This is the first review I've written. I usually just read the reviews written by other people but I felt compelled to write one about this book. I cannot understand why Mr. Jordan wrote this book. The book goes nowhere. A lot of characters I've never heard of, or will probably never hear of again were introduced. Absolutly nothing was accomplished, moved forward or resolved. What a "LET DOWN". I really like the Wheel of Time series, but if Mr. Jordan can't come up with anything better than this book, he has lost himself a reader.