The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time) by Robert…

The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time) (edition 1992)

by Robert Jordan

Series: The Wheel of Time (3)

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Fiction. Science Fiction. When the Dark One's forces attack Rand's encampment, Rand loses his nerve, escaping under the cover of battle. After a journey of soul-searching and self-discovery, Rand emerges as the Dragon Reborn �?? able to touch the One Power, yet unable to control a force that will eventually drive him mad. Before it does, Rand must battle the Dark One to the death. He must marshal the courage to accept his calling. All civilization depends on… (more)

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Title:	The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time)
Authors:	Robert Jordan
Info:	Orbit (1992), Paperback, 699 pages
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Jordan was good with a pen and knew how to tell a story, but my goodness... his writing is like someone took a bottle of peroxide and poured it on a George R.R. Martin Novel. Sterile. (

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JHemlock | Apr 5, 2024 |

Fantasy

BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

A bit more engaging than the first two. I especially liked Egwene and Nynaeve's adventures in the White Tower, and Perrin's story with Faile. (

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yaj70 | Jan 22, 2024 |

Not sure why it's picking up this reread as a different mass market paperback but whatever? I also didn't log my other ones because Goodreads didn't have a good way of recording them earlier...

This one could also be titled The One Where the Titular Character Is Mostly Offscreen, which is a great opportunity to have character development for the rest of the party- we finally get our first Mat POV (because any pre-dagger healing would be a muddled, paranoid mess), and though the party tries to split they all ultimately converge for a step, but not the final step for declaring that the Dragon is Reborn.

Also, on this reread I noticed that there's an awful lot of plot that pops up and dangles in the last quarter- definitely indicates this ain't a trilogy. (

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Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Robert Jordan	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Canty, Thomas	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ciocci, Valeria	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Flaton, Johan-Martĳn	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Giancola, Donato	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Kramer, Michael	Reader	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Martin, Ellisa	Maps	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Nielsen, Matthew C.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pike, Rosamund	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Reading, Kate	Reader	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Russo, Carol	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Sweet, Darrell K.	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Weber, Sam	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Awards

Audie Award (Finalist – Fantasy – 2024)

Science Fiction Book Club Award (Nominee – Book of the Year – 1992)

Distinctions

New York Times bestseller (Fiction – 1991)

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The Dragon Reborn

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1991-09-15

People/Characters

Rand al'Thor

Perrin Aybara (Young Bull)

Matrim Cauthon

Moiraine Damodred (Aes Sedai)

Lan Mandragoran (Warder | Andra)

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Fortress of the Light, Amador

Illian

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Epigraph

And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his name, for he shall be born among us many times, in many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of the plow, turning our lives in furrows from our of the places where we lie in our silence, The breaker of bonds; the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper of destiny.

--from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon,
by Jurith Doine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren,
742 AB, the Third Age

And it was written that no hand by his should wield the Sword held in the Stone, but he did draw it out, like fire in his hand, and his glory did burn the world. Thus did it begin. Thus do we sing his Rebirth. Thus do we sing the beginning.

--from Do'in Toldara te, Songs of the Last Age, Quarto Nine: The Legend of the Dragon Composed by Boanne, Songmistress at Taralan, the Fourth Age

Dedication

Dedicated to
James Oliver Rigney, Sr.
(1920-1988)

He taught me always to follow the dream, and when I caught it, to live it.

First words

Pedron Niall's aged gaze wandered about his private audience chamber, but dark eyes hazed with thought saw nothing.

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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend.

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Fiction. Science Fiction. When the Dark One's forces attack Rand's encampment, Rand loses his nerve, escaping under the cover of battle. After a journey of soul-searching and self-discovery, Rand emerges as the Dragon Reborn �?? able to touch the One Power, yet unable to control a force that will eventually drive him mad. Before it does, Rand must battle the Dark One to the death. He must marshal the courage to accept his calling. All civilization depends on

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