Series: Book 12 in the Wheel of Time series
Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Lang:en
Summary
EDITORIAL REVIEW: 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.