The Wheel of Time · Book 2
The Great Hunt
- Published
- 15 November 1990
- Pages
- 672
- ISBN-13
- 9780356517018
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 672 pages, The Great Hunt (1990) is the second Wheel of Time novel, sitting between The Eye of the World and The Dragon Reborn. Rand al'Thor's childhood friends Mat Cauthon and Perrin Aybara continue to be pulled into their own destinies as Jordan's magic system, built on the male and female halves of the One Power, comes further into focus.
Its place in The Wheel of Time
The Great Hunt is book 2 in the The Wheel of Time series. It follows The Eye of the World. It is followed by The Dragon Reborn. See the full The Wheel of Time reading order.
In the Third Age, the Wheel of Time turns and ages come and pass, but the Dragon is bound to be reborn to save the world — or break it. Robert Jordan's fourteen-volume epic follows Rand al'Thor, a sheepherder from the Two Rivers, as his quiet life is shattered by Trollocs, Aes Sedai, and the growing, terrifying suspicion that he is the prophesied Dragon Reborn, doomed to fight the Dark One at the Last Battle even if it means going mad and destroying everyone he loves. Around him, his childhood friends Mat Cauthon…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781593974336
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788580575156
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312851408