The wheel of time started as a great series but Jordan in his last few books has not progressed the story much rather he seems to have lost control of the threads and doesn't seem to know how to bring them together again. I loved the first 5 books but have struggled through the remaining. It is almost like he is milking the popularity of the series with a load of padded books- which is a shame given that the base story and concept is fantastic- hurry up and bring the plot together. I mean what did Rand do in the last book???