Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, Book 10)
by Robert Jordan
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Author: Robert JordanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2003-01-07
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 704
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
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Book Review: Deserves maybe 3, but someone has to get the rating up to there
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll start off by saying I'm somewhat mystified by the anger-filled invective that gets hurled at this series in 85% of the reviews here. This is not the best fantasy book in the world, but come on-I've read stuff that was way harder to get through than this book was.
I think part of it would be how I read the series-I first discovered WOT a little less than a year before Knife of Dreams came out. I got to read 7-10 without waiting for them, and with them all in front of me, so if I liked a storyline I could skip ahead and follow it into the next book, then come back and pick the others up later. Also, books 7-11 share a plot and should really be thought of as one book, that reaches its climax in the final chapters of Knife of Dreams. I can certainly understand how someone who waited years between the books could miss this, and feel let down after waiting so long for what was basically 20% of a book. Nevertheless, I suggest people go back and read the books the way that I did-they'll fit together, make more sense, and you might come to like them a little bit.
None of this is to say that RJ didn't get really carried away with the series after book seven, and took five books to tell a story that could easily have been told in 3, or maybe even 2. I don't think, as some on this board have suggested, that he was deliberately doing it to bilk his readers-he just got convinced that every subplot, every minor character, every little diversion, was important, indeed necessary. This is the sort of attitude that makes editors necessary, and I'm seriously wondering what happened to RJ's. They seemed to have come back for Knife of Dreams, and hopefully they and Sanderson will do a good job on book 12, and restore the reputation of what really is one of the best fantasy serieses out there.
Summary of Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, Book 10)
In the tenth book of THE WHEEL OF TIME from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan, the world and the characters stand at a crossroads, and the world approaches twilight, when the power of the Shadow grows stronger.Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, whom he is fated to marry, Mat Cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go, not in safety for either of them, for both the Shadow and the might of the Seanchan Empire are in deadly pursuit.Perrin Aybara seeks to free his wife, Faile, a captive of the Shaido, but his only hope may be an alliance with the enemy.Can he remain true to his friend Rand, and to himself?For his love of Faile, Perrin is willing to sell his soul.At Tar Valon, Egwene alVere, the young Amyrlin of the rebel Aes Sedai, lays siege to the heart of Aes Sedai power, but she must win quickly, with as little bloodshed as possible, for unless the Aes Sedai are reunited, only the male Ashaman will remain to defend the world against the Dark One, and nothing can hold the Ashaman themselves back from total power except the Aes Sedai and a unified White Tower.In Andor, Elayne Trakand fights for the Lion Throne that is hers by right, but enemies and Darkfriends surround her, plotting her destruction. If she fails, Andor may fall to the Shadow, and the Dragon Reborn with it.Rand alThor, the Dragon Reborn himself, has cleansed the Dark Ones taint from the male half of the True Source, and everything has changed. Yet nothing has, for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again, and a man who can channel is still hated and fearedeven one prophesied to save the world. Now Rand must gamble again, with himself at stake, and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies.Epic Books
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