A memory of light kindle edition

A woman who had hunted the truth before others could. A woman who had given her life, then had it returned. That woman still fought. It was about a man whose family was taken from him, but who stood tall in his sorrow and protected those he could.

The first edition of the novel was published in January 8th , and was written by Robert Jordan. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Hardcover format. The main characters of this fantasy, fiction story are Rand al'Thor, Nynaeve al'Meara. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator. See all 13 questions about A Memory of Light….

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Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time.

But it was a beginning. They reached off of the page and grabbed me, pulling me into a world so vivid, so real that it seems as though I should be able to visit it on my next vacation.

It was a long book for an eleven year old to read, but read it I did, and have many times since, both awaiting and dreading this day. The day when "The Wheel of Time" came to an end. It is hard to say exactly how I feel about such a thing. I have spent two thirds of my entire life wishing that this series would never end, but at the same time, dying to read its conclusion. And now, as I look to tomorrow, for the first time since my childhood, I no longer have a "Wheel of Time" book to look forward to.

Everything that begins inevitably has an end, and "The Wheel of Time" is no exception. It is over. It is done. It has come to an end. And oh what an end it was. When Robert Jordan died, I felt as though I'd lost a good friend. The two of us had never met, nor had we ever spoken, but I feel that I knew him. The books that he left behind are full of his personality, his humor, his views on the world. His books have brought me together to meet some of my dearest friends, and have influenced my career choices.

Jordan and "The Wheel of Time" have had a huge impact on my life. I was apprehensive of any author taking the helm and finishing the story in his absence. You don't just replace an old friend with a shiny new one like nothing has happened. However, Brandon Sanderson, while not perfect, has exceeded my expectations in finishing these final volumes.

I am grateful to him for taking the time and the effort to do the absolute best that he was capable of doing to make these books as good as they have turned out. I don't even know how to describe this book. I just don't know the words for it. Epic is so overused these days that it has almost become meaningless. Exquisite, maybe? No, no, that sounds like I'm plagiarizing the book.

I'll go with that one. This book is glorious. It is magnificent. It is the culmination of a fourteen book series that has spanned across twenty-two years of my life, and its end left me teary-eyed and speechless.

I like to avoid saying that a book is the best that I have ever read, because such generalizations are usually rather silly. Not to mention the fact that without the thirteen books that come before this one to build such a firm, solid foundation for it, "A Memory of Light" is rather meaningless on its own. However, within my all-time favorite book series, this one has become my favorite book, and it is one of the most spectacular endings to any story I have ever had the pleasure to read.

Supporting characters bite it by the dozens in ridiculously heroic ways, the world comes inches from destruction, balancing upon the choices of a single man, Rand Al'thor. Trollocs have flooded out of the Blight, laying entire nations to waste, and the combined forces of the Light meet them on all fronts, but when Demandred arrives in the thick of battle, leading the combined might of Shara, they are forced into retreat.

Everything falls upon Mat Cauthon, the only general remaining on the field. He gathers everything to the Fields of Merrilor for a last, desperate stand against the forces of the Shadow. There is no retreat. There is victory, or there is death. Men, women, children, the elderly, everyone who can hold a weapon, fight, or help in any way flocks to his banners to defend the world from the oncoming tide of oblivion as Mat plays the greatest game of his life.

He matches his skills as a general against those of Demandred, the greatest general that the Shadow has ever had to offer. Outnumbered four to one, Mat's only hope lies in his luck, and in the timely arrival of the Horn of Valere. Demandred rants and raves, shouting for Rand to show himself and fight, and many champions of the Light throw themselves against him, seeking to behead the beast, the seeming only chance of victory, only to fall to his blade.

Characters begin dropping left and right, some of them I expected, but others came as a complete shock to me. Close to the Dark One, time changes, and mere hours stretch into weeks on the outside, as the forces of the Light are pounded nearly to submission.

He and the Dark One struggle against one another, a mere mortal standing up to a universal force, and finally coming to the realization of what his purpose in the grand scheme of things has always been.

In the end, triumph over the Shadow can only be bought at the price of hundreds of thousands of brave, heroic lives. For even if Rand succeeds, the armies of the enemy still threaten the world. The Good? This book is all battles, characters dying heroic deaths, doing things that are ridiculously awesome, and generally blowing up just about everything. Normally, a book that was all action, and not much else, would be a bad thing. But, the thing is, "The Wheel of Time" has earned this ending.

It has earned the right to give us nothing but action for an entire book through thirteen previous books building up to this point. One could say that the entire book is in, and of itself, just one gigantic, explosive climax, though it does still have a narrative, and build to a glorious climax all of its own.

