Crossroads of Twilight

Book Ten of The Wheel of Time

By: Robert Jordan

Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer

Length: 26 hrs and 4 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

"Has all the breadth and depth that have made this fantasy author one of the acknowledged greats of the genre." (Publishers Weekly)

Weakest Plot So Far

Feels like a bunch of short stories crammed into a book, mostly unrelated to one another. The end result is a feeling that this is just a book to get us to the next one. Very little of real substance seems to happen, and there is no real climax. This is just a bridge to the rest of the series.

Alright/ not as good as the others

Not much happened compared to the other books, still a very good story just not as eventful.

pretty good

idk why you're reading the reviews, your 9 books deep. You know what you're going to do.

Great series I loved all the books

As good as Toilken I love the whole series. It’s not adaptable to TV though

Don't expect a climax and you'll be fine

Don't expect a climax and you'll be fine. It's a great series with lots of plot lines. This one puts all of our characters in very exciting situations, I'm excited for the next book

length and amount of plot detail and depth confusing

although the wheel of time series has been very enjoyable, this volume is overrun with extraordinary amounts of character and plot detail to test even the most sharpest recall and memory as applied to the characters and abundance of undercurrents and schemes. it opens several different initiatives with each group of characters, and just when the reader would expect some conclusion yet another scattered story comes forth without conclusion throughout. Virtually all the problems that evolve or mysteries presented never seemingly come to any conclusion, but rather are left open-ended with more subjectivity. The entire volume ends with nothing but questions and unfinished status for practically every story thread within.

One of the best fantasy series out there

Don’t be put off by the horrible, woke garbage Amazon mini series the books are amazing

only 2 small criticisms...

First, and I suppose the largest problem I have, is that, while I love almost everything about these books, the author makes women out to be a controlling, know it all hell bitch and men weak and spineless ninnies. And that feeling has only grew larger with each book but at the same time my love for the Wheel of Time has only grown larger as the story progressed because of the masterful story telling Robert Jordan does. it is truly epic. Also, because this has truly become a cult following, I would suggest the fan website of googling The Wheel of Time wiki page. It is such an in dept resource on EVERY book and character. But beware, spoilers ahead. For myself, who gets so involved it can cause ACTUAL anxiety, it was a godsend.

And lastly, and only a SMALL observance, for someone like myself who has been a horse nerd and rode since I could walk, one of my pet peeves are books that have horses in it where the author OBVIOUSLY knows nothing about horses. I can tell the folks like myself that this isn't the case with these books. it actually has taken me to this book, book 10, to figure out that Robert Jordan either isnt a horse person at all or is just not very experienced. The way he describes the horses colors and tack must purely be researched. And 2 things made me realize it. One he always describes horses "nipping at each other." Anyone who has ridden well trained and consistently ridden horses know that's USUALLY not how they act. But what sinched this mostly for me was the fact that at one point he describes a stable hand helping Elaine off her horse by cupping his hands for her foot. Every single horse person knows that is only done to boost someone ONTO a horse and to get off you simply swing your leg over and either use the stirrup to lower yourself slowly or gently push yourself away and fall down. Like I said, it's a pet peeve lol.

So yeah, not much to complain about. And if that's all an avid 10-20 a month book nerdy book reader can find to complain about amongst the artifally written magic, world and people building then it's DEFINITELY worth spending the money/credit to listen to. But word of warning... you'll get hooked so be prepared to spend more.

Dragon Reborn

There is a word in Spanish, which has no translation to English, it is "desenfado". "Enfado", means angriness, to be in a hurry, and the suffix "des" 'means lack of', one of my favorite writers says he likes the "desenfado" of the blues....
That is what I like about Jordan, and yes, the book is not action-filled like some other, but variety is very important when it comes to listing the qualities of a writer. I like fast books, with a climax (this last seems to be the word of the hour :) such as The DaVinci Code, and that is why is there, but if you want to kick back and read with desenfado, get this book. If you want to try how much of a desenfadado you are, get The Hours :)

Saludos :)

PS : This book made me pick up the Dragon Reborn again, I have no clue why :)

Not the best of the series.

While most of the series has lots of action, this book works to bring us up to date on where everyone is and what they're doing in the vast Jordan universe. There were parts I'm glad I didn't miss but can't think of one right now.