ROBERT JORDAN (1948-2007) is best known for his internationally bestselling epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time(R), which has sold over 40 million copies in North America and is currently being adapted for the screen. A native of Charleston, Jordan graduated from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and received multiple decorations for his service.
Praise for Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
"Jordan's multivolume epic [is] a feast for fantasy aficionados." -
Library Journal Book One: THE EYE OF THE WORLD
"New readers are advised to start with the first book, The Eye of
the World. It may take you a year of steady reading, but by the
next year you'll be chomping at the bit to jump on the [newest]
book." - Robert Knox, MPG Newspapers Book Two: THE GREAT HUNT
"On very rare occasions, very talented storytellers create worlds
that are beyond fantasy; worlds that become realities. Robert
Jordan has." - Morgan Llywelyn, author of Lion of Ireland and
Druids
Book Three: THE DRAGON REBORN
"One of the books to read this year." - Science Fiction Review
Book Four: THE SHADOW RISING
"The fourth volume of the most ambitious American fantasy saga
continues to suggest that The Wheel of Time will also be the
finest." - Booklist
Book Five: THE FIRES OF HEAVEN
"Rich and Enthralling." - Locus
Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, continues his effort to unify the diverse people of a discordant world against the Dark One in this fifth tome of the Wheel of Time series (begun with The Eye of the World ). While the Aes Sedai, women who channel the One Power, and the Forsaken, ancient disciples of the Dark One, strive to bend him to their purposes, Rand leads the clans of the Aiel in a war of unification. Rand must try to master his powers as a man who can channel, while eluding the concomitant madness, as two groups of women attempt to come to his aid. His love, Elayne, Daughter-Heir of Andor, and Nynaeve, both Aes Sedai in training, join a circus to evade an angry sisterhood, and Siuan Sanche, former leader of the Aes Sedai now stripped of her powers, and two companions seek other rebels in an attempt to avert the final doom. Jordan deftly weaves details from previous books into this narrative and includes a glossary so that new readers can pick up the saga at this point. But all should beware: the few months covered here suggest it may be years and many more volumes before this series reaches its conclusion. (Nov.)
Praise for Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
"Jordan's multivolume epic [is] a feast for fantasy aficionados." -
Library Journal Book One: THE EYE OF THE WORLD
"New readers are advised to start with the first book, The Eye
of the World. It may take you a year of steady reading, but by
the next year you'll be chomping at the bit to jump on the [newest]
book." - Robert Knox, MPG Newspapers Book Two: THE GREAT HUNT
"On very rare occasions, very talented storytellers create worlds
that are beyond fantasy; worlds that become realities. Robert
Jordan has." - Morgan Llywelyn, author of Lion of Ireland
and Druids
Book Three: THE DRAGON REBORN
"One of the books to read this year." - Science Fiction
Review
Book Four: THE SHADOW RISING
"The fourth volume of the most ambitious American fantasy saga
continues to suggest that The Wheel of Time will also be the
finest." - Booklist
Book Five: THE FIRES OF HEAVEN
"Rich and Enthralling." - Locus
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