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Tear (The Wheel Of Time)
''The Dragon Reborn'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the third in his series ''The Wheel of Time''. It was published by Tor Books and released on September 15, 1991. The unabridged audio book is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. ''The Dragon Reborn'' consists of a prologue and 56 chapters. Plot summary From the Mountains of Mist to Tear Rand al'Thor, having been declared the Dragon Reborn by Moiraine Damodred, secretly goes to Tear to prove himself. Along the way he is hunted by Darkhounds and Darkfriends. Moiraine, Lan Mandragoran, the Ogier Loial, and Perrin Aybara follow him one step behind. Rand leaves a pattern of weddings and strange events in his trail. Perrin comes across an Aiel warrior that was captured and caged. He frees him, earning a friendship with Gaul, a Stone Dog, who will accompany Perrin on his travels. This event is witnessed by a hunter of the horn, Zarine Bashere (alias Faile), who joins the party as well. Min reports t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perrin Aybara
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, which began with ''The Eye of the World'' in 1990. Jordan wrote the first 11 novels of the series, and the prequel novel ''New Spring'' (2004), before his death in 2007. The final three novels—''The Gathering Storm (novel), The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013)—were co-written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series features 2787 distinctly named characters. ''The Wheel of Time'' follows the characters #Rand al'Thor, Rand al'Thor, #Mat Cauthon, Mat Cauthon, #Perrin Aybara, Perrin Aybara, #Egwene al'Vere, Egwene al'Vere and #Nynaeve al'Meara, Nynaeve al'Meara, teens from a remote village whose important destinies are recognized by #Moiraine Damodred, Moiraine Damodred, a powerful member of the Aes Sedai. In this world, the pattern of human existence is determined and maintained by the cosmic Wheel of Time, which is rotated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapter (books)
A chapter (c''apitula'' in Latin; ''sommaires'' in French) is any of the main thematic divisions within a writing of relative length, such as a book of prose, poetry, or law. A book with chapters (not to be confused with the chapter book) may have multiple chapters that respectively comprise discrete topics or themes. In each case, chapters can be numbered, titled, or both. An example of a chapter that has become well known is "Down the White Rabbit, Rabbit-Hole", which is the first chapter from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. History of chapter titles Many ancient books had neither word divisions nor chapter divisions. In ancient Greek texts, some manuscripts began to add summaries and make them into tables of contents with numbers, but the titles did not appear in the text, only their numbers. Some time in the fifth century CE, the practice of dividing books into chapters began. Jerome (d. 420) is said to use the term ''capitulum'' to refer to numbered chapter headings an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nynaeve Al'Meara
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, which began with ''The Eye of the World'' in 1990. Jordan wrote the first 11 novels of the series, and the prequel novel '' New Spring'' (2004), before his death in 2007. The final three novels—'' The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013)—were co-written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series features 2787 distinctly named characters. ''The Wheel of Time'' follows the characters Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere and Nynaeve al'Meara, teens from a remote village whose important destinies are recognized by Moiraine Damodred, a powerful member of the Aes Sedai. In this world, the pattern of human existence is determined and maintained by the cosmic Wheel of Time, which is rotated by a magical force called the One Power. Rand and his friends are among those, like the Aes Sedai, who possess the ability to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tar Valon
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a New Spring, prequel novel and #Companion books, three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series. He prepared extensive notes, enabling Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: ''The Gathering Storm (novel), The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013). The series draws on numerous elements of both European mythology, European and Asian mythology, Asian mythologies, most notably the Wheel of time, cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism; the metaphysical concepts of Balance (metaphysics), balance, Dualistic cosmology, duality and a respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illian
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series. He prepared extensive notes, enabling Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: '' The Gathering Storm'' (2009), '' Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and '' A Memory of Light'' (2013). The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythologies, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism; the metaphysical concepts of balance, duality and a respect for nature found in Taoism; and the dualistic concepts of God and Satan which is the foundation of Zoroastrianism. ''The Wheel of Time'' is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammael (The Wheel Of Time)
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, which began with ''The Eye of the World'' in 1990. Jordan wrote the first 11 novels of the series, and the prequel novel '' New Spring'' (2004), before his death in 2007. The final three novels—'' The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013)—were co-written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series features 2787 distinctly named characters. ''The Wheel of Time'' follows the characters Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere and Nynaeve al'Meara, teens from a remote village whose important destinies are recognized by Moiraine Damodred, a powerful member of the Aes Sedai. In this world, the pattern of human existence is determined and maintained by the cosmic Wheel of Time, which is rotated by a magical force called the One Power. Rand and his friends are among those, like the Aes Sedai, who possess the ability to ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forsaken (The Wheel Of Time)
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series. He prepared extensive notes, enabling Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: '' The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013). The series draws on numerous elements of both European and Asian mythologies, most notably the cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism; the metaphysical concepts of balance, duality and a respect for nature found in Taoism; and the dualistic concepts of God and Satan which is the foundation of Zoroastrianism. ''The Wheel of Time'' is known f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
