false 9539 21 The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn..... 6591373 book 15 9 1992 The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time, #4) total:9264|5:2990|4:3660|3:2137|2:373|1:102| 9264 36855 11202 211 4 3 false false Tue Mar 31 08:35:03 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 08:35:16 -0700 2009
In The Shadow Rising, things start to slow down. In fact, it often feel like the reading of the story must take longer than it took for the events to actually occur.

Part of the problem is that Mr Jordan tells us nearly everything except when the characters make a bow...more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:31:32 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 21:26:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 19:33:15 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 13:44:39 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 19:33:15 -0700 2009
A book of Jordan's series I liked. From Perrin's point of view (which helped me).

This book was starting to become humorous with all the love lines happening. Men were trying to protect the women but being stubborn when the women would not yield to t...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 05:26:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:35:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 14:24:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:28:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 21 22:49:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 22:49:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Dec 22 11:05:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 11:08:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 15:13:35 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:45:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Thu Oct 08 08:53:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:53:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 17:29:36 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:09:44 -0700 2009
the idea of rand al thor going to the Waste Lands and uniting the Aiels were pretty good and the overthrow of the current amytheran (?) seat was a good idea too but the overall plot seemed kind of forced and not as whole hearted as the first th...more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 06:53:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 07:32:47 -0700 2009 The Dragon Reborn), The Shadow Rising. This book focuses more on the fulfillment of prophecy and gives tantalizing hints of what was lost when Age of Legends ended in the Breaking of the World. I don't intend ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 17:34:05 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 18:10:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Sep 04 14:00:39 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 06:26:30 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:09:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:59:31 -0700 2009 1
When I first started reading it, I was enthusiastic, but that quickly waned. The first third of the book felt like a history textbook. Dates, names, places. ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 20:00:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 08:40:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 06 18:12:33 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 19 13:12:21 -0700 2009 Audible.com members)brought out an extra dimension of understanding. This was the fourth book in the series, but the last of the very best of the se...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 07 12:10:55 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 13:39:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 06 07:51:11 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 09:41:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 04 07:14:21 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 11 10:29:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 11:19:57 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 12:44:54 -0700 2008 Rand, Moiraine, Lan, Mat, Egwene, and the Aiel take a po...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=9539