The Wheel of Timeis an epic fantasy series consisting of 15 books written by the late authorRobert Jordan.

Saying nothing happens in this novel isn’t even an exaggeration–literally nothing happens.

The main problem is that it’s far too short.

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It’s the shortest of them all at around 350 pages.

There’s also some debate about when one should read it.

But there is one major issue fans take with it.

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Well, no, because Rand doesn’t really appear in the book much at all.

Well, it doesn’t quite match up to say the least.

This is when things get even darker than they’ve been.

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Thisfeeling of impending doom serves the series pretty well, and inspires some excitement as well as some anxiety.

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the front cover of ‘crossroads of twilight’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘the path of daggers’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘a crown of swords’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘winter’s heart’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘new spring’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘the dragon reborn’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘knife of dreams’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘lord of chaos’ by robert jordan

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the front cover of ‘the gathering storm’ by robert jordan & brandon sanderson

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the front cover of ‘towers of midnight’ by brandon sanderson and robert jordan

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