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The book The Eye Of The World is a science fiction novel written by Robert Jordan, who is an exceptional writer and has written many other well-known books. The story begins with three young boys trying to find their destinies and escape the clutches of an ancient evil.

“The wheel of time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, and Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not a beginning. There are neither beginnings nor ends to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning.”

Rand al’Thor, Martim Cauthon, and Perrin Aybara are just three normal boys, living in the isolated village of Two Rivers. Without a care or a worry, their lives are broken up by trollocs and myddraal, creatures of the Dark One who raid their village and try to kill them. On the run, they team up with an Aes Sedai, her warder, a gleeman and two other women from the Two Rivers. Headed to the Blight they must stop the return of the Dark One or else the world will fall into shadow. Here in the Blight they learn what their destinies are, but the battle is not over, the Dark One still lives.

This novel is very well written. Robert Jordan is able to take certain elements and incorporate them into the story. The conflicts in the book have an element of realism, even though it is fiction. The religious and political conflicts seem real. The characters in the story are described in much detail and they complement each other perfectly. Not one of them seems out of place and each mini adventure is varied, each one different form the other. However, they all come together to make a brilliantly written novel.

In the beginning the book starts off at a slow pace but picks up towards the middle. The reader might want to know why each of these young men is important but that can only be answered in the end of the book.

Overall this is a great book. It deserves five stars and as many awards as can be heaped onto it! There is a good use of language, it is rich in detail, and the imagination is boundless. Your mind can wander anywhere.