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Firstly I should say I am a real Wheel of Time fan. When I began reading the series, there were four books already published and I rabidly read through them, one after the other, rapt with the sheer brilliance and adventure contained within. Since then I have eagerly awaited the arrival of each new novel. Jordan and Feist led me down this particular genre and quite frankly I find most other types of storytelling to now be very unfulfilling. Anyway, I ramble on...but would just like to say this genre is now favoured by so many brilliant authors that I am forever finding more and more outstanding books to read. Back to Book Eight of The Wheel of Time. It pains me to report that Jordan has hit the doldrums with this latest installment. In particular, the first two hundred pages were extremely tedious. It did get better from then on but never really had me in the "I can't put this down" mode like the first seven (and in particular the first four) books did. The fact that there may be over a year between books also makes it difficult to pick up the threads due to the awesome scope of this long running epic. That and the fact that in between each installment of the Wheel of Time, I read many other books of the same genre which makes remembering the characters and events from the last novel to the latest novel extremely difficult. Really, it had so little impact on me that I couldn't remember finishing it. It turns out that I did, and it wasn't that long ago. Anyway, like most fans who have read this far you wouldn't dream of not reading on. All I can hope for is that book nine regains some of the sheer magic that Jordan captured when he started! Review by Brian
(Juggernaut)
SYNOPSIS - THE PATH OF DAGGERS I've decided it would be futile to write a synopsis for this particular book. Any new readers would be well advised to start with the first book (The Eye of the World) and veterans of The Wheel of Time Series probably don't care what it's about or already know what it's about and either way they are going to read it (if they haven't already done so!)
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The Path of Daggers - Book Eight of the Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, where
he now lives with his wife Harriet, in a house built in 1797. He taught himself to read
when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling
Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College
of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S.
Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with
"V," and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. A history buff, he has also
written dance and theater criticism. He enjoys the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and
sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. He has been
writing since 1977 and intends to continue until they nail shut his coffin.