Print Word PDF This section contains 710 words (approx. If you fall in love with the books, don’t stop exploring-there’s a whole world of video games, roleplaying games, and even soundtracks to get lost in. Robert Jordan This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Great Hunt. The series changed hands for the final three volumes, owing to Jordan’s death in 2007, but with a treasure trove of notes from the author's personal archive, fantasy favorite Brian Sanderson managed to bring the titanic story home, just as Jordan intended.ĭrawing on global mythologies about the cyclical nature of time, as well as familiar themes of fate and free will, The Wheel of Time looms large in the literary canon as a definitive work that both subverted and expanded what’s possible for epic fantasy. Season One of Amazon’s series is expected to span only the first installment, The Eye of the World, so we recommend starting there, then plowing through the ensuing books in their publication order. We’ve spelunked our way through The Wheel of Time to bring you this roadmap to the sprawling series, with guidance on how best to navigate the novels and what to expect from each outing. For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. (And you thought Dune was convoluted!) The unacquainted would be forgiven for wondering how best to scale the mountain. In The Great Hunt, the second novel in Robert Jordan's 1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time (R), Rand al'Thor and his companions set out to retrieve a powerful magical artifact from The Dark One's Shadowspawn.

Despite the series’ global popularity, with over ninety million copies sold, the saga isn’t for the faint of heart, clocking in at fifteen dense books, 2782 named characters, and thousands of pages. But, be warned, the barrier to entry is steep. The Wheel of Time has just arrived on Amazon Prime Video, all but ensuring that Robert Jordan’s best-selling series is about to captivate legions of new readers. Lord of the Rings isn't the only set of fantasy novels getting the big budget screen treatment courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan