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The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world;
In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, holds the throne--and where an unexpected visitor may change the world....
In Emond's Field, Perrin Goldeneyes, Lord of the Two Rivers, feels the pull of ta'veren to ta'veren and prepares to march...
Morgase of Caemlyn finds a most unexpected, and quite unwelcome, ally....And south lies Illian, where Sammael holds sway...
TV series update: "Sony will produce along with Red Eagle Entertainment and Radar Pictures. Rafe Judkins is attached to write and executive produce. Judkins previously worked on shows such as ABC’s “Agents of SHIELD,” the Netflix series “Hemlock Grove,” and the NBC series “Chuck.” Red Eagle partners Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon will executive produce along with Radar’s Ted Field and Mike Weber. Darren Lemke will also executive produce, with Jordan’s widow Harriet McDougal serving as consulting producer." —*Variety*
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New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams
By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light
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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This could have been 400 pages instead of a thousand.
Executive Summary: I enjoyed this more on my reread than on my initial read, but I still found it weaker than the previous books, and the start of the slower pacing of the “middle books” that often prevent me from recommending this series to others.Audiobook: Micheal Kramer and Kate Reading once again do a fantastic job with the narration. They made listening to the slower parts of this book a lot more tolerable than reading them probably would have been.Full ReviewMy original rating of this book was 2 stars. I suspect it was maybe a 2.5 rounded down but it's hard to say at this point. The audio book is 41 hours long, and the prologue makes up over 3 hours of that. That's over 7% of the book. I think it helps to highlight some of the pacing issues I have with this book.We are introduced to entirely too many new characters and POVs for me to keep them all straight in my head. Finally Perrin shows up in the prologue after being absent in the last book, only to not show up again until the final third or so.That said, I was never bored by this one. I think part of that is because it was a reread so I was picking up stuff I missed the first time, and I'm more attached the the characters who are sometimes annoying here than I was on my original read.There is entirely too much setup and moving things around. I feel like this book could be about 25% shorter and not lose too much. This is epic fantasy, so of course there is going to be more detail and world building than your typical book, but I question what a lot of the early parts really add to the narrative.The last third of this book does help to make up for a lot though. The pacing gets much better, and the scale of plot developments is massive. These aren't tiny details lost to the history books. This is history in the making. The actions of the protagonists will be remembered for years to come. Assuming they can all survive the rise of the Dark One and his minions.I'm a huge wheel of fan time, but it has flaws. This book starts to really highlight some of my issues with the book, but it also has the elements that made me love it enough to do a reread. It's hard for me to say if you'll have the same feelings that I do. If you've loved the books so far, you're probably going to be good here. If you were so-so on them, this may be where things start to fall off for you. It's hard to justify telling someone to read 600 pages to “get to the good parts”.Overall a decent entry in the series, and definitely better than [b:Crossroads of Twilight 113435 Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time, #10) Robert Jordan https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408325146s/113435.jpg 195579], but by far the weakest book of the series of the first six.
This book is not as exciting as the previous five. Granted, even in book 5, the pacing has slowed, but at least there was good action there. This book is very much focused on the more diplomatic stuffs. Lots of political intrigue and relationship development going on. Of the latter, perhaps too much. It's one thing to be able to read some funny or realistic interactions between characters that give them life and character. But it's a whole new level of low to go at it with gusto - there's so much trivial conversations and arguments in this book that it felt very much like filler. In fact, these padding bits actually outweigh the meat of the story, particularly the way too short ending chapters, where the really important stuff starts happening. While each of the main characters got some time in the spotlight, of particular interest are the fact that the Forsaken are getting some attention too. Nice to be able to look at things from their perspective. If only this book was as exciting as book 5 I would've given it a better rating. On the whole, it's a pretty bland read that, at times, goes at a crawl. However, Jordan's style is still here and you've enjoyed his detailed descriptions, you'll still find things to love here.
I liked the book but there's only like 3 things that happened
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