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The Wheel of Time (abbreviated tWoT, WOT, or WoT) is a fantasy book series written by Robert Jordan, notable for the extreme density of its plotting, the intricate detail of its imaginary world, its generally pessimistic tone in which almost anything that can go wrong eventually does, and the lifelike complexity of relationships and interactions between characters, both individually and collectively. Jordan is considered in some circles to be the spiritual heir to the high fantasy style popularized by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is interesting that when creating names in the series, Jordan used names and words of foreign languages, or even English, starting with Shai'tan (the prime evil force of the series, also known as the Dark One), and especially visible in names of Trolloc clans (Dha'vol, Kho'bol, etc). The intended impression is that the world in which the series is set might be our own world at some different point on the Wheel of Time.When asked how many more books the series will contain, the author has been quoted as saying, "not less than 3 more" (as of book 9).
The series has spawned video game and tabletop role-playing game adaptations.
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Robert Jordan's novels concern one particular war between the Shadow and the Light. It has been three thousand years since the last War of Power, in which Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon, succeeded in re-sealing the hole on the Dark One's prison. Unfortunately, in revenge, the Dark One managed to taint saidin, the male half of the One Power, resulting in inevitable madness for any male channeler. The Dragon Reborn, then, is viewed with both hope and fear. On the one hand, he is the only force who can stop the Dark One from rising. On the other hand, Lews Therin was such a powerful channeler that he was able to level mountain ranges single-handedly--and did so, once the taint had got ahold of him. Female channelers, the Aes Sedai, have spent the past three thousand years hunting down and summarily culling out of the herd any man who can channel. For reasons beyond their understanding, the incidence of channeling women has also gone down. Into this situation, the Dragon is born again. He will be the only one who can stop the Dark One from winning.
There is a short story available on the web, "The Strike at Shayol Ghul", which predates the main series by several thousand years. That story is also found in The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (ISBN 0-312-86219-9), an official hardcover guide to the Wheel of Time published in November 1998.
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In the beginning, there was the Creator, who made the Wheel of Time, which spins the Pattern of the Ages using the lives of men as its threads. The Wheel has seven spokes, each representing an age, and it is rotated by the One Power. The One Power is divided into male and female halves, saidin and saidar, which work in opposition to drive the Wheel; those who can touch this power and use it in their works are known as channelers. There was also the Dark One, whom the Creator imprisoned, sealing him away from the Wheel. At some point, though, the Dark One was freed by the machinations of well-meaning people. Thus the taint of the Shadow was felt upon the world. The Dark One gathered followers to himself and began his efforts to conquer the world, creation, even the Wheel itself. Against them rose the Dragon, who led the forces of Light against the legions of evil. The war was fought, and the Light won, for the Dark One did not gain dominion over the Wheel of Time. As the ages passed, the Wheel spun, the Dark One gathered his power again, until the time inevitably came when he would try again. So the cycle continued through innumerable centuries: the Dark One rose, and the Dragon was Reborn, spun out by the Wheel to fight the battle again.Books in series (so far)
There is also a prequel novella, "New Spring"
in the Legends anthology edited by Robert Silverberg. The novella was expanded into a standalone novel-length version, New Spring, that was published in January 2004.See also
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