The Fires of Heaven? You bet – they were burning hot in this book! Let’s see:
- Rebel Aes Sedai found
- Birgette is in the real world now
- Morgase abandons her throne and flees her country
- A huge battle with tons of Aiel against each other
- Mat displays his exceptional ability at strategery
- Rand Egwene and Avienda fighting with the One Power
- Three Forsaken dead. One captured
- Caerhein and Camelyn are now under the Dragon Banner
Wow – this book was action packed. And you know what the best part was? No Perrin! Sorry man, but your storyline sucks right now. In fact, it has sucked since the beginning. In The Eye of the World, Perrin learned he can communicate with wolves, and soon after he was forced to kill a couple of men in self defence. Since then, he has whined and moaned about everything he’s been forced to do. I’m glad he wasn’t in this book because it would have added suckiness to a great addition to the Wheel of Time.
Beyond that, this was just a fun book to read. The Rand, Mat, and Nynavea/Elayne plotlines moved forward quite a bit. It was odd that Egwene was not involved in more of Rand’s plotline, but as I mentioned in my post on the last book, her path is much different even though she’s physically in the same location as Rand.
Looking ahead, I can see why she didn’t take too much of a part in this book. Elayne and Nynavea needed to get to Salidar before Egwene’s next actions can happen – and I’m really looking forward to that. In fact, I remember the maneuvering in Salidar as one of the most well-written pieces in the entire series. Can’t wait to get there.
On to the next one: Lord of Chaos. And oh man, I’ve only got a few short months to finish the series before A Memory of Light: The Gathering Storm is released (slated for November 3, 2009). I better get reading.
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