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I read this book over the last few days. I praise and complement Robert Jordan for his ability to create a very complex world. However, this series has died. The plot is no longer there. We all started reading a captivating tale about a young man destined to grow into his destiny to stand against and confront evil. Not only has this not happened in 11 novels, it has not even come close to happening. In this series, it never will. This book hardly touches upon the so called "plot" about the Dragon Reborn. Instead the novel focuses on side plots that flesh out stories that have become complex to the point of irrelevance. Frank Herbert wrote about the idea of "wheels within wheels" in his Dune novels. He did not make us live (suffer) through each and every one of them. In a betrayal of the reader by the author and his publisher, this series has degraded to nothing more than a scam to sell books. This series has become nothing more than a gimmick. Robert Jordan has a history of great writing. He wrote tales that captivated and spellbound his readers. The World of Time series should end without resolution and Robert Jordan should return to writing captivating novels, as we know he can. The bottom line is -- DO NOT purchase this book. Do not encourage Robert Jordan to waste his time with drivel. As readers, we must enccourage him to return to his undoubted ability to write novels that we cannot put down. Robert Jordan has the gift to write such novels. Our duty as readers is to encourage him to give up this endless stream of nonsense. Robert Jordan must stop selling "books" and start selling us the great stories he has the ability to tell. The Wheel of Time ended,about four or five novels ago. The Knife of Dreams, with its lack of vision, is the nail in the coffin.