Three young men, Rand, Mat, and Perrin, whose birthdays all fall within a few weeks of one another, are sought out by two strangers, one a beautiful lady named Moraine who is able to use magic, in this world called “the one power.” The other, Moraine’s bodyguard, is a large brute of a man of whom it has been said that he courts death like a lover. Just as The Lord of the Rings started small and simple with The Hobbit, so does The Eye of the World start off with simple beginnings in the small farm town of Emond’s Field in the Two Rivers district. Don’t let that fact scare you off, however. In this book series that is literally the truth (there are 2,200 characters). The good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, the world is huge, and there is a cast of thousands. The Eye of the World fits squarely into the category of old-school epic fantasy. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.” “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.
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