evil laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. 'The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the. The New York Times on The Wheel of Time(r)'

The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the. Tolkien's work.'-'The New York Times' on The Wheel of Time(R) 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Working from notes and partials left by Robert Jordan when he died in 2007, and consulting with Jordan's widow, who edited all of Jordan's books, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson has recreated the vision Jordan left behind. A Memory of Light brings this majestic fantasy creation to its richly satisfying conclusion. The Last Battle will determine the fate of the world.įor twenty years The Wheel of Time has enthralled more than forty million readers in over thirty-two languages. The Wheel is turning, and the Age is coming to its end. In the wolf dream, Perrin Aybara battles Slayer.Īpproaching Ebou Dar, Mat Cauthon plans to visit his wife Tuon, now Fortuona, Empress of the Seanchan.Īll humanity is in peril - and the outcome will be decided in Shayol Ghul itself. Egwene, the Amyrlin Seat, leans toward the former. In the Field of Merrilor the rulers of the nations gather to join behind Rand al'Thor, or to stop him from his plan to break the seals on the Dark One's prison - which may be a sign of his madness, or the last hope of humankind. 'And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land and weighed down the hearts of men, and the green things failed, and hope died.' - Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The Cycle of the Dragon.

A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan