The Eye of the World: Book One of The Wheel of Time Audiobook

Quotes

• “The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.”

  — Chicago Sun Times

• “A fantasy epic with incredible world-building, first-class characters, and page-turning adventure…This is an epic at its finest.”

  — Barnes&Noble.com

• “This richly detailed fantasy presents fully realized, complex adventure. Recommended.

  — Library Journal

• “The Eye of the World benefits from Pike’s smooth voice and dramatic, slower-paced rendering…She gently invites the listener into Jordan’s richly detailed world before powerfully amplifying the high stakes and tension.”

  — BookPage (audio review)

• Through her smooth, dramatic performance, award-winning actor Rosamund Pike amplifies the new audiobook of book one in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.

  — BookPage

• His huge, ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre.

  — George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones

• Anyone who’s writing epic or secondary world fantasy knows Robert Jordan isn’t just a part of the landscape, he’s a monolith within the landscape.

  — Patrick Rothfuss, author of the Kingkiller Chronicle series

• The Eye of the World was a turning point in my life. I read, I enjoyed. (Then continued on to write my larger fantasy novels.)

  — Robin Hobb, author of the award-winning Realm of the Elderlings series

• Robert Jordan's work has been a formative influence and an inspiration for a generation of fantasy writers.

  — Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of The Way of Shadows

• Jordan’s writing is so amazing! The characterization, the attention to detail!

  — Clint McElroy, co-creator of the #1 podcast The Adventure Zone

• [Robert Jordan's] impact on the place of fantasy in the culture is colossal... He brought innumerable readers to fantasy. He became the New York Times bestseller list face of fantasy.

  — Guy Gavriel Kay, author of A Brightness Long Ago

• Robert Jordan was a giant of fiction whose words helped a whole generation of fantasy writers, including myself, find our true voices. I thanked him then, but I didn’t thank him enough.

  — Peter V. Brett, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle series

• I don’t know anybody who’s been as formative in crafting me as a writer as [Robert Jordan], and for that I will be forever grateful.

  — Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby and War Girls

• I’ve mostly never been involved in any particular fandom, the one exception of course was The Wheel of Time.

  — Marie Brennan, author of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series

• I owe Robert Jordan so much. Without him, modern fantasy would be bereft of the expansive, deep worlds and the giant casts which I love so dearly. It's not often I can look at another author and say: that person paved my way. But such is exactly the case with Jordan.

  — Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings

• You can't talk about epic fantasy without acknowledging the titanic influence Robert Jordan has had on the genre.

  — Jason Denzel, author of Mystic and founder of Dragonmount.com

• Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal.

  — The New York Times

• The Wheel of Time [is] rapidly becoming the definitive American fantasy saga. It is a fantasy tale seldom equaled and still less often surpassed in English.

  — Chicago Sun-Times

• Hard to put down for even a moment. A fittingly epic conclusion to a fantasy series that many consider one of the best of all time.

  — San Francisco Book Review

• The most ambitious American fantasy saga [may] also be the finest. Rich in detail and his plot is rich in incident. Impressive work, and highly recommended.

  — Booklist

• Recalls the work of Tolkien.

  — Publishers Weekly

• This richly detailed fantasy presents fully realized, complex adventure. Recommended.

  — Library Journal