Blood and Ashes is a spoiler filled, chapter by chapter discussion of the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels penned by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.Join us, three middle aged dads, as we re-read the series and enthusiastically discuss all the best bits from each chapter. Do we know every single thing about the world of The Wheel of Time? No. Do we know half? Probably not. Does that stop us from wildly speculating and tapping into half faded memories from our teens? Definitely not!It's all just a good ol' time for anyone looking to relive the highs and lows of Rand's journey. Pull in!
It's a new day, a new episode and a new book! And Knife of Dreams kicks things off with a BANG!
Galad makes some big moves in the Whitecloaks organisation.
Rodel Ituralde starts his raids on the Seanch…
And just like that we're at the finish line!
Moiraine and her Malkieri escort encounter some bandits and would be assassins on the way to Chachin, but deal with them accordingly.
In Chachin Lan is eage…
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It's time to hit the road!
Moiraine is making preparations to leave the city, despite a direct order from the Amyrlin to stay in the White Tower.
Meanwhile Lan and Bukama arrive in Canluum and re-conne…
We're back in the White Tower and the girls, (Moiraine and Siuan in this book) are busy poring over the lists of names captured by the Accepted in the Camps around Tar Valon. They decide to make thei…
We're diving into the prequel and our experiences are... different!
We park Rand's journey to pick up with young Lan and Moiraine.
Lan encounters some Aiel after Laman has been killed already, while Mo…
And there it is! The end of the slog! Or is it? Does the slog even exist!? Tune in and find out!
While we do spend most of our time talking about the slog there are still some significant events in th…
We're getting to the pointy end and things are starting to wrap up!
Perrin's army is at each other's throats and they are hungry. Then Perrin and his crew have to navigate a haunted town to buy some w…
Can you believe it? We've been doing this for 100 episodes!? Well, I can. So let's keep rolling!
We have quite a bit of variety in this episode:
Egwene and some prophetic dreams plus an Aes Sedai murd…
We're back and we have moved on from the Andoran politics!
We join Egwene as she assesses her options for the siege of Tar Valon. Gareth Bryne advises attack, but Egwene wants to avoid Aes Sedai on Ae…
And we're back! Ready to tackle the political intrigue of Andor, as well as the concept of "The Slog".
In these chapters Elayne meets the young High Seats of the houses Dyelin has managed to recruit f…
We're in it now, friends. The stretch of chapters that have alwasy to me represented the concept of the slog.
And I'm happy to report, I didn't mind them. But at least one of us has very strong feelin…
And we're back! Albeit with 2 of the three a little under the weather, so brace yourself for some croaky voices at points!
But we soldier on, much like Perrin on his unrelenting persuit of his kidnapp…
It's our triumphant return after an 8 week break!
And we kick off book 10 with a BANG.
After working through a healthy amount of listener contributions and callbacks, we join Mat in the aftermath of th…
We're back with a brand new book! And this one is already shaping up to be a bit of a test. We're surprisingly divided on the prologue here, which makes for some good conversation. 3h of it!
We're tre…
It's the big finale! And we mean, BIG. HUGE.
Rand takes care of some unfinished business in Far Madding, but not without a price. By the time the women pull him and Lan out of the coals it's too late,…
Too late now for anything but beginning...
Mat and the gang prepare to escape Ebou Dar. They do all the recon, make some plans, then make some new plans, then change those plans in an all action episo…
Welcome back friends!
Join us as we peer over Shallon's shoulder and watch Cadsuane run roughshod over the Far Madding Leadership.
Later it's Rand's turn to be Cadsuaned and he finally has a big chat …
Another mixed bag of treats this week with loads of rare POVs!
The Seanchan Seeker, Almurat Mor, makes an appearance and scares the bejsus out of Bethamin, a lame Sul'dam.
She runs to Egeanin who's lou…
It's all happening in Ebou Dar!
Mat's party for the next leg of his journey is taking shape. Alludra, Teslyn, Joline and Tuon are all around him, plus Thom, Juilin, Olver and his closest men from the …