Even now, at the end, characters still show that they can learn, grow and develop as people. Rand, Egwene, Perrin, Mat, Pevara, Logain, and even Olver all have very satisfying character growth throughout the fight. This book is exquisitely written. Brandon Sanderson did an excellent job of filling in for Robert Jordan. I cannot thank him enough for working so hard to complete these final three volumes as well as he did.

It is true that Sanderson's grasp of military tactics is not as keen as Jordan's were, and so he did something brilliant. He didn't focus on the tactics as Jordan likely would have.

He focused on the characters instead, and that more than fills in his lack of experience with arraying armies and the like. I found myself cheering out loud in many places, and getting choked up at others. It was hard to see characters that I have grown up with dying by the handfuls, but the things that they did, and the feats that they accomplished were such a fitting end to them.

This entire book was pure, unadulterated, fan service from page one to the end. It was the payoff for all of our faithful reading and waiting. Everything you ever wanted to see happen in a "Wheel of Time" book does and more. Almost every single character that has played more than a bit role in the series, and is still alive at this point, did something heroic.

No one was left out. Everyone was the hero, even nameless, faceless farmers who took up weapons to fight. And I really liked that.

The Bad? There is only one teeny, tiny nitpick I have about this book. A few of the early battles in the book, before Mat's last stand, do get a little repetitive and some people may find them to be a little boring because of it.

But once the true last battle begins, I promise you, you will be riveted and completely unable to force yourself to put it down. This was a glorious climax to a glorious series. It was worth the wait. It was worth the books in the middle of the series where the story slowed down and focused more on politics. It was even worth slogging through "Crossroads of Twilight".

I really just don't even know how to tell you how good this book was. If you've made it this far in the series, you will not be disappointed. It is one of the most satisfying endings to anything that I have ever had the pleasure to witness, and I thank God that I ever picked up the first book all those years ago for it. It's such a fitting title.

Even more so considering the author's untimely demise. So long as there is light in the world, we, the fans, will never forget. James Oliver Rigney Jr. Thank you, my friend, for everything. May the light shine forever upon you and yours.

Though you are gone from this world, your memory remains, as does your legacy. May they never fade or falter. This wind, it was not the ending. There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time.

But it was an ending. It was such a beautiful way of bringing things to an end. Most of my life I read about the winds that were beginnings, and now, this one, brought an end. Check out my other reviews.

Also, some time ago, Brandon Sanderson ran a charity fundraiser. For a mere ten dollars, a person could have their name and general description entered into a drawing.

These names would be pulled out whenever Sanderson needed to give a character a name. He would try to work in the person's description as much as possible, and change the person's name to fit within the world of "The Wheel of Time". Much to my surprise and childlike glee, my name was drawn the very day that I entered it.

In the chapter titled "The Last Battle" on page , a little more than halfway down, you will find a character named Allin being yelled at by Uno who shares my general description. That's where I was used. Amongst the best ten bucks that I've ever spent, I think.

View all 75 comments. Jan 07, Omar rated it it was amazing. I started reading this series when I was Today, at 23, I managed to get a copy off my friend a day early. I got it just after work, and I've had a few hours to myself.

It's midnight, and I haven't stopped reading. I'm sure I'll have to blog about the immensity of this series, and what it's meant to me, once I'm done, but for now, I just wanted to give a quick, spoiler-free update: this book is essentially a page battle sequence involving dozens of characters, and spanning an entire world.

I have two main reactions to this though I'm only halfway through. The second is the slightly more measured, year-old student of writing, who is quite simply in awe of this staggering achievement, this colossal work of art, woven of so many delicate strands. The level of detail, the timing, the pacing, to bring it to this point Robert Jordan, you magnificent bastard, I love you. EDIT: I finished the book a few hours ago. I'm so very glad that I was able to use work as a means to extend the reading experience beyond one burned-out marathon.

This way, over two and a half days, I was able to space it out and luxuriate in it. If ever there was a book to be savoured, it is this one. It was, for me, the greatest storytelling experience I've ever had, and likely will ever have.

Three decades in the making, twelve years in the reading, such an astonishing journey. It defies belief. How, with such astronomical expectations, was it pulled off? I don't know. Likely, I never will, and I'm not sure I even want to - some mysteries are necessary. My reactions, in case you're wondering, are the same at the end as they were midway through.

And okay, yes, there were some tears, it wasn't all manly exclamations but so what? Lastly, 'A Silence Like Screaming' remains my favourite chapter title ever. Wonderful, wonderful stuff. View all 9 comments. Feb 01, Robin Bridge Four rated it really liked it Shelves: buddy-read , super-sidekicks , kick-ass-heroines , reads , awesome-audio , bb-b , beware-the-bermuda-love-triangle , fantastic-fantasy , stars. Well here we are and it is finally over.

