Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time.” — San Francisco Book Review With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books.

The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 39_57 - In the Three-fold Land-683452238 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 Jordan, Robert (October 4, 2005). "One More Time". Robert Jordan's Blog. Dragonmount . Retrieved April 10, 2009. my intention is finish with twelve books, and that may mean that the last book will be VERY long Towers of Midnight contains 57 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue and consists of 29 unique POVs and 148 individual POVs. It has a total word count of 325,997 words. Climbing up a hillside, he falls. As he grows faint from blood loss, three shadowy shapes appear in front of him. At first mistaking them for Myrddraal he is relieved to see the veils and short spears of the Aiel, men of the Dragon Reborn. As they come closer he wonders why these dark-eyed Aiel are wearing red veils. One of the Aiel loosens his veil to reveal a smiling face, filled with teeth sharpened to points. As the "Aiel" takes out a knife and gleefully goes for the kill, Barriga realizes that these weren't Aiel. They are something else. Something terrible.Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to control his immense power while planning his final move against the Dark One. Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat, faces political and military challenges as she fights to unify the Aes Sedai and lead the charge against the Shadow. Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, and Lan Mandragoran also play pivotal roles in the story as they seek to aid Rand and prepare for the Last Battle. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 42_57 - Stronger Than Blood-683452184 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 The series' storyline has been leading up to the "Last Battle" (Tarmon Gai'don)—a fight between the forces of Light and Shadow. According to prophecy in the series the primary protagonist Rand al'Thor, as the Dragon Reborn, will "fight the [battle]", and must be present for the forces of Light to have a chance at winning and stopping the being known as the Dark One, the primary antagonist, from escaping his prison. [2] [3] [4] Towers of Midnight - Chapter 43_57 - Some Tea-683452166 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 When asked what I think Robert Jordan’s greatest skill was, I don’t say worldbuilding or juggling a complex narrative, though these are certainly two areas in which he excelled. No, I talk about his viewpoints. If there’s one thing I wish to learn from Robert Jordan, it’s how to accomplish this—how to make you feel a character’s culture, history, temperament, and current emotional state by the way they describe the simple things in the world around them.

Perrin receives reports and plans strategy. Rahvin’s impersonation of Lord Gaebril is mentioned. Morgase is serving tea and drops the tray, stunned. Ituralde’s army nears defeat until the gates of Maradon finally open and thousands of horsemen save the day, allowing Ituralde’s surviving men to enter the city. Towers of Midnight - Chapter 31_57 - Into the Void-683452379 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13 Elayne and her honor guard ride into Cairhien. They proceed to the Sun Throne, also accompanied by Bertome and Lorstrum’s troops. An Aes Sedai announces that Rand cedes the throne to Elayne. Birgitte inspects the Sun Throne before Elayne sits and finds a poisoned needle. Elayne takes the throne and announces that the forces of Andor and Cairhien will march together to the Field of Merrilor to meet Rand.a b c Donahue, Deirdre (October 29, 2009). "Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' saga comes full circle". USA Today . Retrieved November 1, 2009. of Ch16, 35% of Ch18, 10% of Ch28, 29% of Ch29, 16% of Ch30, 24% of Ch34, 16% of Ch40 and 52% of Ch47 Towers of Midnight - Chapter 18_57 - The Strength of This Place-683452628 Towers of Midnight Audiobook - TWOT Book 13