The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan

Well thought I better continue my plod through reviewing all these wonderful books. The fires of heaven is the fifth book in the brilliany wheel of time series by fantasy writer Robert Jordan. Five books in and fans were now well and truely hooked on this wonderful series. This book came out in October 1993 and as you can imagine was another massive seller as fans were eager to continue the story. Not mentioned before but the Wheel of time books are published by Tor Books, they have done an excellent job with these so I thought I should throw in a mention. This fifth book carries on from where the forth book, the shadow rising, left off. By this ...  Read the complete review

How on earth am I going to tell you about the fifth book in a massively complicated series without ruining the plots of the first four, and/or confusing you silly? Hmmm. Add to that trying to tell you something worth knowing, and I've drawn a bit of a short straw here. I'll do my best, but don't say I didn't warn you. Rand Al Thor is a many with DESTINY - not one he much likes the look of as it includes the probability of going mad and destroying the world. On the plus side, he might just have a shot at defeating the ultimate force for evil, but it's a logn shot at that. Raised as a farm boy, he's travelled about then world a bit, had ...  Read the complete review