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In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the power of the Shadow grows stronger.
Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit.
Perrin Aybara seeks to free his wife, Faile, a captive of the Shaido, but his only hope may be an alliance with the enemy. Can he remain true to his friend Rand and to himself? For his love of Faile, Perrin is willing to sell his soul.
At Tar Valon, Egwene al'Vere, the young Amyrlin of the rebel Aes Sedai, lays siege to the heart of Aes Sedai power, but she must win quickly, with as little bloodshed as possible, for unless the Aes Sedai are reunited, only the male Asha'man will remain to defend the world against the Dark One, and nothing can hold the Asha'man themselves back from total power except the Aes Sedai and a unified White Tower.
In Andor, Elayne Trakland fights for the Lion Throne that is hers by right, but enemies and Darkfriends surround her, plotting her destruction. If she fails, Andor may fall to the Shadow, and the Dragon Reborn with it.
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark One's taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and feared-even one prophesied to save the world. Now, Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.
Series
14 primary books21 released booksThe Wheel of Time is a 26-book series with 19 primary works first released in 9 with contributions by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, and 4 others.
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Needlessly long. Almost nothing happens. There are writers who can make five pages of picking out dresses interesting. Robert Jordan, it seems, was not one of them.
The final book of the unnecessary books. There are probably 6-7 chapters in this whole book that are worth reading. Definitely the weakest book in the series by far. Can not wait to jump into Book 11 where it ramps up to being great again.
This book was disappointing after that long wait from book 9. While I really appreciate the fact that the late Robert Jordan managed to write such an epic story spanning over 10 books, and that I love all the long descriptions of it, this book was still a letdown. The story really did not progress much at all. It was as if the author himself needed a recap, so a huge part of this book was spent consolidating what happened in the previous two books. Only a few chapters worth of material are really moving the story along. I hope the next author would help speed things along (despite the fact that there's gonna be 3 more books...).
Up till now I enjoyed the slow pacing and the characters. But this book is the worst of all. Literally nothing noteworthy happened that could not have happened in 3 chapters. It is silly slow and possibly not even necessary to read for the rest of the series.
Around the 700 mark I was getting the feeling that nothing more was going to happen. And nothing did. I'm taking a break for a while from this series. See if I can muster up the courage. Everybody has been telling me the last 3 books are so worth the trouble.