The Last Battle has started. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership.
Al The end draws near All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won.
The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost. The end draws near. Get A Copy. Hardcover , First Edition , pages. More Details Original Title.
The Wheel of Time Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Towers of Midnight , please sign up. Does the book- series have simple languange-vocabulary? I'm planning on reading it in english although it's not my native language. Janith Pathirage Yes it does. It's light but crafty writing. You're gonna enjoy this series quite a lot. But make sure to read them in the order otherwise you'll get b …more Yes it does.
But make sure to read them in the order otherwise you'll get bit confused. I recommend to read , then pick the prequel book 0 "New Spring" and then read book 13 and Is it possible to read this as a stand alone and still have everything make sense? Sky No. Nothing will make sense. You'll be completely lost from the first page and you'll get an incredibly unsatisfying ending.
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MAT No question there. You're talking to the guy who spent four consecutive books s The Ta'veren Tavern A one-act play by Zach The Ta'veren Tavern, a passably nice watering hole with very few patrons. You're talking to the guy who spent four consecutive books smelling emotions and shopping for barley. It's certainly nice to kick some ass again.
But Rand, you have to admit RAND Quit trying to smell me and spit it out, wolf boy. Don't you think? I mean, blood and ashes, the clouds part wherever you go, the plants beneath your feet grow again, and you're even wearing peasant's clothing! MAT Can we stop with the "blood and ashes" and "mother's milk in a cup" already, Perrin? Nobody thinks that counts as fucking swearing. You would think the change in author would have put a stop to that flaming idiocy. Fucking hell, I just did it again.
He does have a point, though, Rand. RAND Well excuse me for being the savior of all humankind. I'm not the one who decided to make the "Dark One's touch upon the world" and "bubbles of evil" a thing way back in book four.
They had to tie up that loose end at some point. MAT Take it easy, Messiah. You and your stupid dice rattling in your skull -- that has to be the worst foreshadowing gimmick in the history of literature. Explain to me again how the luckiest man alive gets so anxious every time he hears dice, anyway.
I had better see a shitload of wolves at the Last Battle or you have some serious explaining to do. We can't all just climb a mountain named after us and have a mystical revelation. Suddenly, the door slams open. RAND I'm afraid he's right, my loves. Girls don't get to be ta'veren. The women accomplish at least as much as you men folk do. I healed stilling, for the Light's sake! Even Aes Sedai of the Age of Legends couldn't do that.
And have you already forgotten how I helped you cleanse the taint from saidin? MAT Tell us again about how you "cleansed the taint," Nynaeve.
I single-handedly held together the world's entire collection of female channelers and fought off an attack by the Seanchan. And my subplot was the only consistently interesting one during those four or five books where Mat and Perrin were basically killing time or traveling somewhere.
Tell me about it. MIN I'm doing all this historical research and having visions of the light-blasted future all the time, but do I get any credit? Aviendha is leading her entire people to the last battle, but does she get to be ta'veren? You have toh. The point is, we're contributing more to this story than you boys most of the time, and we want recognition for it.
Min says I'm invincible until I give birth! Most of us, at any rate. Especially my three beautiful sister-wives. It's the Pattern that says you don't get to be ta'veren. My hands, er, hand is tied. MAT For fuck's sake, just say bullshit. Now you listen to me, you three puffed up set pieces. We are not going anywhere until we get membership to this tavern, and that is final.
RAND Perrin's right. Incidentally, don't all of you have somewhere to be? We are late for our lessons in translating English cliches into colorful fantasy adages. They leave the Tavern as if drawn out against their will. RAND Works every time.
But at least this series is good again, right? MAT Too right. And even better, it's almost fucking over.
RAND I'll drink to that. They finish their drinks. View all 27 comments. All of these books are like best friends to me Happy Reading! View 2 comments. Penultimate book of Wheel of Time, Sanderson took the things several notch up and tied many of the loose ends in a grand way. How can things be any different? After all, Mr. Sanderson is a master of making everything grand and epic. This series has been epic right from the start, so Sanderson giving it the finishing touch was icing on the cake.
Talking about the plot will mean giving away spoilers, so I will just ramble about my favorite characters. This book marks the return of Perrin Aybara as Penultimate book of Wheel of Time, Sanderson took the things several notch up and tied many of the loose ends in a grand way. This book marks the return of Perrin Aybara as the warrior who has grown so much stronger and confident in his powers. I had lost all my hopes of seeing Perrin to his full potential.
