The Great Hunt
Robert Jordan, 1990
A farm boy who wants a quiet life is dragged into a prophecy, hunted by servants of darkness, and taught to wield a power he is afraid of.
Robert Jordan
Feels like power, dread and awe.
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Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney Jr., a decorated Vietnam veteran; he died in 2007 before finishing the series, which Brandon Sanderson completed.
What it costs to be taken seriously by something that wants to kill you.
A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf will surely kill him. The wolfhound must be a wolfhound in the wolf’s eyes even more than in his own, if he is to survive. Books by Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn
Robert Jordan, 1991
The third Wheel of Time novel: a shepherd who can channel the One Power walks toward a prophecy he fears, while friends hunt and empires scheme.
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