The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 159397535X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 534 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out
Jordan ( The Dragon Reborn ) seems to be intent on turning the series into an endless soap opera; in each successive volume he introduces more new elements than he resolves. Nevertheless, the sheer force of his invention develops a momentum that established Jordan fans, and probably like-minded new readers, will find hard to resist. From Publishers Weekly Having declared himself the Dragon Reborn, Rand al'Thor must proceed to fulfill the prophecy that he will protect the world from the return of the Dark One. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Jordan's hefty addition to his massive series begins very much in medias res as an unknown danger threatens the city of Tar
"Perrin's Break Out Book" according to Robin Snyder. I'm buddy reading this entire series a book a month with the great fantasy loving peeps at Buddies Books and BaublesThe great thing about that is that I know I have so many great people to discuss all the happenings in this book with. The bad part is that after taking a month to read a single book a few chapters at a time it feels like some of it happened so long ago and perhaps an entire season . "Easily the best thus far" according to Jonathan "Jimmy Dean" Lane: libertarian. As always, if I get the spellings of names and places wrong, just let me know. Don't flame, don't hate, just let me know. Thank you.As I wrote an extremely lengthy review for book two, but failed to write one for the equally mediocre book three, I will try to keep this one brief. Sorry if I’ve failed in that endeavor, but these are long books, and require long reviews. Up to this point The . The Shadow Rising Well written, full of vivid imagery. Action sequences and battle scenes I do not like as much because I have always had a hard time visualizing those scenes in any book. The plot is becoming more complicated as the characters have gone their separate ways to achieve their various goals, all of which are intertwined. This also means there are a couple of chapters about this character, a couple abo