The best chapters from every Wheel of Time book
By John Fallon
From The Eye of the World to A Memory of Light, we walk through the best chapters from all 14 of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time books.
Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time is an epic fantasy series told across 14 books, plus a prequel. It’s an exhilarating series that delivers moment after memorable moment, and we can’t wait to see some of them brought to life in Amazon’s upcoming series.
You’d think that reading a 14-book series would get boring, and while there are some lull’s in Jordan’s epic, each book brings something new to the story, whether it’s planting the seeds of a new plot that will flourish later on or an adrenaline-filled ending that brings all the storylines together.
There’s nothing like reading for a long time and getting to one of those chapters where everything changes. Today, we’re walking through the best chapters from each of the 14 main Wheel of Time books, starting with…
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The Eye of the World: “Leavetaking”
"Care and a long life go together, blacksmith."
Like Sam Gamgee and Frodo leaving the Shire or the last time the Starks were all together at Winterfell, there’s nothing more fantasy than leaving your home behind for the first time.
Though the reader’s stay in Emond’s Field is short, the Two Rivers will always be home for characters like Rand, Mat and Perrin, even if they had to leave it in a time of danger. This chapter begins a long journey for them, and there’s no turning back. Normal life gets thrown out the window and it’s exciting to read.
It all starts on the eve of the Bel Tine festival. The sleepy Two Rivers are invaded by bestial Trolloc and fearsome Myddraal, all of whom appear to be targeting a few of the younger villagers. Matrim Cauthon, Perrin Aybara and Rand al’Thor are warned of the danger they will bring upon their people if they stay. Hoping to spare their loved ones from further attacks, the three young men resolve to flee at night, accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, an Aes Sedai, and her Warder, Lan Mandragoran.
As they attempt to leave, they are discovered by the innkeeper’s daughter, Egwene al’Vere, and a wandering gleeman, Thom Merrilin, who join them. And thus the adventure begins.