Their different styles complement one another, and two voices add energy to the action. Wife and husband, the Audie Award-winning narrators are well matched in revealing the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of the myriad characters in The Wheel of Time. Kate Reading and Michael Kramer are a power couple when it comes to audiobook narration, with more than 30 years of experience and hundreds of titles to their credit. The New York Times proclaims: 'Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal,'. “Complex plotting, an array of strong characters, lavish detail, and a panoramic scope make this series a feast for fantasy aficionados,' declares Library Journal. Over the course of the series, Rand al’Thor will embark on a great hunt for the legendary Horn of Valere brave savage attacks by Trollocs, towering half-men, half-beasts confront unspeakable dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light and embrace his destiny as the Dragon Reborn. Soon, he’ll discover his ability to wield magical powers long forbidden to men, throwing his life and lives all around him into turmoil. A humble farmer’s son, he lives a quiet life-until a pair of mysterious travelers arrive in his small village. In the Third Age, the Age of Prophecy in which the novels take place, they are preordained to face off in the Last Battle to determine the fate of the world. Battles between the Dragon and the Dark One are part of a cycle that’s been repeated countless times, age after age, as the Dragon is continuously reborn. Spanning multiple eras and generations, the Wheel of Time focuses on the final confrontation between a great hero known as the Dragon and an evil entity known as the Dark One. Taking place in both our past and our future, this epic fantasy traces the saga of a young man destined to face the Evil One-and tells the story of an entire world’s struggle with war and change, destruction and hope.

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