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The Shadow Rising

Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'

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The Shadow Rising

By: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
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Audie Award–winner Rosamund Pike returns for the fourth installment of the Wheel of Time series, The Shadow Rising. The winner of Best Female narrator for The Eye of the World delivers another mesmerizing performance.

"Rosamund Pike brings a fresh narration to the first book in the beloved Wheel of Time series. At 33 hours, this audiobook is no small undertaking, but Pike's impressive performance leaves listeners wanting more." —AudioFile on Eye of the World (Earphones Award winner)

“Through her smooth, dramatic performance, award-winning actor Rosamund Pike amplifies the new audiobook of book one in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.” —BookPage on Eye of the World (Earphones Award winner)

The Wheel of Time
is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!

In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how to wield the One Power.


Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, Rand arrives at the Aiel Waste and is granted permission by the Wise Ones to enter the sacred city of Rhuidean. After passing through a doorframe ter'angreal, Moiraine gains foresight while the Aiel await Rand's return, either with both arms marked by dragon symbols, validating his identity as He Who Comes With the Dawn, the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel—or to never emerge at all.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of Time®
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light

By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson
The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons
The Wheel of Time Companion

By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk
Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

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Critic reviews

“Large and splendid. The saga reaches a new level of emotional impact.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“Fast and absorbing...will keep the reader...entranced.” —Publishers Weekly

“An exciting, well-written adventure, Jordan offers distinctive heroes and themes, including an interesting look at relations between the sexes.” —Milwaukee Sentinel

“A complex tapestry of fascinating characters, descriptive details and events. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves epic fantasy.” —Carol Lynn Ukockis, Galactic Dispatch

“Robert Jordan writes with the stark vision of light and darkness, and sometimes childish sense of wonder, that permeates J.R.R. Tolkien's work. His style is undebatably his own.” —The Pittsburgh Press

“From start to finish, the narrators are fresh and engaged as they draw out the story's humor and suspense.” —AudioFile

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Rosamund has hit to ground running here. This book is widely known as a bit of a slog; anyone that’s read it knows what I’m saying.
Yet she gives her all, and injects some true class into the narration.
5 stars, no one could do it better.

A wonderful performance

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I have always loved the story but again it is Rosamunds reading is the superb standout.

Reading is awesome

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Can't wait for the next ones to be released. I loved everything about RP's performance (as I've said about previous books). One slight niggle was that the audio seemed to fade in and out at some points in the story...not sure what happened there. Maybe less neurodivergent people won't notice but I did. An editing issue rather than a performance problem.

Another exciting instalment of the epic.

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Seems to be some sections where nothing plays for a few seconds which needs fixing

Overall though the story and the narration is great

Some file issues

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I starred listings to the older narrations of the wheel of time because I wanted to carry on with the story, but personally I just don't like them as much as Rosamund's narration, so going to wait for her to release the rest (hopefully - fingers crossed !)

Rosamund Pike given a brilliant natation yet again

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