Betrayed by his allies, pursued by his enemies and beset by the madness that comes to the male wielders of the One Power, Rand rides out to meet the foe.

I’m having a moment, which is as good of a bad segue as I am likely to get to roll us into a discussion of the book.It’s a wonder that anything gets done in Jordan’s fantasy world since the men and women seem not to understand each other. Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World proves that there's still plenty of life in the ancient tradition of epic fantasy. It was at the end of the most exciting chapter in the book and it concludes with Mat and Rand saying "let's roll the dice," before going into battle.

Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, knows that he must strike at the Enemy, but his forces are divided by treachery and by ambition. He spots a contingent of Tairen and Cairhienin soldiers about to get bushwhacked, and helps them turn the tables. No Perrin at all, after being a major character last book (and a good one with a clear goal to work towards. Masema - who has named himself the prophet and taken over the city with zealous followers of the dragon reborn - and the Whitecloaks who have entered the town are on the brink of war. Knowing that should Rand hope to have any chance of success in Tarmon Gai’don he will need the Aes Sedai behind him, the former Amyrlin, Siuan Sanche, seeks out those Sisters who’ve fled the Red Ajah’s tyrannical rule.The wonder and excitement of Eye of the World and The Great Hunt have largely been replaced with monotony. sci-fi (42) 6 Books series (177) action game (13) Adri (225) Age of Ultron (5) aliens (53) andy diggle (5) animation (42) anime (23) anthologies (25) avengers (19) awards (31) bad movies (17) batman (72) Bill Willingham (7) blogtable (14) board games (31) books (442) Brad Epperley (37) Breaking Bad (5) Brian (109) Brian K. Into the Queen's court in Caemlyn, where Morgase is curiously in thrall to the handsome Lord Gaebril. The Last Battle is approaching rapidly, for the seals of the Dark One's prison are beginning to crumble.

As much as i have enjoyed the series up until this book, i cant really say that the standard of story telling has been flawless, until now. Along the way, Elayne bonds the fabled Birgitte as her warder after Birgitte is thrown from Tel’aran’rhiod into the waking world by the Forsaken Moghedien. Nynaeve can come across as a stuck up misandrist at times, but by reading these scenes, you get a feel that it's all a front. Darkfriend and peddler Hadnan Kadere receives a note from a fellow Darkfriend; he believes the author to be a Maiden of the Spear. It is while the women are in the circus that we get a very interesting look at the Prophet Masema, and how someone can take a simple belief (in this case that the Dragon Reborn will save the world) and use it to cause chaos.From a single-owner collection, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1993, in 702 pages with colorfully illustrated map endpapers.

Into the forbidden city of Rhuidean, where Rand al'Thor, now the Dragon Reborn, must conceal his present endeavor from all about him, even Egwene and Moiraine.The end result is that Moghedien almost dies of an arrow to the chest and Birgitte is ripped from the World of Dreams and, rather than being born out into the world as a baby, is dropped into the world with all of her knowledge and bonded as Elayne’s Warder so that Birgitte can survive. Fires of Heaven features one of the worst sex scenes I have read — not because Jordan doesn't commit to eroticism but because I honest-to-God can't imagine women and men actually wanting to have sex with each other in this story. When future books start reincarnating some of the bad guys and we never see Moraine’s body, maybe she is only Mostly Dead as Miracle Max once said. 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.