Despite the magical aid of Moraine Sedai and the awesome fighting skills of the warrior Lan, Rand Al'Thor and his friends have been unable to throw off the foes that pursue them. Even a detour through the ghosts of the ruined city of Shadar Logoth has failed to deter the Dark One's minions. Now the companions have a Trolloc army at their rear and eyeless shadowmen, known as Myrddraal, laying ambushes on the roads ahead. Worse still, the Dark One has dispatched his most feared general to ensure that Rand will die. Aginor is the powerful magician whose dark magic first created the Trollocs and he will stop at nothing to fulfil his master's bidding. Unless Rand can unlock the secrets of his extraordinary destiny, Aginor will destroy him and the darkness will triumph forever.
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The Eye of the World and its sequels in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series show the extent to which one can go with a traditional fantasy framework, with added gusto. Stock elements are abound: a reluctant hero--in fact five humble village folk--plucked from wholesome obscurity to fight dark powers; an eternal evil enemy who can be defeated but not destroyed, until the end of the world, which is fast approaching; a mysterious sisterhood with vast powers and who love to manipulate thrones and kingdoms from the shadows (think of the Bene Gesserit of the Dune series); a ferocious battle-hardened warrior race (echoes of the Fremen of Dune, or the Haruchai of the Thomas Covenant novels). Jordan didn't become a bestselling author merely by mixing up traditional ingredients; a master storyteller, he ingeniously gives unusual twists to these conventional fantasy elements. He also excels in the descriptive and narrative skills needed to create a detailed and coherent imaginary world. The many lands he portrays are vast in scope and contain amazingly varied countries and peoples, while retaining the inner coherence needed to make them satisfying places for a fantasy fan to roam around in. However, Jordan's writing never attains the subtlety or sophistication of, say, George RR Martin and there are some annoying stylistic tics: he seems unable to introduce a female character without commenting on her neckline and thereafter has them forever smoothing their dresses. (To his publisher's credit, Jordan's books are fortunate among fantasy novels in not having covers that look like an explosion of a teenager's bedroom. The absence of such lurid artwork is, perhaps, part of their appeal.’ )
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The concluding episode to book one of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling series The Wheel of Time, available for the first time in a YA edition. Action, adventure and excitement all the way in what is quite simply the greatest fantasy epic ever.
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I've been reading this series for about 20 years now, and I am hoping it will end soon-the stories have improved again (for 3 or 4 books the story line wasn't as good as in the beginning or now).
5 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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i had never even heard of Robert Jordan when i picked up this book and after i read the first book i couldn't stop i have read every one of the wheel of time books and i'm eagerly awaiting the next one, it's such a compelling story and it totally overtook me, i couldn't put the books down, the characters are easy to identify with at the begining because they are just children who only know life in a small village and throughout the books you watch them grow into strong adults who are going to change there world forever. AMAZING STORY!
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Great fantasy
22 May 2007
By Z. Colon
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I'm only on book 4 and I hear the series starts to drag after book 5 but so far I have really enjoyed it. I read the first 3 books non-stop in a row but the 4th one has already required that I take a couple of book breaks in between. It's not that I'm bored but some things are beginning to drag just a little. Also the Chapters spent on certain characters are many and the people I'm interested in are not mentioned for over a hundred pages. Still it's a great fantasy and my imagination goes wild with these books.
Spoiler!!!: I'm a big Nynaeve/Lan fan and I loved the way their romance is going and the difference in their backgrounds. I love how Nynaeve loves Lan from the beginning but you don't really know what he is thinking. All you see are his expressions and action along with what he says of course. I like that. Unfortunately, in 4 books I can count their interactions in one hand. Actually, it was almost 2 books before they meet up again. It was very difficult waiting but then you don't get any private scenes with them like their moonlight walks, what did they talk about? Did they share their first kiss there or was it when he came into her room angry. Did he initiate the kiss or her? Were they intimate? (a love scene for them would have been fantastic!!!)
Anyhoo, I love the series and will continue for now....