We saw only a glimpse of that power of his in Shadow Rising, which book 4, and his story arc has been going downward ever since. All his days started with worrying about Faile and ended with trying to convince her that she's his one and only. Eight books of this, and yeah, it bored me to death. And yes, he had my respect and my faith restored in him by the time I turned the last page of this book.
I didn't like Mat from the very start. When people who have read the series said that Mat was one of their favorite character, I used to think, "What is that I am missing? He don't deserve all that love. He is a coward. But he has come a long way from the first book. Somewhere after book 5 he started growing on me and he just got better.
And here he outshine himself. The things he did in this book, I never thought he was capable of those sacrifices. Let's be honest, he is a selfish man and always put his interests first, so him acting so selflessly stumped me. Oh, and he rescued a beloved character, and I think I fell under his spell a little more.
Third person who mattered in this book was Egwene. From a village girl to one of the fiercest Aes Sedai, her journey was spectacular yup, I have forgiven her thoughts of where she thought of boxing boys' ears or teaching someone a lesson will change the world.
Seriously, she has been the star of the last few books, and this book too was hers in more than one way. She is stubborn but she knows what she's doing.
We all make mistakes but learning from them and moving forward not repeating those mistakes is what makes Egwene such a charismatic character. Excellent writing, and a fast pace made this book a pleasure to read. With such a huge cast and an epic story to tell, I think Sanderson did a fantastic job here. Aug 16, Books with Brittany rated it really liked it.
Alright, BS! So close to the end This was soooooo good! I am left with no words which I have not used before, to praise this series, world, magic, characters, plot, writing, and pure genius of the author and the series creator! I love it so much!!!
Anything I attempt to say would only be useless fan-girling, so I am just going to repeat one thing - to all Fantasy fans, you have to read this series!!! It is the one I consider as the standard all other series have to live up to! But don't listen to me, check it out for yourself!
I wish you all Happy Reading and many wonderful books to come!!! View all 26 comments. Feb 15, Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it Shelves: fiction , 21th-century , epic , united-states , fantasy. Because of the amount of material to cover, it was agreed by Jordan's wife, Tor Books and Brandon Sanderson to break the final book into three separate books.
All three books are written by Sanderson with the aid of extensive notes left by the late Jordan. I read this book on a train ride from St.
Pancras to Gatwick, and a flight from there to JFK. In a 1-hour train ride and a 7-hour flight. It was difficult to read while opening and eating the meals served on the plane, and equally difficult to concentrate while the flight attendant was asking whether I was aware there was a video screen as well to which I politely replied "Yes, thank you. Wheel of Time review I read this book on a train ride from St. View all 12 comments.
Sep 15, Alex Nieves rated it it was amazing. Absolutely brilliant Wheel of Time book and holy crap, I only have one more left. View 1 comment. Jan 25, Gavin rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy.
This 14th WoT book was another fun one. It is so easy to get caught up in the happenings of this familiar world and its massive cast of characters really do feel like old friends by this stage! He might do a few things differently from Jordan but the one thing he does deliver is a well paced story that has very few dull spots. The story itself was engaging and interesting as all our favourite characters got themselves and their This 14th WoT book was another fun one.
The story itself was engaging and interesting as all our favourite characters got themselves and their followers ready for the Last Battle. The stars of this instalment were Rand and Nynaeve. Both are developing into characters that are easy to love and respect. You just feel that with this pair the forces of the Light actually stand a fighting chance!
So how did it go for the others. Spoilers ahead! Mat: I still feel like he is the character that suffers most in the change from Jordan to Sanderson. He is more like a proto-Wayne than the Mat of old. That said, I think I'm getting used to the new Mat's flaws in the same way I got used to the old Mat's flaws. His story arc in this one was pretty interesting.
We finally got that rescue mission to the Tower of Ghenjei and it did not disappoint. Perrin: His story arc was a real mixed bag. It had some really good moments mixed in with some really dull ones. On the plus side this book was massive in terms of character development for Perrin. It finally feels like the guy is becoming someone I could grow to like again.
