The Gathering Storm

Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time

By: Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading

Length: 32 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Now an original series starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers and listeners around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.

In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?

In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.

In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.

In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.

Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn....

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Critic reviews

"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)

The best wheel of Time book yet.

I finished very fast. I can only hope the last 2 are as good. thanks.

great series

left wanting more and glad the next book is already finished. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

The Dragon Reborn's transformation is incredible.

If you could sum up The Gathering Storm in three words, what would they be?

Fascinating, heart wrenching

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rand'l Thor

What about Michael Kramer and Kate Reading ’s performance did you like?

They do a great job of putting the right emotion into the voices.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I both laughed and cried.

Any additional comments?

Brandon Sanderson does a remarkable job.

I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Brandon Sanderson for being so awesome! The Gathering Storm was just perfect and I have been following the progress of Towers of Midnight! I love this series, the characters and the story. If someone is thinking of hopping back in the saddle and finishing up this series, but has doubts, lay them to rest because it is so worth it! I've listened twice already and will listen again before the debut of the next book, Towers of Midnight. All I can say is well done! Rest in peace, Robert Jordan, you are surely missed by all.

Excellent

One of the best. Well written and well read. Sanderson carries the torch as well as anyone could hope.

The narraters are the same but sound different.

The story is really good, especially because a different author wrote it. The only thing I think that is annoying is that for some reason the narraters have forgotten the voices they have been using for the characters in all elven books, so all the voices that the characters did have are all different in book 12.

Great beginning of the end

I love this book. This is the fourth time listening to it as I write this review and I have to say Brandon Sanderson does Jordan proud. This series was my first epic series of any kind and when I learned that Jordan died I was scared to death the ending would never come. Not only did it get written but it brought me a new favorite author. I have now listened/read every book written by Brandon Sanderson and declare him King of Modern Epic Fantasy!

2 Great author's one amazing book

Sanderson is amazing, and I love his passion for this books. I think he did a fantastic job

The series is in good hands.

I've been a fan (though, not a fanatic) of this series for some fifteen years now, getting into the series sometime after the first three books were in print. It's been an interesting ride, to say the least. I had vowed to myself that I wasn't going to go through the investment of time to reread any of the series until it was complete. This latest book has forced me to reconsider that position. Sanderson does an admirable job of bringing Jordan's world back to life. He suffers from many of the foibles in Jordan's style that tend to make his novels into fluffy monsters of novels (excessive descriptions, almost every character, no matter how minor or briefly on stage, gets a name and likely some kind of history, etc). But, for the first time in a while, this book really puts the series back in motion and it finally feels like it is drawing to a conclusion. The action around the main characters is intense and there are majors changes that happen over the course of this book. I've been with these characters for a long time now and I'd missed hearing from them for so long. I think the finale is in good hands and, while it will be hard to say goodbye, I look forward to seeing how this grand tale will end.

Now, this is the first time I've "read" a WoT novel as an audiobook. I do think that Jordan/Sanderson's excessive descriptions and details work better in a spoken presentation like this. I think the two readers did an excellent job bringing the characters alive and giving the presentation the weight it deserves. I do think Mr. Kramer needs a better recording setup, however. It often sounds like I'm listening to him through a tube, with some odd background echo. It wasn't enough to compromise my understanding, and I probably wouldn't have picked up on it so much if it were for Ms. Reading's audio quality being so much better. Still, this is an excellent story and presentation and deserves the full five stars.

great book

loved it. the series seemed to be dragging so I was just going to listen to the last three books to come to the conclusion. this book has me so excited for the next two I cant stand it.