Excitement around the impending release of The Gathering Storm, the new book in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, has hit fever pitch, with the book hitting online retailer Amazon.com’s top 10 list based on pre-release orders.
The last three books in The Wheel of Time are being written by established fantasy author Brandon Sanderson, who was selected by the widow of the original author, Robert Jordan, after tragically passed away in September 2007 to finish Jordan’s masterpiece. The first book, The Gathering Storm, will be published internationally on October 27.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, The Gathering Storm just broke into the top ten on Amazon,” Sanderson wrote on his Twitter account today.
According to Amazon.com, The Gathering Storm has been in its top 100 list for 61 days, based on pre-orders. Number one on the list is Stephen King’s new book, Under the Dome, a sci-fi thriller that is slated to be released on November 10. Dan Brown’s new novel The Lost Symbol is number four on the list, and has spent 188 days in the top 100, based on pre-orders.
Over the past few weeks, a number of reviews and early comments have been posted online of The Gathering Storm, based on advanced reading copies that publisher Tor Books has issued.
Larry at OF Blog of the Fallen writes that he enjoyed the book, but it wasn’t a perfect novel:
“It was better … than several of the more recent entries in the novel. It is not a perfect novel (reasons I’ll explore on Tuesday), but it reminded me of the elements of the series that I did enjoy when I began reading it in 1997. While not likely to be considered for the best 2009 novel that I’ve read, I do think it is one of the best epic fantasies novels that I’ve read this year.”
Writing on Tor.com, Leigh Butler posted a very enthusiastic review of the book, concluding:
“The main problem is that I have a lot of feelings about this book, in a way that’s very difficult to encapsulate with any kind of coherency. However, if I were absolutely forced to come up with one succinct phrase that sums up my reaction to The Gathering Storm, it would have to be this: Holy shit.”
We borrowed that awesome image of boxes of The Gathering Storm from Suvudu.
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