Author: Robert Jordan
Published: 1991
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Series: The Wheel of Time #3
674 pages (mass market paperback)
Long time no update! With final exams and personal life related stuff finally settling done, I found time to continue my reading endeavors, specifically with the Wheel of Time series. It’s been a long time since I read book two, but luckily I seem to have no trouble remembering what happened in previous installments of the series.
In the last book, Rand is proclaimed the Dragon Reborn and has to deal with knowing he is a man who can channel the Power. Men who can channel the Power are often thought to go mad, and Rand becomes pretty unstable in mood and even in personality, because sometimes the Power gets to him, and he is afraid to become mad. Rand eventually starts getting dreams about the sword Callandor which is located in the Stone of Tear. Prophecy says only the Dragon Reborn can hold that sword. Wanting to know if he is truly the Dragon Reborn, or simply a man going mad with the ability to channel, Rand escapes from his party towards Tear, prompting Moiraine, Lan, Perrin and Loial to chase after him.
In the meantime, Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne travel with the Aes Sedai Verin back to Tar Valon with an extremely weak Mat, who is slowly but surely dying from the cursed dagger he carries with him. The three girls are informed by the Amyrlin that while they were “away”, Liandrin — the Aes Sedai who “sold” them in book two — is actually of the Black Ajah, and has run away along with twelve of their Sisters (who are Black Ajah as well) and a bunch of stolen items. Egwene, Nynaeve and Elayne are then given the task to reveal any more Black Ajah hiding amongst them in Tar Valon. Their mission eventually leads the three girls to Tear as well.
For a book titled “The Dragon Reborn”, Rand has a surprisingly small amount of chapters dedicated to him. Not that I really cared (as Rand is not a favourite character of mine or anything), or that it affected the story badly, but just something interesting to note, since he was the main character in the previous two books and I guess I assumed he would continue to be the main character in later book; however, I can see the series heading in more of the style of A Song of Ice and Fire, where there’s a bunch of main characters each with their own plotlines happening at once. Of course, Rand will always remain the one character whose presence is the most important! Well, we’ll see how it goes.
Oh, by the way, I am so happy that Mat has a bigger role in this book! I didn’t mention it when I was summarizing the plot, but Mat has a little bit of his own separate plotline as well in this book where he travels away from Tar Valon after being Healed by the Aes Sedai and anyway, long story short (because you should read this yourself!) he also ends up in Tear, where the climax of the story takes place. I’m really digging the whole idea of Mat being a gambler with Lady Luck on his side, haha.
Anyway, if you are reading this series, you will most certainly enjoy this book as well. I actually don’t have that much to say about this particular book besides just saying that I really enjoyed it and that I look forward to reading book four and seeing what the characters will do now, considering how this novel ended. I think with series books, it is much easier to talk about a series as a whole than individual books, but that’s just me.
My Rating 4/5
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