Brandon Sanderson invents another system of magic that is both intriguing and kind of cool. No surprises there. The conceit with this world is that there are a group of warrior monk-types who can use sand to do magic things. Oddly enough creating water is one of those things, though I can't quite figure out the logic behind that. Kenton barely has enough power to fling a grain of sand, but his ingenuity is quickly faced as an old enemy of the Sand Masters raises its collective head. The world of White Sand is one divided into Light and Dark, where one half of the world exists in perpetual sunshine and one in endless dark. It's an interesting, world-is-flat kind of theory, and the plot moves along well enough to keep a reader intrigued.

But in the end, this is kind of typical Sanderson, which I am growing bored of as I read more and more fantasy that is better-written and more imaginative. Worth a read, regardless.