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The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time

September 5, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

When one becomes three, you have to start somewhere The Gathering Storm is the first of three books written largely by Brandon Sanderson to finish the Wheel of Time series following Robert Jordan’s death. Jordan left Sanderson an outline, extensive notes and even several whole chapters to use in the books, so his vision for Rand and company would be fulfilled in the way he intended, even if he himself didn’t get a chance to see it through. And while Jordan originally promised just one more book to finish the series, Sanderson was unable to see how to make that

Knife of Dreams: Book Eleven of the Wheel of Time

August 29, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

The end of an era, but not the saga. Knife of Dreams is the beginning of the end of the Wheel of Time saga, despite there being three books after it. Here is where things really start to heat up, and some plot lines begin to wind down or close. Following immediately after the parallel story told in Winter’s Heart and Crossroads of Twilight, Knife of Dreams again streamlines the timeline into one book at a time. Knife hits on pretty much all the major players in the series, and all of them make great strides in their respective places. Mat

Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of the Wheel of Time

August 22, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Non MTG Games, Reviews

Sometimes, the worst things happen to the best people Crossroads of Twilight continues Robert Jordan’s sprawling epic but this time, it does so parallel to the previous book rather than immediately following it. So while we know Rand has done some spring cleaning, nobody else does yet. This book follows the ancillary characters more than the big man, though. Perrin and Mat get a lot of face time, but the queen of this book is Egwene and her struggles with the rebel Hall and the seige of Tar Valon. And that siege is going as well as can be expected.

Winter’s Heart: Book Nine of the Wheel of Time

August 15, 2018 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Reviews

See what happens when you mess with the weather? Winter’s Heart, the ninth book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, is closely paired with the tenth book, Crossroads of Twilight. This caused some confusion when they were originally released, because readers were unaware that some of the things that happened in the later book happened simultaneously with things in Winter’s Heart. That’s okay, it’s straightened out and now Heart is firmly planted in the saga where it belongs. That said, this book has both very little happening and the single biggest thing to happen in the world since the