Egwene: Her story arc was pretty good and she even managed a few impressive achievements in this one. The negative is that she was far more irritating than she has been in the last few books. She is adopting some of that infuriating Aes Sedai arrogance. Elayne: She was completely ignored by Sanderson in his first WoT book but did feature fairly prominently in this one. Her story arc was pretty interesting with her consolidating her power in Andor and trying to claim the Sun Throne. The downside is that as a character this was by far Elayne's worst book.
I feel like Sanderson misread her in much the same way he did with Mat. She was used as a comedy relief character, which did provide some amusing moments, but that was definitely to her detriment. Gawyn was his usual idiotic self.
I'm not even feeling his romance with Egwene. Which is a pity as I was feeling it in the early books. The working title Shifting Winds was adopted for a time, [1] but the name was replaced at Brandon Sanderson 's urging in September The title can be taken as a literal reference to the The Towers of Midnight fortress-complex in Imfaral , a city in Seanchan , which has thirteen towers and is thus a reference to the number of the book. It is also a reference to a part of the Prophecies of Shadow, after the Epilogue , which mentions the Towers of Midnight, mostly in regards to Perrin Aybara.
Another possibility is glimpsed at the beginning of the third chapter , when Egwene al'Vere experienced a series of True Dreams , among which is a vision in which "thirteen black towers [stood] A final tower "shook and cracked, collapsing most of the way to the ground.
But then it recovered and grew tallest of all. While there may be thirteen towers in Imfaral, the Forsaken originally numbered thirteen as well.
As of the beginning of the book, only six are living, including Moghedien , Graendal , Mesaana , Demandred , Cyndane and Moridin. The tower that "recovered and grew tallest of all" seems to fit Ishamael 's defeat and death, resurrection as Moridin, and elevation to Nae'blis.
The title could also be in some way a reference to the Black and White Towers or the Tower of Ghenjei , as major plot lines for the series revolve around these towers, as well as the Seven Towers of Malkier. The following commentary comes from MacMillian's fall, catalog. It is the same as the blurb reported to be on the dust jacket.
Moridin gives a dreamspike to Graendal , which blocks Traveling , to trap Perrin so he can be killed by an invading Trolloc army. She in turn orders Slayer to keep it placed in Tel'aran'rhiod so that the Asha'man with Perrin cannot form gateways.
Perrin, who has been improving his Wolf Dream talents with the dead wolf Hopper , finds the dreamspike and starts moving it away. Since he can only jump within the radius of effect of the device, he can only make short hops. He eventually makes his way to Tar Valon , with Slayer chasing him. Rand tells Egwene that he wants to meet her again at the Field of Merrilor in the Borderlands to discuss the situation.
Egwene, alarmed by the plan, sends many letters to rulers asking them to come to the meeting place to oppose it. Many armies gather at their meeting location so that Rand and Egwene can decide the fate of the world.
Following this, Rand moves back toward Bandar Eban, where he performs a Ta'varen action, showing that the city, who thought they were starving, were not going to starve. He also meets The Potato Soldier. Moving through Ghealdan , Perrin Aybara and his followers encounter the Children of the Light , who recently raised Galad Damodred as their leader. Perrin admits he killed Lathin and Yamwick, but denies the other alleged crimes.
Both Galad and Perrin want to avoid a battle over this issue and when Galad discovers his stepmother Morgase Trakand is alive and among the refugees, Galad and Perrin agree to have a trial with Morgase as the judge under Andoran law. Perrin attempts to use the fact that the two men killed his wolf friends as a legal defense, but she judges Perrin to be guilty, since killing wolves in Andor is not a valid legal reason for self-defense.
She suggests that Galad set the sentencing, and Perrin agrees to abide by the ruling after Tarmon Gai'don. Egwene al'Vere plots to find the Forsaken Mesaana. She refuses to bond Gawyn Trakand as a Warder due to his disobedience and continual foiling of her plans.
He sets off Egwene's alarms and wards intended to trap Mesaana while fighting with a Bloodknife , a Seanchan assassin left during the attack on the White Tower. Egwene insists that Mesaana was behind the assassination attempt, and he secretly leaves to visit Elayne Trakand by Traveling since he feels his presence is unappreciated.
In Towers of Midnight , the Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One's prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck.
To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel'aran'rhiod and find a way—at long last—to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.
Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways—the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn—have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men's lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won.
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