Flood, Alison (September 10, 2009). "How to revive another author's characters". The Guardian . Retrieved November 15, 2009. The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.

Moving through Ghealdan, Perrin Aybara and his followers encounter the Children of the Light, of whom Jaret Byar and Dain Bornhald accuse Perrin (correctly) of killing two of their colleagues. When Galad Damodred discovers his stepmother Morgase Trakand among the refugees, Galad and Perrin agree to a trial with Morgase as the judge under Andoran law. Perrin reveals his ability to speak with wolves and claims as his defense the fact that the two men killed his wolf friends; but Morgase judges Perrin guilty of "illegal killing" under an obscure law governing mercenaries. Perrin agrees to abide by Galad's ruling after Tarmon Gai'don; but Galad does not immediately pronounce sentence. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 30_57 - Men Dream Here-683452394 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 Audiobook review: THE GATHERING STORM". AudioFile. AudioFile Publications, Inc . Retrieved May 3, 2010. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 34_57 - Judgment-683452322 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13

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Jordan’s writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!” —Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone Elayne strips the titles and estates from three of the Andoran nobles who vied with her for the throne. Next she meets with several important Cairhienin, including Bertome and Lorstrum, and offers them those lands. Elayne tells the Andorans that there may be lands available for them in Cairhien if the two countries unify. Elayne can now also watch her most dangerous Cairhienin enemies closer. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 54_57 - The Light of the World-683451938 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13

Towers of Midnight - Chapter 18_57 - The Strength of This Place-683452628 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 Towers of Midnight - Chapter 17_57 - Partings, and a Meeting-683452640 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 The most ambitious American fantasy saga [may] also be the finest. Rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended.” — BooklistPerrin trains with Hopper. He falls into a nightmare but escapes when he remembers that it isn’t real. Many wolves are moving toward Dragonmount so Perrin and Hopper go as well. Perrin witnesses Rand’s epiphany (from The Gathering Storm). The wolves bark in triumph: The Last Hunt has come. Mat, Thom, and Noal reach the Tower of Ghenjei. Thom draws the Snakes and Foxes symbol on the Tower with a knife, and the triangle becomes a glowing doorway. They enter the Tower. Each room has four hallways extending from it, one in each direction. They begin to move, but retracing their steps leads to different rooms. A fox-like Eelfinn tries to confuse them but Thom puts it to sleep with his flute. Mat decides to roll his dice to decide which way to go. Eventually they reach a room that Mat recognizes from his previous trip. Padan Fain walks through the Blight with the ruby dagger. He kills a Worm, which attracts a Myrddraal and Trollocs. A mist kills the Myrddraal and turns the Trollocs into zombies who will follow him. Bornhald realizes there is no evidence that Perrin killed Geofram. Perrin goes to the wolf dream to face Slayer and destroy the dreamspike. Slayer kills a wolf. He and Perrin fight. Perrin chases Slayer until he finds the dreamspike. He begins to shift away with it several leagues at a time to get the dome away from his camp. Mat fights the gholam, who has killed Mat’s serving man and two Redarms. Teslyn helps fight it off by throwing furniture at it with the Power. It kills two more Redarms and escapes. Mat tells Thom and Noal that they need to hunt and kill the gholam before they leave for the Tower of Ghenjei. He also needs to talk to Elayne about Aludra’s dragons.

On the split, Sanderson stated that without it he would have had to "railroad the story from climax to climax" and would sacrifice aspects even of major characters, eventually deciding that "The Wheel of Time deserved better." [34] Messinger, Megan (November 5, 2009). "The Gathering Storm Audiobook". Tor.com . Retrieved November 15, 2009. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 50_57 - Choosing Enemies-683452022 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time · The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game · Legends · The Strike at Shayol Ghul · New Spring comic · The Eye of the World comic · River of Souls · The Wheel of Time Companion · A Fire Within the Ways · Origins of the Wheel of Time In a review of the audio book, AudioFile magazine were positive, saying the narrators bring "intensity and passion" to the series. [63] The audio book was also a finalist in AudioFile 's The Audies 2010 awards in the sci-fi and fantasy category. [64] Themes [ edit ]Sanderson, Brandon (September 18, 2009). "Storm Leaders, Book 13 Title, THE GATHERING STORM Prologue" . Retrieved September 20, 2009. Neuman, Clayton (May 18, 2009). "Novelist Brandon Sanderson Discusses the End of The Wheel of Time". AMC . Retrieved May 23, 2009. has five points of view. Galadedrid Damodred has three POV's and Perrin Aybara has two POV's. For Galadedrid, his first is 12% of the chapter, his second is 16% of the chapter, and his third is 33% of the chapter. For Perrin, his first is 20% of the chapter and his second is 19% of the chapter. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 25_57 - Return to Bandar Eban-683452454 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 I don’t know anybody who’s been as formative in crafting me as a writer as [Robert Jordan], and for that I will be forever grateful.” —Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and War Girls