Spoiler!!!: I'm a big Nynaeve/Lan fan and I loved the way their romance is going and the difference in their backgrounds. I love how Nynaeve loves Lan from the beginning but you don't really know what he is thinking. All you see are his expressions and action along with what he says of course. I like that. Unfortunately, in 4 books I can count their interactions in one hand. Actually, it was almost 2 books before they meet up again. It was very difficult waiting but then you don't get any private scenes with them like their moonlight walks, what did they talk about? Did they share their first kiss there or was it when he came into her room angry. Did he initiate the kiss or her? Were they intimate? (a love scene for them would have been fantastic!!!)
Anyhoo, I love the series and will continue for now....
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Start of One of the Greatest Fantasy Epics of All Time
22 Nov 2007
By J. Chippindale
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Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, in a house built in 1797. He was a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with "V", and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. It was the report of his sad death, aged 58 on September 16, 2007 that caused me to look back through his books and in particular the tremendous Wheel of Time series
This is the first book in an adventure that covers thousands of pages, more probably than even the author envisaged. Robert Jordan's series just grew and grew. I loved all of the books and this first one is like the cream on top of the cake, it makes you want more and more. The books themselves are large volumes, several hundred pages each and there are almost a dozen of them, so you can understand the enormity of the task the author had set himself.
Some of the previous reviews reflect the differing tastes of readers. Some say that this epic series went on too long, others loved it and cried for more. I think I was somewhere in between. To me they were what I would call mood books. By that I mean I would read anything up to half a book and then maybe leave it for a while and read something else. Not something I would normally do with a book but with the Wheel of Time books, the plot always seemed to stay fresh in the mind and the thread could be picked up again several days later, or even longer.
Apart from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth (another epic fantasy) and of course Terry Pratchett's offerings, fantasy is not the first thing I would pull off the bookshelf, but these books seem to break all boundaries and I remember them and the author very fondly. Robert Jordan R.I.P.
This is the first book in an adventure that covers thousands of pages, more probably than even the author envisaged. Robert Jordan's series just grew and grew. I loved all of the books and this first one is like the cream on top of the cake, it makes you want more and more. The books themselves are large volumes, several hundred pages each and there are almost a dozen of them, so you can understand the enormity of the task the author had set himself.
Some of the previous reviews reflect the differing tastes of readers. Some say that this epic series went on too long, others loved it and cried for more. I think I was somewhere in between. To me they were what I would call mood books. By that I mean I would read anything up to half a book and then maybe leave it for a while and read something else. Not something I would normally do with a book but with the Wheel of Time books, the plot always seemed to stay fresh in the mind and the thread could be picked up again several days later, or even longer.
Apart from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth (another epic fantasy) and of course Terry Pratchett's offerings, fantasy is not the first thing I would pull off the bookshelf, but these books seem to break all boundaries and I remember them and the author very fondly. Robert Jordan R.I.P.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!
12 Mar 2007
A Kid's Review
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This was a well written and highly entertaining read. The characters are complex and believable. They have much of the same flaws that real people in the real world do and are not like some of your cliche, way too perfect fantasy characters. I felt that I could see some of myself in most of them, some more than others.
Some people complain about this series being too long and drawn out. While the series is very long, with 11 published books and 12th due to come out sometime in 2008, but I feel that Robert Jordan needed to make it that long in order to get the right amount of detail and explanations in. It is a complex series and therefore cannot be completed in a trilogy or something of the like.
There are some parts that are slow going, but hey what book doesn't have a few slow parts? That is nearly unavoidable. But for the most part, they kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It took me just over 2 months, despite the length of the books, to finish the whole series because I was so into them.
In conclusion, Robert Jordan is a wonderful writer, and I recommend the Wheel of Time series to anyone who is a fantasy fan.
Some people complain about this series being too long and drawn out. While the series is very long, with 11 published books and 12th due to come out sometime in 2008, but I feel that Robert Jordan needed to make it that long in order to get the right amount of detail and explanations in. It is a complex series and therefore cannot be completed in a trilogy or something of the like.
There are some parts that are slow going, but hey what book doesn't have a few slow parts? That is nearly unavoidable. But for the most part, they kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It took me just over 2 months, despite the length of the books, to finish the whole series because I was so into them.
In conclusion, Robert Jordan is a wonderful writer, and I recommend the Wheel of Time series to anyone who is a fantasy fan.
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