“For the world has grown full of peril. And in all lands, love is now mingled with grief.”

This line is from the fantasy epic Lord of the Rings movie, but it beautifully portrays the sense of urgency and import in the third entry of Robert Jordan’s magnum opus, the Wheel of Time series.

None of the heroes in The Dragon Reborn are safe and all must find strength to fulfill their destiny lest the world enter a dark age from which there will be no escape.