evil laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. 'The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Working from notes and partials left by Robert Jordan when he died in 2007, and consulting with Jordan's widow, who edited all of Jordan's books, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson has recreated the vision Jordan left behind. A Memory of Light brings this majestic fantasy creation to its richly satisfying conclusion. The Last Battle will determine the fate of the world.įor twenty years The Wheel of Time has enthralled more than forty million readers in over thirty-two languages. The Wheel is turning, and the Age is coming to its end. In the wolf dream, Perrin Aybara battles Slayer.Īpproaching Ebou Dar, Mat Cauthon plans to visit his wife Tuon, now Fortuona, Empress of the Seanchan.Īll humanity is in peril - and the outcome will be decided in Shayol Ghul itself. Egwene, the Amyrlin Seat, leans toward the former. In the Field of Merrilor the rulers of the nations gather to join behind Rand al'Thor, or to stop him from his plan to break the seals on the Dark One's prison - which may be a sign of his madness, or the last hope of humankind. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.'And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land and weighed down the hearts of men, and the green things failed, and hope died.' - Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The Cycle of the Dragon. The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.

With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.Įdited by Jordan’s widow, who edited all of Jordan’s books, A Memory of Light will delight, enthrall, and deeply satisfy all of Jordan’s legions of readers. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages.

A memory of light by robert jordan