The prologue for “The Gathering Storm” – the twelfth book in the “Wheel of Time” series – has just been released and I’ve just finished reading it. Just one word for it – fantastic. Brandon Sanderson filling in for Robert Jordan does a great job in presenting lots of major characters including some juicy Forsaken for our reading pleasure. It may be my imagination or my wishful thinking, but maybe – just maybe – a bit of the clutter that’s been plaguing the series has been cut out.
Viewpoints include the captured suldam and damane who were with Semirhage, a Borderlander who receives a call to arms (Lan would have been cool though), the Forsaken (Graendal, Demandred etc.), the Prophet, and a brief glimpse of Ituralde. I’m pleased to mention that it’s interesting and doesn’t ramble on about fashion too much like the last few books have. Looks like Sanderson has taken note of the deficiencies of the previous books.
This, combined with Chapter One which can be downloaded for free from tor.com leave us salivating for more – true to the spirit of Jordan’s work. You can buy the Prologue for $2.99 if you want – or just wait for the full ebook to come out on the 27th of October 2009. I’ll be first in line to read it!
I'm in Bangalore and none of the book shops seem to have The Gathering Storm in stock!
It's supposed to be published on 27th Oct. It's 27-Oct-09 now. No book.
The pain,
The agony,
The horror,
The rage,
The murder of the publishing industry…
*pant*
You know it's so pissing off when this happens! It's moments like these when you can forgive a guy for going out and just picking it off the Internet.
Anyway, I checked out Google for India shipping and came up with this: http://www.flipkart.com/gathering-storm-robert-jo… – maybe you'll find it worth your while to buy it online…
I am a die hard WOT fan and was just browsing to see if I could get a paperback copy of TGS.
Thanks buddy, for the flipkart tip. I went ahead and ordered my copy there.
Earlier for KOD, I had to wait almost one year before the local Walden store stocked a paperback.
COT was even worse.
Now I would be able to read the book inside of one week from the day of publishing.
@Sarma
You're welcome. Glad to be of service :)