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The Eye of the World

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1990
305,902
2011
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Prologue - Dragonmount
Maps
1 - An Empty Road
2 - Strangers
3 - The Peddler
4 - The Gleeman
5 - Winternight
6 - The Westwood
7 - Out of the Woods
8 - A Place of Safety
9 - Tellings of the Wheel
10 - Leavetaking
11 - The Road to Taren Ferry
12 - Across the Taren
13 - Choices
14 - The Stag and Lion
15 - Strangers and Friends
16 - The Wisdom
17 - Watchers and Hunters
18 - The Caemlyn Road
19 - Shadow's Waiting
20 - Dust on the Wind
21 - Listen to the Wind
22 - A Path Chosen
23 - Wolfbrother
24 - Flight Down the Arinelle
25 - The Traveling People
26 - Whitebridge
27 - Shelter From the Storm
28 - Footprints in Air
29 - Eyes Without Pity
30 - Children of Shadow
31 - Play for Your Supper
32 - Four Kings in Shadow
33 - The Dark Waits
34 - The Last Village
35 - Caemlyn
36 - Web of the Pattern
37 - The Long Chase
38 - Rescue
39 - Weaving of the Web
40 - The Web Tightens
41 - Old Friends and New Threats
42 - Remembrance of Dreams
43 - Decisions and Apparitions
44 - The Dark Along the Ways
45 - What Follows in Shadow
46 - Fal Dara
47 - More Tales of the Wheel
48 - The Blight
49 - The Dark One Stirs
50 - Meetings at the Eye
51 - Against the Shadow
52 - There Is Neither Beginning Nor End
53 - The Wheel Turns
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 The Wheel of Time*
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The Wheel of Time*   See series as if on a bookshelf
Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series that was finished by Brandon Sanderson after his death.

1) The Eye of the World
2) The Great Hunt
3) The Dragon Reborn
4) The Shadow Rising
5) The Fires of Heaven
6) Lord of Chaos
7) A Crown of Swords
8) The Path of Daggers
9) Winter's Heart
10) Crossroads of Twilight
11) Knife of Dreams
12) The Gathering Storm
13) Towers of Midnight
14) A Memory of Light
Copyright © 1990 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.
To Harriet
Heart of my heart,
Light of my life,
Forever.
The palace still shook occasionally as the earth rumbled in memory, groaned as if it would deny what had happened.
May contain spoilers
"The Dragon is Reborn."
Comments may contain spoilers
I was told by a friend at church that, since I was reading the Sword of Truth series I should give this one a try.  Good advice.
Synopsis not on file
Extract (may contain spoilers)
It seemed to Rand that he was sitting at table with Logain and Moiraine. The Aes Sedai and the false Dragon sat watching him silently, as if neither knew the other was there. Abruptly he realized the walls of the room were becoming indistinct, fading off into gray. A sense of urgency built in him. Everything was going, blurring away. When he looked back to the table, Moiraine and Logain had vanished, and Ba’alzamon sat there instead. Rand’s whole body vibrated with urgency; it hummed inside his head, louder and louder. The hum became the pounding of blood in his ears.

With a jerk he sat up, and immediately groaned and clutched his head, swaying. His whole skull hurt; his left hand found sticky dampness in his hair. He was sitting on the ground, on green grass. That troubled him, vaguely, but his head spun and everything he looked at lurched, and all he could think of was lying down until it stopped.

The wall! The girl’s voice!

Steadying himself with one hand flat on the grass, he looked around slowly. He had to do it slowly; when he tried to turn his head quickly everything started whirling again. He was in a garden, or a park; a slate-paved walk meandered by through flowering bushes not six feet away, with a white stone bench beside it and a leafy arbor over the bench for shade. He had fallen inside the wall. And the girl?

He found the tree, close behind his back, and found her, too—climbing down out of it. She reached the ground and turned to face him, and he blinked and groaned again. A deep blue velvet cloak lined with pale fur rested on her shoulders, its hood hanging down behind to her waist with a cluster of silver bells at the peak. They jingled when she moved. A silver filigree circlet held her long, red-gold curls, and delicate silver rings hung at her ears, while a necklace of heavy silver links and dark green stones he thought were emeralds lay around her throat. Her pale blue dress was smudged with bark stains from her tree climbing, but it was still silk, and embroidered with painstakingly intricate designs, the skirt slashed with inserts the color of rich cream. A wide belt of woven silver encircled her waist, and velvet slippers peeked from under the hem of her dress.

 

Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 27-Apr-2022

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 31-Dec-2006
Macmillan Audio
MP3 Audio
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Date Issued:
31-Dec-2006
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MP3 Audio
Cover Price:
$7.49
Length:
29 hrs 57 min
"Read":
Once
Reading(s):
1)   12 Nov 2021 - 23 Nov 2021
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Internal ID:
1834
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ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Michael Kramer  - Narration
Kate Reading  - Narration
From audible.com:

"These veteran narrators keep the plot moving and the narration fresh" - AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by Audie Award-winning narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, and includes a bonus interview with the author.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers and listeners around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. Now, this beloved series is in development for TV!

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. 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.

When The Two Rivers is attacked by Trollocs - a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts - five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.
Cover:
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Notes and Comments:
 24-Oct-2009
Tor Books
Kindle e-Book
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Date Issued:
24-Oct-2009
Format:
Kindle e-Book
Cover Price:
$8.99
Pages*:
832
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2011
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1682
Publisher:
ISBN:
Unknown
ISBN-13:
978-1-429-95981-0
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Thomas Canty - Map
David Grove - Frontispiece
Ellisa Mitchell - Map
Matthew C Nielsen - Illustrator
From amazon.com:

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. 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.

When The Two Rivers is attacked by Trollocs—a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts— five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
I started this after finishing Mickingjay.

First Edition: February 1990
First E-book Edition: October 2009

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Author(s)

Robert Jordan  
Birth: 17 Oct 1948 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Death: 16 Sep 2007 Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Notes:
From About the Author in The Eye of the World:

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He was a graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with “V” and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with Palm. A history buff, he also wrote dance and theater criticism. He enjoyed the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. He began writing in 1977 and continued until his death on September 16, 2007.

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