The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
The basics
Title: The Great Hunt
Author: Robert Jordan
Series: The Wheel of Time #2
- The Eye of the World (1990) - The Great Hunt (1990) - The Dragon Reborn (1991) - The Shadow Rising (1992) - The Fires of Heaven (1993) - Lord of Chaos (1994) - A Crown of Swords (1996) - The Path of Daggers (1998) - Winter's Heart (2000) - Crossroads of Twilight (2003) - Knife of Dreams (2005) - The Gathering Storm (2009) - Towers of Midnight (2010) - A Memory of Light (2013)
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Goodreads Summary:
The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep. The Prophecies are being fulfilled - but Rand al' Thor, the shepherd the Aes Sedai have proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn, desperately seeks to escape his destiny. Rand cannot run forever. With every passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strives to shatter his ancient prison, to break the Wheel, to bring an end to Time and sunder the weave of the Pattern. And the Pattern demands the Dragon.
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What happened in The Great Hunt?
- The Amyrlin Seat travels to Fal Dara and meets with the main characters. Peace doesn’t last all that long, because Trollocs and Myrddraal attack.
- Padan Fain, a prisoner at the fortress, steals Mat’s dagger.
- The Amyrlin Seat confirms that Rand is the Dragon Reborn. Yeahhh, we know.
- Rand and co. go off with Ingtar Shinowa to fetch the Horn.
- Egwene and Nynaeve go to Tar Valon with Moiraine and the Amyrlin. Egwene and Nynaeve are tutored by the others.
- A guy called Hurin is busy tracking when he (along with Rand and Loial) are sucked into a parallel world.
- Ingtar is understandably confused.
- Perrin pretends to be a tracker but really he can talk to wolves. I still think this is the BEST power. He “tracks” for Ingtar.
- Anaiya Sedai tells Egwene that she may be a Dreamer.
- Nynaeve is Accepted and becomes an Aes Sedai by passing a series of tests in the shape of visions.
- Nynaeve has a vision about Emond’s Field being in trouble, as well as one about marrying Lan. She needs to ignore these visions in order to be Accepted.
- Rand once again runs into Ba’alzamon and they have a scuffle. Rand is branded with a heron.
- A woman called Selene helps them find another portal stone that could take them back to their own world. It works, and Rand makes a triumphant return.
- They manage to retrieve the Horn and the dagger.
- At Cairhien, Rand bumps into Thom who’s Not Actually Dead. Surprise!
- Trollocs attack again and Rand and Loial have to escape. They manage to lose the Horn and the dagger.
- Dena, Thom’s girlfriend, is killed because she and Thom know Rand.
- Ingtar and Rand are reunited. They need to head to Falme, so Rand rries to use Waygates to get there. It doesn’t work, so Rand attempts to use a portal stone, which also doesn’t work properly.
- Falme is currently occupied by the Seanchan btw.
- Egwene and Nynaeve are told to head to Toman Head to save the boys. They manage to use a Waystone properly to get to Falme.
- Egwene and Min are captured by the Seanchan and Egwene is collared to stop her from channeling.
- Nynaeve and Elayne aren’t captured and are able to escape.
- Rand eventually gets to Falme and attempt to get the Horn and the dagger.
- Rand gets into a fight with the High Lord of the Seanchan and wins. He gets the Horn and the dagger. Again.
- Egwene is rescued by the other women. The Whitecloaks attack as the group is trying to escape the city.
- Mat uses the Horn and summons the Heroes to help them win the battle. The Seanchan retreat and the Children are defeated.
- Rand and B’alzamon once again battle one another. Rand wins and is forced to admit that he is the Dragon Reborn.
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