Winter's Heart by Robert JordanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
In the ninth main entry of the late Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, which he like many of its predecessors dedicates to his wife Harriet, Rand and Min are on the run, with Cadsuane in Cairhien attempting to determine his destination. Meanwhile, Mazrim Taim, who leads the Black Tower, might just be a phony, with Faile and company being an inmate of Sevanna’s Sept. A Prophet, Elyas Machera Berelain, and an army of desperate forces accompany Perrin through country life with nomadic Seanchan. Finally, in Ebou Dar, the Daughter of the Nine Moons, a Seanchan princess, comes, while in Tar Valon, Elaida’s White Tower experiences internal strife.
The book itself opens with a fictitious quotation from the Prophecies of the Dragon that “inspires” the tale’s title, with a prologue updating the reviewer on multiple characters. The main chapters open with Tanchico having new masters with peculiar customs, with Perrin struggling to adapt to the winter in the meantime, having dreams of wolves as he had in prior installments. Several chapters follow Elayne as she rides with her entourage through places such as Caemlyn, and Mat struggles with broken bones. Overall, this entry is pretty much on par with its predecessors for better or worse, and, while dense at points, is recommended to those who liked its precursors.
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