Book #3

Yes, it took me 17 days to reach 3 books, but at least I am still moving forward.

The Great Hunt
Robert Jordan

Rand al'Thor is back, with his friends from Emond's Field.  So are the Aes Sedai (lady wizards) with their Wardens (companion warriors), the Children of the Light (zealots), Darkfriends (bad guys), and Trollocs.  One old lesser nemesis emerges as a major nemesis, and one new player arrives.

Rand, Mat and Perrin are on a hunt for the Horn of Valere, which is supposed to call dead heroes to fight in the final battle.  It was stolen in the first book, and so they set out to find it with a company of soldiers, and Hurin, who is a sniffer.  Hurin can smell violence and evil...well, sort of.  I do not think it has anything to do with his nasal passages.

Egwene, and Nynaeve are off to the White Tower in Tar Valon to learn to control their talent for magic.  We spend a good bit of time with them, and learn that Elayne, the princess we met in the first book is also their, and the girl Min, who we met along the way in book 1 and then left behind.

The new old enemy is Padan Fain, who we first meet as a merchant at the start of the first book.  He has turned into rather more than he was, and it looks like we are going to see more of him in future books.

I think I will leave the rest for anyone who wants to read it.  The Great Hunt is pretty good.  There was some of it that I did not like, but it has to do with the kind of thing that I do not want to read about, cruelty without purpose from people who are not necessarily evil, just stupid and arrogant.