Originally planned as a six book series, the wheel of time spanned fourteen volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and two. It was published by tor books and released on october 15, 1993. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the time machine and what it means. Summaries of events in each chapter, including location, characters that. Every time a character was on a horse, they gave me the name and hyperlinked it.
Novel written by robert jordan chapter recaps by joan albright. The gathering storm is the first of three novels that make up what was planned as a memory of light. The animated wot map it might help to hit f11 to view in full screen. The gathering storm is the twelfth novel in the wheel of time sequence. Summaries of events in each chapter, including location, characters that appear in the chapter and whose point of view it was. Chapter one starts off, with brian robeson, a year old boy, who is getting on a small plane. The devil in the white city is a literary nonfiction novel that spans the years surrounding the building of the 1893 chicago worlds fair, also known as the worlds columbian exposition, which was designed to commemorate the landing of columbus in america. Im looking for where i can find summaries of each book. Really slow it might help to hit f11 to view in full screen.
The chapter by chapter breakdown sections lists the povs in order by. My first ranked and last ranked books are pretty solid, but there are some wonderful elements throughout the story, and im sure, as i remember scenes, many of these books between them will go up and down, depending on my mood. Of course, the thing is, fourteen wheel of time novels is kind of a lot. Online shopping for wheel of time from a great selection at books store. There is no information yet on timing, but it will almost certainly be published after the mass market paperback of a memory of light. The wheel of time true online source has much thinner chapterbychapter summaries, usually one or two paragraphs.
The wheel of time is a series of high fantasy novels written by american author james oliver rigney jr. In the first chapter, miles halter is introduced as the main character. It was originally thought that it would be under the supertitle a memory of light, but is now being marketed as book twelve. Im not a very fast reader and it would take me a year to read the whole thing again. Lets summarize the eye of the world the wheel of time.
Many, if not most, of the wheel of time is populated with chapters that contain multiple viewpoints. How would you rank the wheel of time books, and why. The wheel of time was my branch into nonpratchett fantasy. The official wheel of time encyclopedia harriet macdougal has contracted with tom doherty associates to produce an official encyclopedia for the wheel of time. A chapterbychapter recap of the thid book of the wheel of time. Initiated by fantasy writer, robert jordan, and finished by his handpicked successor, brandon sanderson, wheel of time is a high fantasy series consisting of fourteen total books each serving as a step toward the storys final climax. Robert jordan began writing in 1977 and went on to write the wheel of timer, one of the most important and best selling series in the history of fantasy publishing with over 14 million copies sold in north america, and countless more sold abroad. As you know, bob, the wheel of time as a whole has been nominated for best novel for the 2014 hugo awards, which is super awesome, and also, tor books in the u. Miles is leaving his home and his parents in florida to attend a boarding school in alabama. On the first day of summer hattie goes to help the mcgruder pack their stuff in to their car. The series consists of 14 books plus a prequel called new spring. We analyzed chapter length earlier, but looking at viewpoint, defined as a period of text that is narrated by the same character, might be interesting. The series has 147 unique povs and 1,379 total povs, including the prequel, new spring.
Min comes to tar valon with 1 book old news and siuan keeps her there. So i bought the first book and had it finished within the week. Dain borhald arrives at the two rivers, realises fain is a crazy man and wonders why he is there. Below is a list of robert jordans the wheel of time series in both publication order and also in chronological order. Over the years, dragonmount has provided various chapter summaries and recaps of each book in the wheel of time. Rand blows up the illuminators chapter house fighting trollocs with fireworks much to aludras peril. Maybe im getting ahead of myself buying book 2 before starting the series but im excited nonetheless. The following is a list of all chapters from wheel of time books which have been entered into the wiki.
Chapter 2 hattie goes on walks all the time and does not have to tell her parents where she is going because every one in town knows each other. Contains information on people, places, objects and concepts found in the wheel of time books. Chapter summaries, character chronologies, geography, history, calendar, glossary, and other reference material. The books are written from different points of view povs. Used on title pages, as the chapter icon for prologues and some chapters, and at the end of chapters. Reuben was murdered twentytwo years before, holding on to. Chapter 26 opening day summary on opening day of the fair may 1, 1893 a line of carriages carries important people, including president grover cleveland and daniel burnham, to the fair at jackson park.
I saw the cover of one of the later books and it looked very interesting. Ive heard books 710 are the slower of the bunch but what else ya got. The wheel of time series began in 1990 with the eye of the world. The fires of heaven is a fantasy novel by american writer robert jordan, the fifth book in his series the wheel of time. Robert jordan passed away from a rare blood disease, amyloidosis, in 2007, before the wheel of time series was complete. Need help with book 1, chapter 10 in charles dickenss hard times. As you know, bob, the wheel of time as a whole has been nominated for best novel for the 2014 hugo awards, which. A statistical analysis of robert jordans the wheel of time. The compendium of wheel of time characters by karl hammond. If i can find, in either print or online, a good summary or cliff notes of each book, something i can read through in 14 weeks, then that would be great. At least, i thought as much until i started noticing something odd. Net community, including details of our history and current organisational structure, our community.
The ultimate summary of the wheel of time by robert jordan and brandon sanderson. It awoke in me a monstrous devourer of books, and i couldnt be happier for it. The wheel of time main series consists of fourteen books and a prequel. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Visit encyclopaedia wot on twitter catch the latest wot news. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. We used encyclopaedia wot for our chapterbychapter summaries. A reference for the wheel of time series by robert jordan. Each book section below details the breakdown of these points of view as a word count and as a percentage. I want to refresh my self on what happened before the last book comes out, but dont have time to reread all the books. A prequel novel, new spring, was also published, along with other supplementary material. Im about to start eye of the world and i just bought the great hunt today. It is the first novel in the series to not involve an appearance by each of the three taveren from the two rivers, due to perrins absence. He had one daughter, who is the young lady seen by the stranger.
This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of the way of kings. This nonlinear novel is divided into four parts with the first three parts of the novel primarily taking place in chicago. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. An overview of the wheel of time, an epic fantasy book series by robert jordan. While reading the series, i noted that the number of characters that appear in each book is extremely high, and that just about every character that is given a name says or does something that is of significance later in the series. Book summaries, the way of kings chapters summaries. Chapter summaries and other details of robert jordans wheel of time series, designed to protect you from spoilers.