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The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time (Wheel of Time, 1)
Now an original series starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!
The first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®.
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master's enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al'Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.
Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.
The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams
By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light
By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion
By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
The first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®.
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond's Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master's enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al'Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.
Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.
The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams
By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light
By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion
By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
Editorial Reviews
Praise for Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time®
"His huge, ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre." ―George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones
"Anyone who's writing epic or secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn't just a part of the landscape, he's a monolith within the landscape." ―Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle series
"The Eye of the World was a turning point in my life. I read, I enjoyed. (Then continued on to write my larger fantasy novels.)" ―Robin Hobb, author of the award-winning Realm of the Elderlings series
"Robert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of fantasy writers." ―Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Shadows
"Jordan's writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!" ―Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone
"[Robert Jordan's] impact on the place of fantasy in the culture is colossal... He brought innumerable readers to fantasy. He became the New York Times bestseller list face of fantasy." ―Guy Gavriel Kay, author of A Brightness Long Ago
"Robert Jordan was a giant of fiction whose words helped a whole generation of fantasy writers, including myself, find our true voices. I thanked him then, but I didn't thank him enough." ―Peter V. Brett, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle series
"I don't know anybody who's been as formative in crafting me as a writer as [Robert Jordan], and for that I will be forever grateful." ―Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and War Girls
"I've mostly never been involved in any particular fandom, the one exception of course was The Wheel of Time." ―Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series
"I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan." ―Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings
"You can't talk about epic fantasy without acknowledging the titanic influence Robert Jordan has had on the genre." ―Jason Denzel, author of Mystic and founder of Dragonmount.com
"Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal." ―The New York Times
"The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English." ―Chicago Sun-Times
"Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time." ―San Fr...
"His huge, ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre." ―George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones
"Anyone who's writing epic or secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn't just a part of the landscape, he's a monolith within the landscape." ―Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle series
"The Eye of the World was a turning point in my life. I read, I enjoyed. (Then continued on to write my larger fantasy novels.)" ―Robin Hobb, author of the award-winning Realm of the Elderlings series
"Robert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of fantasy writers." ―Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Shadows
"Jordan's writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!" ―Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone
"[Robert Jordan's] impact on the place of fantasy in the culture is colossal... He brought innumerable readers to fantasy. He became the New York Times bestseller list face of fantasy." ―Guy Gavriel Kay, author of A Brightness Long Ago
"Robert Jordan was a giant of fiction whose words helped a whole generation of fantasy writers, including myself, find our true voices. I thanked him then, but I didn't thank him enough." ―Peter V. Brett, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle series
"I don't know anybody who's been as formative in crafting me as a writer as [Robert Jordan], and for that I will be forever grateful." ―Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and War Girls
"I've mostly never been involved in any particular fandom, the one exception of course was The Wheel of Time." ―Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series
"I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan." ―Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings
"You can't talk about epic fantasy without acknowledging the titanic influence Robert Jordan has had on the genre." ―Jason Denzel, author of Mystic and founder of Dragonmount.com
"Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal." ―The New York Times
"The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English." ―Chicago Sun-Times
"Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time." ―San Fr...
Readers Top Reviews
A. C.
I first read this whole series (14 books in total) some 10 years ago and liked the "grown up-ness" of the storytelling. As a firm LOTR book lover, this is the standard by which I judge all other fantasy stories. Coming back to the WOT series has been like seeing an old friend after many years, its familiar yet you discover new facets with the reading. The characters are 'real' people with the fears, the loves, the desires of people you meet every day. The tale has something of an "old fashioned seriousness" regarding the concept of good vs. evil which always appeals to me as a (slightly) older reader. It is an epic tale and for those who like to get to the end quickly, this might not be for you. However, for those who like a tale to ebb and flow before you reach the conclusion, you would for a lot worse than invest in this marvellous series!
LolaSaorsaWiltshire
I really wanted to like this book - the first few chapters were great, pulled me in and stayed on the mind. But as the story progressed I realized that Jordan was shamelessly ripping off LOTR: the characters (does a lost King pledged to fight evil, who fights with near super-human skill using a big old sword of destiny, while a beautiful woman pines over him in a forbidden but totally chivalrous romance sound familiar at all???), the baddies (Myrddraal = Nazgul; Trollocks = Orcs), the completely unambiguous fight between good and evil... it completely spoilt any immersion in the storyline. On my second point: I was expecting some really interesting subverting of tropes in a story which meshed a familiar fantasy setting with female authority (realm ruled by Queens, magic dominated by all-female Aes Sedai). What I actually got were some of the most tired, unoriginal female stereotypes I've seen. Nearly all the women, who are supposed to be competent, spend all their time blushing, gasping, crying, making tea, seductively dancing, and mooning after male characters. Oh and they are all beautiful of course, because that's an interesting character trait? Tldr: lazily written, lazily sexist. Read literally any other fantasy series.
Angelique
Not to verbose at all. Not hard to understand. Not boring or any of the other negatives stated by the low star reviews. The language is Descriptive and puts you right in there in to the book. I could see, taste and touch and that is rare for me. So what if he took inspiration from Tolkien? Every author takes inspiration from somewhere and more often than not, it's from another author. Don't be afrid of the so called verbosity. Many of the best authors in the world can be "accused" of this. As for me..... I loved it! On to the next one. Hoping it won't be as bad as some reviews say. Happy reading! :D
Michael J. AndressEr
See Headline. If you like a writing style than can take multiple pages to describe a young man walking to town or a sunrise or a river then this book is for you. To that I will add that book 1 does have it's moments, a few, but I can't recall the details of them except the ending which I found to be interesting but still a relief to get through. The plot is pure Tolkien. The author just changed the names - plot is so similar that by a third of the way in what was going to happen became fairly obvious at which point I was tempted to just put the thing down. Didn't though; WoT is such a popular series I thought there must be a twist, a surprise, something different but it never happened. I had high expectations for this series. Been seeing them on library shelves, book store shelves and all the times the series gets recommended by some book service or other. Wheel of Time has been around for years and based on the selling price per book must be in high demand but not for me which one supposes puts me in a rather small minority. For $1.99 a book (Kindle) they might be worth it - might - but not for the price the series is selling for on Amazon. I can be bored for free.
Raif Dekker
These are my thoughts about the entire series: I think many people who complain about this series miss the point entirely. You'll notice the majority of the complaints stem from those who find the books too long winded, too slow, taking too long to get to the point, and focused on too much minutia in detail. To those complaints I say: That's the point. This series isn't about getting to the climax as fast as possible. These aren't plane ride or beach day books. This is a series for fantasy fans who want the minutia. For those who revel in being able to visualize every single detail of the world. These are for people who want to escape their mundane worlds for some time and live in another, more fantastical world. If that's what you're looking for in a fantasy series then that is what Wheel of Time offers in droves. To those who say that this series is just generic fantasy, you're right. But, man, it's wrapped in a brilliant packaging. I would say this is the generic fantasy trope (chosen one destined to defeat big bad) done the best it could possibly be done. It's a beautifully realized world in every way. I think people are really hard on this series. It does what it sets out to do and does it brilliantly.
