Month: October 2022

Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan

Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan, Book Eight of the Wheel of Time series.

Introduction

Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan is the eighth book of The Wheel of Time series. The novel follows four main plot arcs. Elayne, with the help of the Kin and the Sea Folk, seeks to use the Bowl of the Winds to stop the hot weather created by the Forsaken. Perrin and Faile seek to bring the Prophet back to Rand in Cairhein. Egwene seeks to bring her army to Tar Valon. Rand fights the Seanchan near Ebou Dar and talks with Min in Cairhein. When Rand fights the Seanchan, will they defeat him, or will he win across the Path of Daggers?

Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan

Summary – Prologue

The prologue has three point-of-view characters, and each point of view sets up a plot arc.

Queen Ethenielle of Kandor is the first viewpoint character in the prologue. She attends a meeting of the four leaders of the Borderland kingdoms. The other leaders are Queen Tenobia of Saldea, King Paitar of Arafel, and King Easar of Shienar. They want to meet the Dragon Reborn and decide if they want to follow him.

Verin Mathwin is the second viewpoint character. She finishes up the plot of the aftermath of what happened at the end of the last book at Dumai Wells.

Moridin of the Forsaken (Chosen by their reckoning) plots against Rand, the Dragon Reborn.

Summary–Groups of characters

Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan has four main plots.

Elayne, Aviendha, and Brigitte are in Ebou Dar. They plan to use the Bowl of the Winds to cancel the heat wave that the Forsaken has unleashed on the land. They have the Kin and the Sea Folk help them. The Seanchan invade Ebou Dar and compromise their escape.

Perrin brings the army Rand has given to him to Ghealdan looking for Masema, the Prophet of the Dragon. The army is made up of the Winged Guards of Mayene, Aiel, and the people of the Two Rivers. Rand wants Perrin to bring Masema back to him in Cairhein. Perrin tries to convince Masema to come with him and Faile has other ideas.

Egwene seeks to bring her army to siege and capture Tar Valon. Her army is in Murandy. She must negotiate with the nobles of Murandy, build up her army’s strength, and find a way through Andor to achieve her objective.

Rand prepares his army in Ilian to stop a potential Seanchan invasion from Ebou Dar. He fights the Seanchan and must live with the aftermath of the battle.

Summary–Best Plot Points

Three Plot Points stand out in Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan.

Chapter 6, Threads is the chapter where the Bowl of the Winds plotline resolves.

Chapter 23, Fog of War, Storm of Battle, and Chapter 24, A Time for Iron detail the battle between Rand’s army and the Seanchan. The multiple viewpoints in these chapters show the complications caused by the fog of war.

Chapter 26, The Extra Bit covers two initiatives of Elaida of the White Tower. First is the effort of a group of Aes Sedai to uncover the Black Ajah at the White Tower. Second is the group sent to defeat The Black Tower, the home of the Asha’man, men who can channel.

Recommendation

Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan has some brilliant scenes but misses conclusions to the plot arcs explored.

Links

This is the link to the Goodreads page of Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140974.The_Path_of_Daggers

This is the link to my review of Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan. When Rand forces the hand of one of the Forsaken, will the Forsaken defeat him or will he earn a Crown of Swords?

Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan

This is the link to my review of Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan, Book Six of the Wheel of Time. Chaos reigns in the Westlands. They push Rand to the edge of insanity. Will he survive the box?

Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

This is the link to my review of Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan, Book Five of the Wheel of Time.

Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan

This is the link to my review of Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, Book Four of the Wheel of Time.

Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

This is the link to my review of Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan, Book three of the Wheel of Time.

Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

This is the link to my review of Great Hunt by Robert Jordan, Book two of the Wheel of Time.

Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

This is the link to my review of Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Book one of the Wheel of Time.

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

Writing Progress Report October 2022

This is my Writing Progress Report October 2022.

I went to the Cleveland Guardians baseball game on October 8, 2022. They beat Tampa Bay 1-0 in 15 innings to win the wild card series. This is the picture I took of the Pepsi, hot dog, and rally towel I got at the game.

Writing Progress from September 2022.

I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One post was my writing progress report for September 2022, which is linked below.

Writing Progress Report September 2022

In August 2022, I submitted Chapter 23 of my novel titled Cuba Liberto to the Novel Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library.

I missed the Fiction Writing Workshop at the Parma, Ohio, library in September 2022 because I was on vacation in Florida.

Writing Progress from September 2022 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in September 2022.

In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

The seven Flash Fiction Stories I submitted in 2020 and 2021 were Space-Dog Confession, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, Wormhole Generator, Runs with Scissors, and Principled Rogue.

Magazine submissions for 2021 were 4 unique stories submitted 4 times, with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 4 rejections. No submission for 2022.

Events from September 2022.

I attended no events in September. I missed going to the Capclave Washington Conference 2022 from September 30 to October 2, 2022, in Rockville, Maryland.

Writing Goals for October 2022.

I plan to write four blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for October 2022.

I am working on a novel titled Cuba Liberto. The first draft was a script. My plan for the rewrite is to convert the story into 24 Chapters. I plan to complete writing Chapter 24 in October 2022 and submit it to the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library. It is the final chapter of the first draft of the novel.

In October 2022, I plan to submit a story to the Fiction Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio, library.

I plan to submit a story to the critters workshop in October 2022.

I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. In October 2022, I plan to split Chapter 1 into two chapters and add a scene to the new Chapter 1.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

Writing Goals for October 2022 continued.

In October 2022, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.

Put the novel Assassin in New Marl City into the writing program, Scrivener.

Buy an e-book cover for Assassin in New Marl City from Fiveer.

Planned Events for October 2022.

The next conference I plan to attend is ConFusion in Novi, Michigan, from January 20, 2022, to January 22, 2022. The Ann Arbor Science Fiction Association Sponsors ConFusion.

https://2023.confusionsf.org/

The con theme this year is Avatar: The Legend of Confusion