Heaven Is Burning!! (The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan)

Member Name: andyoz

Product:	The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
Date:	13/07/09 (31 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great Follow Up, Good Pace

Disadvantages: Complicated

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 stage the story is all over the place, there are lots of different threads we are following, but they are all very tense and hanging in the balance.

So we pick up the story with Rand still in the Aiel waste. He is leading his own people (Aiel) after the Shaido Aiel who have crossed the spine of the world and are attacking Cairhien. The two Aiel must do battle here in one of the largest battles of the time. Matt is still with Rand at this point and he leads his own band of Aiel and becomes a great captain.

Nynaeve al'Meara and Elayne Trakand continue in there persuit of the Black Ajah leaving behind the battle at Toman Head. Yet again they have some trouble with the evil Forsaken.

This is another great book, lots going on and some real fast paced storylines. Again it can sometimes be difficult keeping up with all the threads but I found this one a little easier. I was not keen on the story about Randin the Aiel waste, didn't find it as exciting as some of the other books, is still very well told though and it is an important part of the story.

Robert Jordan has really perfected his art of story telling by this book. He uses all the same skills he has in the previous books and brings it all together very well. The books flows very well and keeps you interested all the way through. Everything that happens is very well described, you feel like you a really a part of the story and are living it.

Anyone who enjoys fantasy epics needs to read these books. Bear in mind you do need to read the other books for this one to make sense. The story is very complex and you can't just pick it up easily. Don't let this put you off though, it's well worth putting in the effort to read all of them! Enjoy this book as I did!

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