read. Nothing is given easily and this books requires you to invest in the journey and trust that Sanderson is taking you somewhere special, and so far, it seems he is.