Tor.com has posted the prologue and first three chapters of Brandon Sanderson's "The Way of Kings". Still in need of some editing, but it is a very good read. Characters that you can get invested in... interesting magic - sort of like "Mistborn". Not elements, really, but in the *searches for the word* linear way that the character using the magic moves. Very visual.
To see it, you'll have to join the website, but it's free so no worries there.
Enjoy!
P.S. - For those of us (and that would be pretty much all of us) who are Wheel of Time fans, there is one name that pops up that is pretty jarring, in that he is about as opposite his namesake in WoT as he can possibly be.