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by Robert Jordan (Author)
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Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready. 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, was chosen by Jordan’s editor---his wife, Harriet McDougal---to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Storm as the first of three novels that will make up A Memory of Light. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era. In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward---wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders---his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself. Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower---and possibly the world itself. The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.


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Robert Jordan (October 17, 1948–September 16, 2007), a native of Charleston, South Carolina, is the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time®, with millions of books in print.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sanderson takes up Jordan's epic tale and delivers magnificently, Oct 28 2009
By thesleeper "thesleeper" (Winnipeg, MB Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gathering Storm (Hardcover)
Just finished the book and am anxious for the next. Sanderson has fully taken up the mantle left by Jordan and crafted an masterful addition to this epic series. There are certainly instances where one may notice a different writing style or different nuances used, but that it is to be expected - after all this is a different writer. The most important thing to me, however, was how easily I recognized the continuation of Jordan's finely woven threads of storytelling, and believed to the depths of my soul that the very characters interwoven in them were the very same characters I've learned to love and loathe from the previous volumes. Where Sanderson may differ from Jordan in describing a scene, he has flawlessly adapted Jordan's style of character speech, thought and action. He has even matched the manic pace to the tale that Jordan began ramping up in the previous novel. It is a very smooth transition and Jordan's work has been very well served indeed.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A dark book and a great continuation of the series, Nov 1 2009
By Grinbomb (Calgary, Alberta) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gathering Storm (Hardcover)
Like many fans of the series I was saddened by the passing of Robert Jordan and the hardship for his family in 2007 and that he himself will never get to finish the story that he spent so much of his life working on. But he said before he died that he wanted the fans to be taken care of and his wife and editor Harriet found fantasy writer and Wheel of Time fan Brandon Sanderson to finish the series last three books.

If I was to pick one word to describe this book it would be 'dark'. Now what I mean by that is alot of not so good things are happening in the world to our characters, particularly Rand. The book focus primary on Rand trying to unit the world for the Last Battle and Egwene trying to unit the White Tower with chapters on some of the other plots here and there. The gloom and doom factors of the Dark One touch on the world are ever more apparent and there's a sense of urgency in all characters that they need to hurry up and prepare for what is coming.
All in all the book one of my favorites in the series and finishes with a powerful and moving scene that is one of the best in the series that leaves you salivating for the next installment.

As for the methodology of Sanderson's writing in the book, I felt he got the voices and mindsets of the charters for the most part. I didn't find myself reading the chapters thinking 'oh this part was definitely written by Sanderson' or 'that isn't something that this character would say', I simple got caught up in the story and enjoyed reading it. This might be different if you have read books by both authors, but for me the change was rather seamless. The one exception I might make to this is Mat's chapters. Now I really enjoyed reading his parts, and it may be because Mat was being used as comic relief in an otherwise dark book or because Sanderson is a big Mat fan but his chapters just seemed a little off. It didn't really take away from enjoying the book however, and that's the really important thing.

Sanderson did a A+ job in the very difficult task of adapting his writing style to Robert Jordan's and I'm look forward to reading Towers of Midnight when it's released in fall 2010.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worried At First Then Greatly Relieved, Nov 17 2009
By Kevin (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gathering Storm (Hardcover)
Perhaps I am selfish but I was devastated when I heard that Robert Jordan had passed away with the series incomplete. I knew that he was creating several notes regarding the plot line, and had penned some work he intended for the final book, but I was still leery of a ghost writer picking up the mantle and completing the series.

I had never heard of Brandon Sanderson before and I worried about how the final book would turn out. I bought the Gathering Storm book with a little trepidation and wary excitement. The first chapter worried me there was a lot of descriptions of the landscape and very little character dialog. But after the first chapter I felt the book really took off. I personally couldn't tell the difference between Robert Jordan's writing and Brandon Sanderson's writing except for perhaps the personality of Mat.

The plot was exciting, each chapter left me wanting for more, and I received great satisfaction with how the book ended. I'm very pleased that Brandon did not try to condense the finale of this story into a single book, and that there would be 2 more books to give the series the ending it deserves.

I think Brandon did a superb job with this book. He has been working under the tremendous pressure of fan expectations and produced a book that matches some of the finest books in the series. I'm very eager to read the next book and recommend that any fan that walked away from the series should come back and take another look.

It's been a long wait but I highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The wheel weaves as the wheel wills and hopefully it will weave another book out soon.
It has been a long time coming and frankly worth the wait. I'm sure we were all saddened regarding the death of a beloved author, but thankfully he loved the world he created so... Read more
Published 10 hours ago by M. McGrattan

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait
In many ways this feels like any other Wheel of Time book, thanks to Robert Jordan's detailed plans and Brandon Sanderson's love of the series. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Joanna Mallory

5.0 out of 5 stars Didn't disappoint
Sanderson does an outstanding job of taking us seamlessly back to the WOT. Expected developments exist along with unexpected curves. Read more
Published 7 days ago by C. Schock

5.0 out of 5 stars exciting, creative and great plot, is a WOW!
I enjoyed this book very much, finished reading less than a week. Was sad to find Verin died - proud of her. Read more
Published 9 days ago by doris choo

1.0 out of 5 stars Misprint! Missing pages 225 to 256!
Pages 225 to 256 are missing! Or more accurately, they are replaced with duplicates of pages 193 to 224. I bet you can guess what page I am on right now. Read more
Published 26 days ago by J. Bennett

5.0 out of 5 stars First of the last Three
I have read, and reread, and reread Robert Jordan's books in the Wheel of Time. His loss was a loss to the world of Fantasy Literature. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Christopher Willott

5.0 out of 5 stars The end of one of the greates Saga's ever writen.
No matter what you think about Mr. Jordans Wheel of Time series, you must admit that he is a Literary genius. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Michael Denis

5.0 out of 5 stars A Memory of Light release date
It was a tragic loss to the world with the passing of a literary genius.
Just when all the loose ends in this series were coming to a finish, we were all left with the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by GLS

5.0 out of 5 stars Rober Jordan dies on September 17th. 2007
My sympathies to his family and friends. I am sure they will put together something from what was done and his notes, but we will never see the 12th book as it should of been... Read more
Published on Sep 21 2007 by Montreal

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