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A Crown of Swords

by Robert Jordan

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Rand and friends continue to meander and chase off unending plot threads (and starting others) in this unremarkable entry in the plodding Wheel of Time series. ( )
mohi | Jul 5, 2009 |  
Good book. Enjoyed it thoroughly. ( )
mmamadden | Mar 19, 2009 |  
My favourite Wheel of Time book so far. ( )
liiv7 | Nov 26, 2008 |  
Book 7 in the Wheel of Time series. This is re-read.

Rand recovers from his abduction by Elaida's Aes Sedai while fighting to maintain control of Caemlyn for Elayne. Min and Rand grow much closer.

Elayne, Nynaeve and Mat find the Bowl of the Winds in Ebou Dar after Lan appeared and married Nynaeve. Just as the crew was about to escape the city with the bowl the Seanchan show up and start a war.

Egwene starts gaining support among the rebel Aes Sedai and the start moving toward Tar Valon. ( )
qarae | Nov 5, 2008 |  
Unfortunately, this book was the downturn in the series that I was told to expect. It seemed like nothing happened for good portions of the book, and by the end, the world is pretty much in the same state as it was at the end of "The Lord of Chaos" with only one (possibly) large change. I plowed through this book because I wanted to get it done, but now I feel like I'm going to take a break from the series...although that might mean I'll never start it again. I just wish that Jordan had just gotten it over and done with rather than adding characters and stretching the narrative further than it ever should have gone. ( )
stomps | Nov 1, 2008 |  
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There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love.

- From a much-disputed translation of 'The Prophesies of the Dragon' by the poet Kyera Termendal, of Shiota, believed to have been published between FY 700 and FY 800.
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To Harriet, who deserves the credit once again.
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From the tall arched window, close onto eighty spans above the ground, not far below the top of the White Tower, Elaida could see for miles beyond Tar Valon, to the rolling plains and forests that bordered the broad River Erinin, running down from north and west before it divided around the white walls of the great island city.
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Rand al'Thor, il Drago Rinato, si prepara ad attaccare il Reietto Sammael in Illian, e al tempo stesso si adopera per reprimere la ribellione portata avanti dai nobili di Cairhien. Con l’aiuto di Asha’man, Rand dovrà affrontare in un terribile duello Sammael a Shadar Logoth per conquistare la corona di Illian, un tempo nota con il nome di Corona d’Alloro e ora chiamata Corona di Spade.
Egwnene al’Vere e Siuan Sanche tentano di mettersi alla guida delle Aes Sedai ribelli a Saidar e contrastare il gruppo comandato da Elaida nella Torre Bianca di Tar Valon. Intanto, nella città di Ebou Dar, Elayne Trakand, Nynaeve al’Meara e Mat Cauthon sono ancora in cerca del ter’angreal, il solo mezzo con il quale sarebbe possibile bloccare l’innaturale clima torrido che il Tenebroso ha gettato sul mondo. Il Popolo del Mare sarà loro alleato nella ricerca e nello scontro con un Gholam.

Amazon.com (ISBN 0312857675, Hardcover)

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.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400)

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