The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, Book 12)

Jordan, Robert; and Brandon Sanderson

ISBN 10: 0765302306 / ISBN 13: 9780765302304

Published by Tor Books; (2009), NY, 2009

About this Item

First printing, very good+ in a near fine dust jacket. Owners' names and date (2009) on inside of front endpaper. A couple of tiny ballpoint squares on the bottom edge of the page block, along with slight darkening near the spine on the bottom edge. Spine is slightly concave on this large (783 pages) book. The jacket has just minor wear at edges, and $29.99 price is present on flap. Includes color map endpapers and a glossary. Robert Jordan's signature (by autopen) on the title page. Jordan died in 2007. Additional shipping charges may be required on this book. Seller Inventory # 024207

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, Book 12)

Publisher: Tor Books; (2009), NY

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Tarmon Gai’don, the Last Battle, looms. And mankind is not ready.

The final volume of the Wheel of Time, A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor---his wife, Harriet McDougal---to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so Tor proudly presents The Gathering Storm as the first of three novels that will make up A Memory of Light. This short sequence will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.

In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward---wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders---his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself.

Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower---and possibly the world itself.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Review:

"The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the . . . evil laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades." --The New York Times on The Wheel of Time

"The Wheel of Time . . . is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Jordan has a powerful vision of good and evil--but what strikes me as most pleasurable . . . is all the fascinating people moving through a rich and interesting world." --Orson Scott Card on The Wheel of Time