Tor Books is releasing new cover artwork for The Shadow Rising, the fourth book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. To go along with this, they asked me to write an article with my thoughts on it.

Actually, they asked me a while back which book in the series I’d like to write about. Choosing one WoT book to favor over the others is like being asked which of your children you love the most. So I selected this book because most fans agree that its one of the best novels in the series.

Here’s the artwork:

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