The village is saved by Moraine Sedai a magical user, also known as an Aes Sedai. On the night of the festival, Emonds Field is attacked by a hoard of vicious trollocs, half beast, half men. It was an awkward morning, made for unpleasant thoughts. The pale sun sat above the trees to the east, but its light was crisply dark, as if mixed with shadow.

Where sunlight did reach, it held neither strength nor warmth. Scattered white patches of snow still dotted the ground where tight clumps of trees kept deep shade. Winter isn’t coming it simply never left: Despite it being a spring festival, the weather is still in the depths of winter. The opening scene shows him traveling with his father to the Bel Tine, the local spring festival. The Wheel of Time begins with Rand al’Thor, a shepherd from Emonds Field, a remote and isolated village in the Two Rivers. This is the World According to Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time. He was a spiritual predecessor to George R. The late Robert Jordan was a master of foreshadowing and intricate plotting, with hundreds of characters and dozens of viewpoints, to the point that, even after so long, I still discover something new whenever I read the books. It’s the only book series I’ve re-read, and I must have re-read it five or six times by now.įrom its intricate world building to its grand spiritualism, its moral philosophy of truth, honor and duty to its reversal of gender hierarchies, The Wheel of Time is unlike any other fantasy series ever written. I grew up reading Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time throughout my teenage years. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.With the release of The Wheel of Time on Amazon Prime this month, I thought I’d explore what drew me into the books many years ago, and why I keep going back to them. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time(R) has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the Two Rivers seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time(R), follows Moiraine Damodred as she arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One.

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