This is simply put: an amazing single volume history of World War I, its causes, and course of events (but not the post-treaty fallout).
This is the latest in the world’s longest running Fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, also known to us long time fans as The Wheel of Tedium. Sure the first five or so volumes were amazing, but now at twelve, plus a prequel, and with each clocking in at around 400,000 words it’s getting a bit… long.
This 400,000 word hunk of “light” reading is by Brandon Sanderson, a relatively young fantasy author who is finishing the late Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, and this is the first volume of a new massive epic fantasy of his own. Surprisingly, despite its tome-like weight, it was a fast read.
Lately I’ve been trying to read a ton of novels in order to improve my writing. I’ve always read a lot, but at the moment, I’m targeting one a day. I’m hitting a bewildering assortment of genres and styles, but of course,…
