To the Blight FROM THE PUBLISHER
Pursued by Trollocs and Myrddraal, Rand and his friends find refuge in the deserted city of Shadar Logoth. But their wandering--and the many dangers they face--are far from over. For from the lips of a dying Aiel girl they learn that the Dark One means to blind the Eye of the World. Having barely escaped capture and death, Rand finds himself face to face with Aginor: a wielder of the One Power and an ally of the Dark One.
In the battle that follows, Rand will discover his true identity...and destiny.
FROM THE CRITICS
Gale Research
Set in a world where two kinds of magic exist, one female and the other male, the Wheel of Time series features the hero Rand. Rand is on an epic quest to unite the diverse peoples of his planet against the Dark One, who threatens to destroy their world. His quest takes him through a series of complex and well-delineated alien cultures. Jo-Ann Goodwin in New Statesman and Society calls the Wheel of Time books "high fantasy that demands to be taken seriously. . . . [Jordan] has been rightly praised for creating an entirely convincing and compelling alternative world, complete with social systems, cultural differences and competing motivations."
Children's Literature - Norah Piehl
This novel is a repackaged version of the second half of the opening volume of the "Wheel of Time" series, including several illustrations and a glossary. At the start of this installment, the band of travelers from Emond's Field has been separated during the chaos at Shadar Logoth that closed the first volume. Bruised, battered, and pursued by enemies known and unknown, they make their way toward the great city of Caemlyn, where they hope to be reunited. There they meet with potential new allies even as the threats of beastly Trollocs and their masters close in on them. The novel's end provides clear glimpses into the destinies of its main characters, Rand, Mat, and Perrin, destinies that will certainly play out in the remainder of the series. Romantic relationships are also more fully developed here, with hints of more passionate involvement to come. The novel's battle scenes are easy to follow, for the most part, and the landscapes of Caemlyn and the Blight are vividly imagined. Only the endless succession of inns and meeting-houses in the novel's first half slows the plot, but this plodding pace draws attention to the length of the journey and to the travelers' growing sense of dread. 2002 (orig. 1990), Starscape,
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