It has been so long and yet not long enough. Although I believe that Sanderson might give him a Well here we are and it is finally over. Although I believe that Sanderson might give him a run for his money.

The characters were infuriating. One of my biggest pet peeves of the entire series was Rand and his Three loves view spoiler [I really hated that in the end I never felt like he loved any of them. Maybe Min…. If you are a huge fantasy reader then I think this is one of those series you have to tackle sometime in your life. There are a few slower books that ooze of worldbuilding, political maneuvering and characters but no serious plot movement and then there are the final 4 books of the series that are amazing and it feels like everything happened in.

There are things I loved in this series and things I really hated but overall I enjoyed the journey I went on. Some people died that I thought were safe and it was heartbreaking. But then there are those heroic moments that original cast from the Two Rivers Rand, Mat, Perrin, Egwene and Nynaeve got to have and each one shone bright at the end no matter how they were dragged into their destiny.

Still it is the end and for some of the side characters I wanted a little more info, hell for some of the main characters I wanted to know more. I was very interested in the directions that some of the people left were going to take. My hat is off to Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson for undertaking this massive fantasy series. It is an amazing journey that I might one day take again because the wheel weaves as the wheel wills and there is no beginning and there are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time.

February Read With the Fantasy Fanatics of View all 36 comments. Feb 22, seak rated it it was amazing Shelves: Holy cow, I finished! Only took me 15 years! Hey, I have a booktube channel Youtube for book reviews! Please subscribe, it helps a ton! View all 43 comments. Utterly exhausted, emotionally drained and cried rivers by the time I read the last page. Loved it and will definitely reread it. View all 16 comments. The final Wheel of Time book is a superb ending to a series that, without a doubt, is one of the greatest written accomplishments in the genre.

While the series is not without some issues, Robert Jordan with some help from Brandon Sanderson has cemented his legacy with this epic that will endure through the ages and has given me endless hours of reading enjoyment and will do so again in the future.

Thank you, Mr Jordan. The wind rose high and free, to soar in an open sky with no clouds. It passed The final Wheel of Time book is a superb ending to a series that, without a doubt, is one of the greatest written accomplishments in the genre.

It passed over a broken landscape scattered with corpses not yet buried. A landscape covered, at the same time, with celebrations. It tickled the branches of trees that had finally begun to put forth buds. The wind blew southward, through knotted forests, over shimmering plains and toward lands unexplored. Sep 08, Books with Brittany rated it it was amazing. What can I say? I actually felt like I got punched in the gut listening to this book end. I cried actual tears. I will discuss flaws imo in my review to come.

Wow, what a ride. First thought upon completing WoT… I need to immediately reread. Am I even okkkkk?! View all 5 comments. Oct 01, Gene rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy. Ladies and gentlemen, this is it: the conclusion of the biggest fantasy epic to-date. Does it justify reading the series? Yes, but I need to mention that nothing can live up to the huge buildup of the series, but this novel comes pretty darn close.

I used to complain about the way Brandon Sanderson handled the series in the previous two books, but this time I really do not have anything to complain about. I can see several reasons for this. It might be that Robert Jordan left the most detailed no Ladies and gentlemen, this is it: the conclusion of the biggest fantasy epic to-date. It might be that Robert Jordan left the most detailed notes related to the conclusion - after all, the epilog was written entirely by him.

It also probably that Brandon Sanderson finally became comfortable writing the series. The last factor I can think of: the weakest part of Sanderson's writing were the characters; in case of this book there is no character development - thirteen previous books should be enough for this, but there is a lot of action: something Sanderson is very good at writing.

I suspect all of the above is true. I mentioned action. The whole book is a prelude to The Last Battle and the Battle itself.

The best word to describe the latter would be "epic". In terms of epicness it beats the crap out of everything I read, which made me wish to see how Robert Jordan would handle this as big battles was one of his strengths Dumai's Wells come to mind. The actual military action for this single one takes up around one fourth of the whole book which makes around pages.

You can really feel this is the last battle: both sides do not hold back and there is no retreat as the whole world is at stake. Major people die on both sides, including quite a few I did not expect. I also think I need to clarify something. I criticized Brandon Sanderson a lot for his handling of the series. I need to express my gratitude to him for finishing it.

He mentioned that his major task was to show how the series would end and he succeed admirably at this. As a conclusion: is the series worth the read? Yes, very much so. I do not have a single sliver of regret for having done this. I feel like something is missing from my life, something which was with me since the year I also feel like seeing off my dear friends forever: they are all good people with their uniqueness and annoyances.

