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The Shadow Rising

By: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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Publisher's summary

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s number one New York Times best-selling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how to wield the One Power.

Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, Rand arrives at the Aiel Waste and is granted permission by the Wise Ones to enter the sacred city of Rhuidean. After passing through a doorframe ter'angreal, Moiraine gains foresight while the Aiel await Rand's return, either with both arms marked by dragon symbols, validating his identity as He Who Comes With the Dawn, the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel - or to never emerge at all.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant number one New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

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Critic reviews

"Jordan's multivolume epic continues to live up to its high ambitions. Complex plotting, an array of strong characters, lavish detail, and a panoramic scope make this series a feast for fantasy aficionados." (Library Journal)

"The fourth volume of the most ambitious American fantasy saga continues to suggest that The Wheel of Time will also be the finest." (Booklist)

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Loved it~

I've read the books several times and it was even more enjoyable to listen to!

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OH MY GOODNESS

Mike and Kate did it again...they brought Robert Jordans epic story to life. Loved it!

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my favorite wheel of time book yet

that dream-like sequence with Rand near the middle was amazing and fascinating. you'll know what it it when you get to it, and I think is reason enough to pick this up and continue the series.

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another chapter In The Wheel Time series

Randall Ford Start to learn about How to meet people in the Wheel of Time Siri

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It just gets better..

Jordan, your work just got better and better. May you rest in peace. Your work will live on.
This novel is full of the seeds of doubt, you think everyone is a dark friend.

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Good Book

its a great book... just has some slow parts that are harder to follow along. I'm ready for the next one. these books have been a good in between Joe Abercrombies Age of Madness and Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. Both I find superior to TWOT, but they are good none the less

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liking it more

best for me yet. the characters are sticking out more than before. I like some of them now.

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not a lot happens in this book until final quarter

need to read it to continue the Wheel of Time series, but this one is a slog until the last quarter of the book.

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too much for one book.

this should have been 2 books. I am still waiting for some of the characters to grow up and take seriously their tasks at hand.

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Excellent listen with a mostly excellent reading

The story is excellent and the narrators contribute very well to the story by the way the present the story. The only problem is that there is some pronunciation differences between K&M, but they did not affect my understanding of the text.

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