Dragon Reborn - Robert Jordan

Once again, I’ll start by saying that if you have plans on reading the Wheel of Time series, you might not want to read this, as it probably gives away some of the outcomes from the first couple of books in the series, The Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. This is the third book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, which will eventually encompass 12 novels (or so I’m told), nine of which are currently available. There’s no point in reading this book unless you’ve read its two predecessors, as you’ll be completely lost as to what’s going on – this is very much a series, with one book following on from the ...

There's something terribly familair about this business of a sword trapped in a stone, even if the 'stone' is actually a fortress. Here all parallels with Arthurian fantasy end, as we embark on book three of Robert Jordan's mind bendingly detaled series. I'm going to try and write this so that it makes good sense even if you aren't reading the books, however, this means there will be spoilers for the first two books - so if you are planning to read them eventually, this might ruin a surprise or two. It's either that, or make no sense to most people. That's the trouble about writing about a series.... I'm also going to have ...

The Dragon Reborn is the third book in Robert Jordan's excellent fantasy series called The Wheel of Time and it is, in my opinion, one of the finest fantasy series ever written. The Wheel of Time is the tale of a world where time repeats itself and the dramas of history are re-enacted but with different faces and different stories each time. In this book, Rand al'Thor the book's protagonist travels across a distrustful and deceitful world full of dangers to the city of Tear where he must draw Callandor, the Sword that is Not a Sword from its incredibly well-guarded chamber, in order to realise his destiny and take the first step on fulfilling a prophecy that ...