View all 34 comments. Feb 17, Gavin rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy. It is difficult to know what to say about this final Wheel of Time book. It really was one of the very best instalments of the whole series.

The story was exciting and engaging from start to finish. A lot ton cool stuff happened and it was packed with a number of shocking and emotional moments. My overall opinion is that this was a good way to conclude the series. That said, I was not delighted by the way a small number of key story arcs were concluded and that has left me with a tiny feeling of It is difficult to know what to say about this final Wheel of Time book.

That said, I was not delighted by the way a small number of key story arcs were concluded and that has left me with a tiny feeling of dissatisfaction with the conclusion to the Wheel of Time series. All in all I do still think this series deserves to be considered as one of the true greats in the fantasy genre. Few series have the depth and level of world building of Jordan's fantastic and truly epic Wheel of Time. Jordan had a few flaws as an author but he created a vivid world that had plenty of depth and populated it with a ton of fascinating characters.

He also had an engaging storytelling style. I thought Sanderson worked out perfect as a replacement for Jordan. He did a few things different but on the whole I think he kept the feel of WoT and I doubt anyone else could have finished the story so well. I'm actually a little sad that this is the last WoT book. The conclusion was final enough to work as a good ending but this world definitely had a lot more stories that were worth telling.

I'd have loved for Sanderson to have written a few spin-off series set in this world! Rating: 5 stars! Despite a few issues with the conclusion I do still think this is a book well worth a 5 star rating. Audio Note: It goes without saying that Kramer and Reading gave flawless performances. View all 41 comments. Apr 06, Mitch Mills rated it did not like it. I have many problems with this book and they fall at the feet of both Sanderson and Jordan.

I have been an avid reader of the Wheel of Time novels for the last decade--as a thirteen year old I fell in love with the books. At the time Jordan was still writing what would be his last books, and I reveled in them. Unfortunately for me, it was an incredible let down. If you removed the names, I think it would be almost impossible to determine who might be speaking.

The most glaring example of this is in a certain warrior who has gone through significant character development in recent books: deciding that he is not a man alone, a lone warrior on the field, but is actually a man, a husband and his life matters and is more than just a weapon against shadow. He makes the choice to be a leader instead of the point guard.

Then he makes a choice that is completely contrary to everything his previous development pointed to, it's the stupidest decision in WoT history--even more stupid than the many stupid decisions of one sun-haired princess, which is saying something. This one I am laying at the feet of Sanderson. Secondary characters in AMOL are nothing.

Some important Elaida and some less important Lini, Thera characters are not even seen in this book. Many that appear are mentioned in passing, the reader not knowing their final fate. Scores of secondary characters die, which is not unreasonable in itself, but their deaths are often just footnotes—only noteworthy for how it may impact the plans of the Primary.

Sanderson treated secondary characters like devices he can pull out and throw away when he needs some plot filler or some sad moment to take up space. Three: The incredible lack of emotional involvement or response. The book reads as if most characters have the emotional range of toddlers.

This character has significant and unresolved relationships with every single primary character, and their re-entry onto the stage is not an emotional gorefest as it should be, but is--quite literally--a small expression of shock, a hug and a handshake. However, even significant character deaths seem to be gotten over in seconds by the survivors.

One can easily argue that it is war--the aptly named Last Battle--and there is no room for the survivors to grieve, but I am just not buying it. One character looses what amounts to their entire family and the totality of writing devoted to the reactions to those deaths can be counted in sentences—not paragraphs. This brings me to my last point.

Four: Absolutely no closure. In my opinion, it is simply criminal to end a fifteen volume epic with: The Big Bad was dealt with. The end. What the hell happens to these characters that I have grown up with?

What are the goddamn consequences of this war? Do the survivors have long and happy lives? Do they have kids? Do they pine over their lost friends? Not knowing what happens to all of these characters is such an enormous disappointment, and I am more saddened by that than anything that happened in AMOL.

My most important critique of AMOL is that it is too much of a catalog. AMOL is far too much of the former and far, far too little of the latter. And as someone who fell in love with all of the characters of WoT, I feel like I deserved more from their final story. View all 22 comments. Let tears flow, O ye people of the world. Weep for your salvation! And that is not simply because the series ends here, or because I was unhappy with how things turned out though I was.

It was for a variety of reasons. Now, I had written two long paragraphs where I heavily criticised the book for those reasons. Suffice it to say that the book could have finished off in a better way, but that what we have is satisfying enough. And of course, this is Wheel of Time. I want to talk about what I loved instead.

