A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'

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The eagerly awaited sequel to Lord of Chaos,The New York Times bestseller that swept the nation like a firestorm.

In this volume, Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of women who can channel--Sea Folk, Windfinders, Wise Ones, and some surprising others. And above all, Rand faces the dread Forsaken Sammael, in the shadows of Shadar Logoth, where the blood-hungry mist, Mashadar, waits for prey.

Robert Jordan has created a rich and intricate tapestry of characters in his Wheel of Time series. In this seventh volume, Rand al'Thor--the Dragon Reborn--draws ever closer to the Last Battle as a stifling heat grips the world.

Customer Reviews ::

Still going - Michael Dea - Calgary, Alberta Canada
After reading the previous book in the Wheel of Time series, I thought I was halfway through, as 'Lord of Chaos' is book six and the series was projected to be twelve books. But now it seems the series is projected to go to 14 books so again I find myself halfway there, I'm like the donkey with the carrot in front of me always just out of reach :).
The overall story is still moving forward, albeit at a slightly slower pace. The consensus seems to be that the later books (6-10) aren't as good as the first five or so and I would agree, but I found this book , #7 in the series, still to be pretty good. There is a definite decline but not by much. A number of reviewers complain about the braid tugging and skirt straitening etc. but I thought Jordan actually dialed it down a notch or two for this book (or else I am so used to his particular writing quirks that I just don't notice them anymore). I still find his habit of giving every single character a name frustrating- in most books if a character is named it is because they are important to the story, but with Jordan, everyone has a name, important or not (down to horses!). Specific to this book, I found the long anticipated showdown between Rand and Sammael to be a letdown- poorly conceived and sloppily written. Never the less I am still looking forward to the next book and eventually, maybe some day in the far future, actually finishing the series.

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