March 19, 2009
The Great Hunt, Book Two of the Wheel of Time
Front Cover of The Great Hunt (UK Version)
- Author: Robert Jordan
- Front Cover Illustration: Lee Gibbons
- Back Cover Illustration: Daryl K. Sweet
- ISBN: 978-1-85723-027-7
- Publisher: Orbit Fantasy
The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep. The Prophesies are being fulfilled – but Rand al’Thor, the shepherd the Aes Sedai have proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn, desperately seeks to escape his destiny.
But Rand cannot run forever. With every passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strives to shatter his ancient prison, to break the Wheel, to bring an end to Time and sunder the weave of the Pattern.
And the Pattern demands the Dragon.
Rand still denies that he is the Dragon Reborn, but the evidence keeps mounting up.
This book is a real taste of reading the pattern. Everyone is a thread, and this is where they really start getting knotted up. You’ve got one group travelling cross-country following another, one in the ways, and yet another in another world entirely! And they’reall crossing each others paths, helping and hindering each other as they go.
That’s what I like about this book, during the first book there were clues as to who the hero was going to be, but this book shows that there is no hero. Every individual person has their role in the ‘Pattern’ and each action has it’s own consequences, throughout the Wheel of Time.
I enjoyed the progress of the characters, they all show theour personalities even more, and the relationships are constantly growing and changing.
After the peek at the Dark One’s minions (AKA Prologue) the story story gets going, introducing more characters and locations, more plots and even another culture. All these help to build up to the climax of the book and as with all the other books in the series, don’t assume you know anything.
If you’ve read book one already, then you’ll be wanting to read this book anyway, but if this looks interesting, you need to find book one The Eye of the World
And just to add, I think that the ending of this book is possibly my favourite part of the entire series (I’ve read upto book 7).
February 8, 2009
The Eye of the World, Book One of The Wheel of Time
Front cover of the Eye of the World (UK Version)
- Author: Robert Jordan
- Front Cover Illustration: Lee Gibbons
- Back Cover Illustration: Daryl K. Sweet
- ISBN: 1-85723-076-0
- Publisher: Orbit Fantasy
There is a world of Light and Shadow, where good and evil wage war. It is the world of The Wheel of Time, the greatest fantasy epic ever written.
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.
But one truth remains, and what mortal men forget, the Aes Sedai do not…
What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under Shadow.
‘EPIC IN EVERY SENSE’ Sunday Times
… Taken from the back cover of the book.
Emond’s Field is a quiet village in the Two Rivers, until one Winternight the village is overrun by Trollocs, and five young people who call this small village home, are sucked into the world of Aes Sedai, Trollocs, Myrddraal and The Dark One himself.
What do these people have to do with the Legend of the Dragon? You will only find out by reading this book.
An amazing start to one of the best Fantasy series’ I have ever read. Absolutely everything in this book has a purpose, if not further on in this book, then further on in the Series.
If you’re looking for a Fantasy series, that you just can’t put down, pick up “The Eye of the World”. You’ll love it.
January 23, 2009
The Eye of the World
Just started rereading The Eye of the World, Book One of “The Wheel of Time”.
I’ve had to start from the beginning again, as I got New Spring (The Prequel) and books 8-11 for xmas. It’ll be a while till I get through to 8 but it’ll be worth it.
I’ll be putting a review of New Spring up soon, and it shouldn’t be long ’til I’m through The Eye of the World so I’ll have a review of that up to.
