Product Description

For centuries travelling gleemen have told tales of the lost Horn of Valere; the legendary Horn that will raise the dead heroes of the Ages. The Horn has been discovered - only to be stolen, along with the dagger of Shadar Logoth, on which the very life of Rand al'Thor's friend Mat depends. The monumental task of retrieval rests heavily on Rand's young shoulders, for to continue this quest signifies the fulfilment of a destiny he desperately wishes to avoid. But the Quest for the Horn of Valere is only the beginning of Rand's long journey of discovery.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #461505 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-24
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

MORGAN LLYWELYN
'On very rare occasions, very talented storytellers create worlds that are beyond fantasy; worlds that become realities. Robert Jordan has'

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'A powerful vision of good and evil.'

Synopsis
Rand has survived his first confrontation with the Dark One's minions, but he and his friends are far from safe, for the master of evil has released the Forsaken and the dead are rising, awakened from their sleep by the Horn of Valere. Faced with such formidable foes, Rand resolves to flee his destiny. But the prophecy must be fulfilled. So begins the first part of The Great Hunt, the continuation of the story begun in From the Two Rivers and To the Blight, a stunning epic of high fantasy adventure.

Customer Reviews

A good read by WOT standards
Many of the characters improve in Book 2, after the rather silly last 200 pages of book 1. It starts with a very edgy prologue, and then is essentially a story of the hunt for the horn. The story starts to get more interesting in the second half as Nynaeve develops as an interesting character. Moiraine plots as always. Rand grapples with his problems. The Seanchan introduction in the last half really improves the book, which is falling into the same sleepy inn / road / town pattern of the first book in the first half.

One criticism with this and the first book is "the ways". I don't really approve a deux au machina which enables characters to reach a certain place in record time, as it seems to be just a substitute for good writing. I understand if others dont share my contempt of this.

amazing!
i find it hard not to get to carried away with this series....i forget the difference between reality and the amazing world jordan has created! but it!

Second Book in the Wheel of Time

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, in a house built in 1797. He was a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with "V", and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. It was the report of his sad death, aged 58 on September 16, 2007 that caused me to look back through his books and in particular the tremendous Wheel of Time series

The Great Hunt is the second book in an adventure that covers thousands of pages, more probably than even the author envisaged. Robert Jordan's series just grew and grew. I loved all of the books and this second one in the series just makes you want more and more. The books themselves are large volumes, several hundred pages each and there are almost a dozen of them, so you can understand the enormity of the task the author had set himself.

Some of the previous reviews reflect the differing tastes of readers. Some say that this epic series went on too long, others loved it and cried for more. I think I was somewhere in between. To me they were what I would call mood books. By that I mean I would read anything up to half a book and then maybe leave it for a while and read something else. Not something I would normally do with a book but with the Wheel of Time books, the plot always seemed to stay fresh in the mind and the thread could be picked up again several days later, or even longer.

One of the problems, if indeed it is a problem is that with such large volumes and such an epic storyline there are bound to be a large number of characters and keeping track of them all is sometimes a problem, but a small price to pay for the enjoyment the books bring to the reader.