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Great books and shitty cover art has always been the case with the Wheel of Time series. When my good friend Laz gave me a copy of Book 1 “Eye of the World” way back in high school, I was very skeptical; But with his stellar review I dove in and 12 books, 8429 pages later I am quite hooked. The series follows Rand al’Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al’Vere and Nynaeve al’Meara as they go from country bumpkins to saviors of the world. Robert Jordan weaves themes of a balance, duality, respect for nature and the cyclical nature of time with epic battles and witty dialogue.
In March 2006, Jordan disclosed that he had been diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, and that with treatment, his ife expectancy was four years, a little more then year a later on September 16, 2007 Jordan passed away leaving his life’s work unfinished. For the past 2 years Harriet Rigney (Jordan’s Wife) and Brandon Sanderson have been finishing his last book from his notes and oral dictations while he was sick. They had to break up the the final book “The Gathering Storm” in to 3 because there was so much of the story left. The Prologue and first chapter were released in September and have been received well. My bro is going to get me a signed copy at the release party at the BYU campus tonight, I can’t wait!