Nonfans may be a bit lost at this point - but Wheel of Time devotees are in for a treat. Androl, a member of the Black Tower, plots to rescue his leader Logain (once a pretender to Rand's position as the Dragon) from the influence of Tower commander Mazrim Taim - who may or may not be up to no good. In this excerpt, a schism has occurred within the Black Tower, Rand's school for male magic users. There is also an extensively developed magic system, with male Asha'man and female Aes Sedai both wielding gendered halves of a force called the Source, or the One Power.Īs A Memory of Light opens, we join a sprawling cast of characters as they prepare for the climactic battle of Light against Shadow a battle that will be fought both magically by the hero Rand, called the Dragon Reborn, and on the battlefield by the armies that have gathered to support him. ![]() They take place in a vast and minutely imagined world: Multiple Ages, continents and countries are detailed in these pages, each with their own histories, languages, customs, sayings, food, clothing, ethnic groups, military tactics and more. Tolkien with Jordan's background as a military historian and fantasy writer. The Wheel of Time books combine the influence of J.R.R. Jordan himself, tragically, did not live to finish the series his widow, Harriet, chose fantasy author Brandon Sanderson to complete the last few books after Jordan's death in 2007. Normally, we avoid dropping our readers into the middle of an established series, but we're making an exception for A Memory of Light, the final volume in one of the most epic, sprawling works of fantasy ever written - Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time." In progress since 1990, it now stretches to 14 volumes. ![]() ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title A Memory Of Light Author Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
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