The Wheel of Time ® is a PBS Great American Read Selection! Now in development for TV! Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. 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 … 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.
Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter’angreal that may reverse the world’s endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of women who can channel–Sea Folk, Windfinders, Wise Ones, and some surprising others. And above all, Rand faces the dread Forsaken Sammael, in the shadows of Shadar Logoth, where the blood-hungry mist, Mashadar, waits for prey.
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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I railed through these thousands of pages as if it were nothing. Even the sisters have lost their giddiness as the story unfolds and the evil grows. I won’t be able to stop until I’ve read all 14 books and then what will I do?
The twists and turns come hard and fast with Crown of Swords, as we find ourselves thrust ever closer to the final battle. Almost feels like an ending of Act 2, as we open up the final arcs later in the series
If you haven’t gotten into The Eye Of The World, you are missing one of the great fantasy’s of all time!
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Genre: Epic Fantasy
A Crown of Swords is the seventh book in The Wheel of Time series. It consists of a prologue and forty-one chapters. Except for Nynaeve and Elayne, I think main characters like Rand, Mat, Perrin, and Egwene had almost equal footage and POVs in the book. Usually, with such big books it is difficult to mention everything without spoiling the story but what I will do is mention the main events and points.
“Usually when a woman was in the wrong, she could find so many things to blame on the nearest man that he wound up thinking maybe he really was at fault.”
This is the book where Elayne and Nynaeve with the help of Mat find the bowl of the Winds but it will not come easy and there will be some casualties.
The kin circle is found. I loved how Elayne stood up for herself among the other Aes Sedai!
Lan is back and Egwene asks him to travel to Ebou Dar and assist Nynaeve with her mission.
New characters are introduced with the most interesting ones being Queen Tylin, Reanne, and Cadsuane. I can tell that Cadsuane will have a huge impact on Rand for sure. A very strong character and for some reason, I kept imagining Glen Close playing her.
Rand makes all the preparations to defeat Sammael and it is supposed to take place in Shadar Logoth. But the question is, did he really succeed?
Mat plays a very important role in this book in assisting Elayne and Nynaeve with their missions but his fate ends with a cliffhanger!
“he had grown up in the unspoken certainty that a man would put himself at risk to protect a woman as far she allowed; whether he liked her or even knew her was beside the point.”
The ending of this book was not as grand as the previous book, Lord of Chaos but it was still huge and a big deal. What I notice is that in every book Robert Jordan introduces new characters, darkfriends, or dark beings for a purpose that might show in the next books. For example, Matt’s encounter with Gholam in Rahad was fantastic and I feel this opens the door for more storytelling in the subsequent books. I am sure we are going to see more of Gholam. I finished reading this installment today and I really love to get into the next book right away but my plan is to read only one book of the series every month so the eighth book I will start in January 2021. That’s a way to read other books from other genres. This is an amazing series and I cannot recommend it enough.