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The Eye of the World

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

"These veteran narrators keep the plot moving and the narration fresh" (AudioFile Magazine)

This program is read by Audie Award-winning narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, and includes a bonus interview with the author.

Now an original series starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

The first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®.

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.

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 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

Listen to more books in The Wheel of Time series.
©1990 Robert Jordan (P)1996 Books on Tape, Inc.

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"Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal." (The New York Times)

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Great book!

I've read this book multiple times and still love it. It's interesting to hear the audio version.

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Excellent saga

Characters are easy to relate to and make you want to follow them on to the next

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very enjoyable

the story develops in a way that you can clearly see the characters mature. at times the pace can be a little slow and the description of the emotional responses of the characters can be a little basic, but very good overall. I look forward to the remainder of the series.

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Excellent readers, for a really good story

This first in the series sets up so many twists that occur in the next 13 books it is amazing how much the author had in his head from the beginning. Thouroughly enjoyed this story, I find I wonder what the characters are doing as we switch back and forth through the book.

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My Inspiration

Robert Jordan and Tad Williams have always been my two biggest sources of inspiration in terms of my writing and animating and this book right here is what started it all. I have started Eye of the World many, many times, but have only finished it once (twice by the time I started writing this) and it's always been amazing. It's so fluid and detailed the fore-shadowing is done amazingly well and it perfectly reflects one of the over-arching themes of this book. It's slow to start off, but when it picks up… it picks up.

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Fantasy on an epic scale.

amazing story that is familiar while being extremely original. coming of age epic that bring so many great ideas to the table. if you love LOTR this will tickle that same feeling the Tolkien books did. the story presents a world rich in lore and secrets undiscovered in a diffrent way but all so familiar.

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Chapters don't match up?

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I am enjoying the story so far, my only problem is that the chapters in the audio book when I access them on my app do not match with the book. I want to be able to switch back and forth between reading the book and listening to it. It is difficult when there are 2 chapters included in what is showing to be just one chapter. It is difficult to read a chapter in my book then have to go searching through the audio to find where the next one starts. It is frustrating. Please tell me I am the only one with this issue and this is a glitch that can be fixed.

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I love everything but!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I have! Many times! The more people who I get turned on to WOT, the better!

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Ok so this is an admittedly small problem but it is consistent across all the books the these two narrators do together. They. Don't. Agree. On. Pronunciation. Between. Themselves.

This means that when the story switches from Kate to Michael, or vice versa, they could be saying names very differently and it throws things off.

Besides that, they are both excellent!

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excellent book, could have been broken up better

I enjoyed this book a great deal, however I did not like the fact that each sectionof the Audiobook did not match up with chapters of the actual book. otherwise an excellent listen, though.

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excellent read

this was an awesome book i have wanted to start the series since high school many many years ago and found the written copy slow to read the audio book solved this truly a god send

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