The fourth volume of the most ambitious American fantasy saga, The Wheel of Time, continues to suggest that it will also be the finest. The most negative thing one can say of it is that in order to keep all the narrative threads...
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The fourth volume of the most ambitious American fantasy saga, The Wheel of Time, continues to suggest that it will also be the finest. The most negative thing one can say of it is that in order to keep all the narrative threads going, Jordan has made this book a trifle more episodic than the first three. But the episodes themselves are gems, some of them humorous--e.g., various women's pursuits of Rand, the Dragon Reborn, while he tries to establish leadership over the desert-dwelling Aiel--others starkly terrifying--e.g., Perrin's leadership of the defense of Two Rivers against a swarm of Trollocs and the intrigues that are rending the Aes Sedai's ranks at the worst of all possible times. The size of this installment in Jordan's saga continues to allow him immense richness and detail in world building. This volume, indeed the whole saga, surpasses all but a few of its peers and is highly recommended for all collections.
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