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Towers of Midnight

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2010
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2012
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Maps
Prologue - Distinctions
1 - Apples First
2 - Questions of Leadership
3 - The Amyrlin's Anger
4 - The Pattern Groans
5 - Writings
6 - Questioning Intentions
7 - Lighter than a Feather
8 - The Seven-Striped Lass
9 - Blood in the Air
10 - After the Taint
11 - An Unexpected Letter
12 - An Empty Ink Bottle
13 - For What Has Been Wrought
14 - A Vow
15 - Use a Pebble
16 - Shanna'har
17 - Partings, and a Meeting
18 - The Strength of This Place
19 - Talk of Dragons
20 - A Choice
21 - An Open Gate
22 - The End of a Legend
23 - Foxheads
24 - To Make a Stand
25 - Return to Bandar Eban
26 - Parley
27 - A Call to Stand
28 - Oddities
29 - A Terrible Feeling
30 - Men Dream Here
31 - Into the Void
32 - A Storm of Light
33 - A Good Soup
34 - Judgment
35 - The Right Thing
36 - An Invitation
37 - Darkness in the Tower
38 - Wounds
39 - In the Three-fold Land
40 - A Making
41 - An Unexpected Ally
42 - Stronger than Blood
43 - Some Tea
44 - A Backhanded Request
45 - A Reunion
46 - Working Leather
47 - A Teaching Chamber
48 - Near Avendesora
49 - Court of the Sun
50 - Choosing Enemies
51 - A Testing
52 - Boots
53 - Gateways
54 - The Light of the World
55 - The One Left Behind
56 - Something Wrong
57 - A Rabbit for Supper
Epilogue - And After
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Copyright © 2010 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.
For Jason Denzel, Melissa Craib, Bob Kluttz, Jennifer Liang,
Linda Taglieri, Matt Hatch, Leigh Butler, Mike Mackert,
and all those readers who over the years have made
The Wheel of Time part of their lives, and in doing so
have made the lives of others better.
Mandarb’s hooves beat a familiar rhythm on broken ground as Lan Mandragoran rode toward his death.
May contain spoilers
Beg for your destruction!
No comments on file
Synopsis not on file
Extract (may contain spoilers)
A soft knock came at the post outside Egwene's tent. "Come," she said, shuffling through the papers on her desk.

Gawyn slipped in. He'd given up his fine clothing, choosing trousers of brown and a slightly lighter shirt. A Warder's color-shifting cloak hung around his shoulders, making him blend into his surroundings. Egwene herself was wearing a regal dress of green and blue.

His cloak rustled as he took a seat beside her desk. "Elayne's army is crossing. She sent word that she's on her way to come visit our camp."

"Excellent," Egwene said.

Gawyn nodded, but he was troubled. Such a useful thing, that ball of emotions caused by the bond. If she'd known earlier the depth of his devotion to her, she'd have bonded him weeks ago.

"What?" Egwene asked, setting aside her papers.

"Aybara," he said. "He hasn't agreed to meet with you."

"Elayne said he might be difficult."

"I think he's going to take al'Thor's side," Gawyn said. "You can see it in the way he set up camp, apart from everyone else. He sent messengers immediately to the Aiel and to the Tairens. He's got a good army, Egwene. A huge one. With Whitecloaks in it."

"That doesn't sound likely to make him side with Rand," Egwene said.

"Doesn't seem like it makes him likely to side with us either," Gawyn said. "Egwene… Galad leads the Whitecloaks."

"Your brother?"

"Yes." Gawyn shook his head. "This many armies, this many loyalties, all rubbing against one another. Aybara and his force could be a spark that sends us all up like a firework."

"It will be better when Elayne settles in," Egwene said.

"Egwene, what if al'Thor isn't coming? What if he did this to distract everyone from whatever else he's doing?"

"Why would he do that?" Egwene said. "He's already proven that he can avoid being found, if he wants to." She shook her head. "Gawyn, he knows he shouldn't break those seals. A part of him does, at least. Perhaps that's why he told me—so I could gather resistance, so I could talk him out of it."

Gawyn nodded. No further complaint or argument. It was a wonder how he'd changed. He was as intense as ever, yet less abrasive. Ever since that night with the assassins, he had started doing as she asked. Not as a servant. As a partner dedicated to seeing her will done.

It was a wonderful thing. It was also important, since the Hall of the Tower seemed determined to overturn their agreement to let her take charge of dealings with Rand. She looked down at her stack of papers, not a few of which were letters of "advice" from Sitters.

But they came to her, rather than circumventing her. That was good, and she couldn't ignore them. She had to make them continue to believe that working with her was for the best. At the same time, she couldn't let them assume that she'd be blown over by a few good shouts.

Such a delicate balance. "Well, let's go meet your sister, then."

 

Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 17-Oct-2022

Quotes

Nothing was more dangerous for the sanity of men than a woman with too much time on her hands.

Publications

 02-Nov-2010
Macmillan Audio
MP3 Audio
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
02-Nov-2010
Format:
MP3 Audio
Cover Price:
$47.99
Length:
38 hrs 23 min
"Read":
Once
Reading(s):
1)   6 Oct 2022 - 17 Oct 2022
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1939
Publisher:
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Michael Kramer  - Narration
Kate Reading  - Narration
From audible.com:

The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel’aran’rhiod and find a way - at long last - to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.

Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways - the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn - have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.

This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s number-one New York Times best-selling series - the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007 - brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near. Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice....
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
 31-Jan-2011
Tor Books
Kindle e-Book
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
31-Jan-2011
Format:
Kindle e-Book
Cover Price:
$9.99
Pages*:
977
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   6 Jun 2012 - 6 Jun 2012
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1694
Publisher:
ISBN:
Unknown
ISBN-13:
978-0-765-32594-5
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Ellisa Mitchell - Illustrator
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.

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, and now Stormlight Archive, among others, was chosen by Jordan's editor--his wife, Harriet McDougal--to complete the final volume, later expanded to three books.

The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One's prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.

The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.

Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel'aran'rhiod and find a way--at long last--to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.

Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways--the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn--have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men's lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.

Dovie'andi se tovya sagain. It's time to toss the dice.
Cover:
Book Cover
Notes and Comments:
I started this just after finishing The Gathering Storm.

ISBN: 978-0-7653-2594-5

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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.

Brandon Sanderson  
Birth: 19 Dec 1975 Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Notes:
From Rythm of War (Kindle edition):

BRANDON SANDERSON grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. He is the author of such bestsellers as the Mistborn® trilogy and its sequels, The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, and The Bands of Mourning; the Stormlight Archive novels, The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer, and Rhythm of War; and other novels, including The Rithmatist and Steelheart for young adults and the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series for middle-grade readers. In 2013 he won a Hugo Award for Best Novella for The Emperor's Soul, set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time® sequence.

Awards

2011David Gemmell AwardsLegend Award Nominee
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