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Date Posted: 17:39:10 07/02/04 Fri
Author: Syl
Subject: The Eye of the World

Here's the latest, sent in by Margy. Another great one, Margy, thanks!


TITLE: The Eye of the World – Book one of The Wheel of Time

AUTHOR: Robert Jordan

GENRE: Fantasy


The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.


This was the blurb that drew me in to this series, and it is a cracker!

In the Prologue, Dragonmount, we meet Lews Therin Telemon wandering his ruined palace and wondering where his wife has gone. He is mad and unaware that he has slain not only his wife, but all his family and all who loved him. Enter a black clad man who taunts him and makes him remember himself, re-names him Lews Therin Kinslayer and goads him until he channels such power that he breaks the world and causes a mountain to rise where he last stood. And he is named Dragon.....


Now begins the real story, starting with a simple shepherd and his son going to their village to celebrate the spring festival at the local village. On their way, Rand,the son, sees a man that makes him afraid and unable to move, yet when he is distracted by his father, his father cannot see it and there is no trace it ever was there. On reaching the village Rand finds his friend Mat has also encountered this apparition, then Rand and Mat meet a mysterious lady (Morraine) who enlists their help and pays them in a strange gold coin, a coin they feel is so unique they will never spend it. They meet up with their friend Perrin to find he has had similar experiences.


That night the village and outlying farms are attacked by Trollocs, a creature thought mythical, but which is all too real and set on hunting and slaughtering. Rand and his father escape and at the village all is chaos and destruction. Morraine, the mysterious lady and Lan, her Warder and Servant, scare Rand with tales from the past, and eventually Rand, Mat and Perrin leave, in the company of Morraine and Lan, to protect the village, as it seems to be them that the Trollocs are hunting.


And so this fantasy novel begins, and we are only in the first two chapters. This is a gripping and entertaining novel, as the heroes battle evil and good alike, never knowing exactly who is working for their own good, and who is leading them on to their own destruction.
I grew to really like the main characters, they are all flawed in their own ways, but all essentially good.

Along the way they have dreams to battle, as well as very real foes and friends who are not such friends as you may think. All along, we have Morraine and Lan, who are leading them where they must be led, but to what purpose? And weaving throughout is the history revealed in the prologue, and the threat of a possible repeat of such a terrible ending.

The Eye of the World is a really good read, and as suggested in the credits above, one of a series. I have now read the first two, and the second was as good as the first, if not better. If you enjoy fantasy novels, this is a really good read, and I recommend it.

Margy.

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[> I can comment here! Started reading these when book 3 came out---book *10* is waiting on my to be read pile! The series drags a bit in the middle books---rumor has it Jordan planned 8 books and the publishers wanted 12....that said, Jordan is a master at weaving all sorts of bits of interesting myth and folklore tfrom our worlds into his...take the Aiel for instance, lots of tall red heads that have clans and septs.....worth a look see if you like epic fantasy! Thanks for the review Margy! -- FloraMac, 18:31:39 07/02/04 Fri


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[> A really great, comprehensive review. Thanks! -- beccabee, 18:49:25 07/02/04 Fri


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[> Thanks for posting this Syl. I have read all 10 now, and I'm eagerly awaiting the last two. A Prequel has been published, but I'm not going to bother with that until I've finished the main series, as I don't want to get 'distracted'. -- Margy, 00:12:48 07/03/04 Sat


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[> Oh no, another series for me to add to my list of to reads. Sounds just my type of book. Just wish I had more time to read these days. Thanks for that Margy and Syl -- Gwen, 10:05:42 07/03/04 Sat


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[> Thanks for a lovely book review, Margy! woo hoo! :D -- Judie, 16:16:07 07/03/04 Sat


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[> Interesting! Thanks for the review! -- Antje, 06:35:03 07/04/04 Sun


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[> Does anyone know if is there any word on how many more books there will be in the cycle? I started reading this series years ago but it took so long for each succeeding book to come out that I kept forgetting the story, so I gave up and decided I wouldn't return to it until the story was complete. It's a great story, no question, but extremely complex. -- Shadow, 19:31:55 07/05/04 Mon


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[> [> Shadow...I just re-read the entire series due to such a long time between books...and I can't tell you they were far better the 2nd time around...Reading all the books from beginning to the last one was well worth doing. -- Lynda J, 21:28:37 09/13/04 Mon


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[> I really loved this series and got just as caught up in these books as i did in DGs...would recommend them highly!! -- cheribelle, 20:02:04 01/08/05 Sat


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[> I have read all ten books and the prequel by now and they are really great. But I have to admit, that it´s kind a hard to read a series if you have to read almost half of the next book to pick up all the loose storylines from the last not to mention the clues strewn in all over the rest of the series. When I re-read the book I found things in the first hinting to events in the tenth so it´s really complex. -- Lady Morilka, 07:33:38 10/16/05 Sun


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