The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again"

For internationally acclaimed author Robert Jordan and his millions of fans around the globe, those words began one of history's greatest fictional journeys and the most extraordinary work of American fantasy ever published—a series that has topped the bestseller lists of The Wall Street Journal and The Times of London, and is now appearing in fourteen languages.

Since 1990 these seven magnificent books have transported readers to a world so strikingly real, so rich in detail and complexity, it seems to rise from memory rather than a printed page.

This essential companion to The Wheel of Time is for the millions interested in the history and the background of this incredible series—never-before-told legends, previously unknown peoples and lands, exotic beasts, and portents of what may come to pass.

With more than seventy new full-color paintings that include stunning new world maps, portraits of the central characters, landscapes, objects of Power, and national flags, this comprehensive guide is indispensable to any fan of Robert Jordan.

Also Included in this stunning volume are double-page spreads of the seven book jackets by renowned fantasy artist Darrell K. Sweet—so that these magnificent works can be enjoyed without type—and all the previously published maps, plus maps of the entire world, the Seanchan Empire, the nations of the Covenant of the Ten Nations, and the nations as they were when Artur Paendrag Tanreall began his rise to legend. With this magnificent, illustrated guide the reader can enjoy the world and history of The Wheel of Time in all its splendor.

―From the book jacket