The Path of Daggers

by Robert Jordan

Mass Market Paperback, 680 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 1999 by Tor Fantasy.

ISBN:: 978-0-8125-5029-0

(12 reviews)

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

The Seanchan invasion force is in possession of Ebou Dar. Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha head for Caemlyn and Elayne's rightful throne, but on the way they discover an enemy much worse than the Seanchan.

In Illian, Rand vows to throw the Seanchan back as he did once before. But signs of madness are appearing among the Asha'man.

In Ghealdan, Perrin faces the intrigues of Whitecloaks, Seanchan invaders, the scattered Shaido Aiel, and the Prophet himself. Perrin's beloved wife, Faile, may pay with her life, and …

In Illian, Rand vows to throw the Seanchan back as he did once before. But signs of madness are appearing among the Asha'man.

In Ghealdan, Perrin faces the intrigues of Whitecloaks, Seanchan invaders, the scattered Shaido Aiel, and the Prophet himself. Perrin's beloved wife, Faile, may pay with her life, and Perrin himself may have to destroy his soul to save her.

Meanwhile the rebel Aes Sedai under their young Amyrlin, Egwene al'Vere, face an army that intends to keep them away from the White Tower. But Egwene is determined to unseat the usurper Elaida and reunite the Aes Sedai. She does not yet understand the price that others--and she herself--will pay.

2 editions

Kadomi@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #8)

In the middle of the slog

2 stars

This was the first full WoT book I hadn't read before and as predicted, it was a slog. Nothing much happened. Perrin and Faile are always a huge miss for me. The only bits I was interested in were Egwene trying to control her rebel Aes Sedai, and the Seanchan. But seriously, you read hundreds of pages, for not much going on.

I have complained before that I feel Jordan did not understand the way female relationships work. This time, his focus on corporeal punishment for and from women, turned out to be unsettling for me. Women get spanked, hit with a switch, and so on and so forth. The book is from 1998, why was this considered okay then? I don't know. But I will see this series to its end.