So why was this a satisfying conclusion? There are seven reasons for that, four or which are scenes or details in the book. The fifth is the best title of any fantasy book ever. The sixth is the fact that this is a Wheel of Time book and despite some minor disappointment, this is the ending to my favourite fantasy series of all time. The seventh is the fact that this is another of those books that I just love more and more for each moment that passes after having finished it.

The other three are in the epilogue. And the epilogue, the only chapter in the book to be written single-handedly by Robert Jordan, is the crowning glory of A Memory of Light and one of the best chapters in the whole series. It contains arguably the most emotional scene in the series. I am eternally grateful to Jordan for using that quote to end the series, and I will also use it to end my last Wheel of Time review… And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land and weighed down the hearts of men, and the green things failed, and hope died.

And men cried out to the Creator, saying, O Light of the Heavens, Light of the World, let the Promised One be born of the mountain, according to the prophecies, as he was in ages past and will be in ages to come.

Let the Prince of the Morning sing to the land that green things will grow and the valleys give forth lambs. Let the arm of the Lord of the Dawn shelter us from the Dark, and the great sword of justice defend us. View all 24 comments. Oct 11, Alex Nieves rated it it was amazing.

Where do I even start with this? So many emotions at the conclusion of this journey through The Wheel of Time. All I can say for now is Brandon Sanderson did a fantastic job bringing us to the finish line with what is easily one of the greatest fantasy stories ever told. The good far outweighs the bad throughout the series and while there are obvious flaws in the series, I can only appreciate what was written here. I'm getting emotional even writing this, knowing that I just finished the books.

Rest in peace to those that we lost on our journey, your sacrifices kept the Wheel turning. Rest in peace Robert Jordan, I wish we could have seen your own vision of completing the series but you left it in great hands. Why am I feeling so emotional? Video review to come soon. View 1 comment. Feb 28, Brian rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasy.

I really wanted to give this book five stars, and if I had stopped reading about halfway through, I might have. As I went on, though, some little things that I had glossed over as I devoured the book started to weigh heavier and heavier on me, and in the end, I can't give it more than 2 stars.

On Taimandred Demandred: view spoiler [What a waste. Okay, yes, Shara was Chekov's Gun. I don't necessarily have a problem with them showing up to fight in the Last Battle, because we knew they were out the I really wanted to give this book five stars, and if I had stopped reading about halfway through, I might have.

I don't necessarily have a problem with them showing up to fight in the Last Battle, because we knew they were out there, but we had such sketchy knowledge of them that all the scenes with them feel like they happened BECAUSE PLOT rather than because of any buildup earlier in the series. I mean, Bao the Wyld? The prophecies? These are mentioned in the book, but since we had literally no hints about them previously they don't actually matter.

Getting the Aiel to follow Rand took multiple books of set up and still ended up with some rough spots, but we're supposed to accept Demandred at the head of the Sharans fighting for the Shadow in the span of a few pages.

Honestly, he could have shown up leading an army of cats from the moon and it would have had roughly the same effect. Well, maybe wolves from the moon. At least the fact that wolves can talk was previously established. Also, the racist overtones of having the mysterious and unknowable people from the east who have a massively hierarchical society, are totally untrustworthy, and are fanatically devoted to their leaders arriving in hordes to destroy all that is good are kind of right up there in your face.

I know Tolkien did it too, but come on. The scene with Rand and Roedran of Murandy felt like it was only in there because that was one of the main theories of where Demandred was.

He shows up, Rand stares at him all confused, and then he's never seen again. Finally, this was Demandred? The guy who said: He was a general, a great general, but generals did not have to fight alongside the men they commanded! The guy who said: "So it seems he must be killed after all," Demandred said. Hiding his satisfaction was not easy. Does that sound like the revenge-obsessed homicidal maniac who's ready to throw the entire war just to kill Rand?

Demandred's hate is mentioned previously, but it seems like it was the only part of his character that was actually kept. Well, I guess a giant robot would have a hard time fighting three duels that were essentially the same duel. And Demandred saying Gawyn was worse than Galad even though Gawyn was enhanced by multiple bloodknife rings?

That's just cold. Getting taken out by Lan wasn't bad, other than the repetitiousness of the dueling, but setting it up to look like Lan died and then having him suddenly be alive was a cop out.

Lan was the one who told Rand about Sheathing the Sword. This issue has also cropped up at the Amazon forum. The 64 best shows on Peacock right now. How to use Universal Clipboard. Your gaming rig wants you to buy this curved gaming monitor deal. Buy the Roomba i6 and get the disposal base for free with this deal.

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