The Gathering Storm
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The Gathering Storm is the twelfth novel in the Wheel of Time sequence. It was originally thought that it would be under the supertitle A Memory of Light, but is now being marketed as 'Book Twelve'. The Gathering Storm will be the first of three novels that will make up what was planned as A Memory of Light.
While the final novel, A Memory of Light, according to author Robert Jordan was originally to have been released in one large volume "whether it is 1500 pages long, Tor has to invent a new binding system, or it comes with its own library cart" , it was announced on March 25, 2009 that a decision has been reached by Tor Books, Harriet Rigney, and Brandon Sanderson to release it in three parts, starting on 27 October 2009.[1]
An early blurb (under the title The Gathering Clouds) was included in the DragonCon 2009 program. To avoid any possible spoilers, it can be read in full here. DragonCon also saw a recording being played of Robert Jordan reading a summary of the first scene in the prologue to the final book.
Brandon Sanderson has given some further information about the book on his Twitter feed. The book is to have 21 distinct PoVs and will have 50 chapters, not including the prologue and epilogue.
The first chapter can be read online for free until the end of September 2009, courtesy of Tor. The audio book clip of the same chapter is also available, as is the Prologue e-book (for sale).
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- See also the full statistical analysis for this book.
The Gathering Storm contains 50 chapters, a prologue and an epilogue.
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