Towers of Midnight ("Wheel of Time" book 13)
I just finished this today. It's been a while since I read the others, but damn, this might be my favorite one so far. It seemed to be less Robert Jordan and more Whoever Sanderson or whatever his name is.
The book seems to be mostly a coming-of-age tale about Perrin. Until this book, he was my least-favorite of the trio of ta'varen. Now I think he is quite awesome indeed. Aviendha only gets like 3 pages out of 843 (haha! ...bitch.) - Tuon gets less - and there isn't too much about Nynaeve either. There's quite a bit about Egwene, but it's more about the White Tower as a whole, and Gawyn, than it is about Egwene specifically. There's surprisingly little about Rand, who has become almost Buddha-like in his wisdom. Loose ends are starting to be tied up.
If you liked "The Gathering Storm", I think you will like this one even more.
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- Egwene solidifies her rule (and still stupidly thinks she needs to control Rand, but not as psycho about it as she was in previous books, demanding that he bow to her and shit... now she just thinks she's going to stop him from breaking and re-making the seals on The Bore).
- Lan rides for Malakelakereie or wherever he is from, reluctantly picking up people along the way.
- Mat gets the fireworks lady her "dragons", courtesy of Elayne, who thinks she is going to control the technology permanently (duh).
- Perrin comes to term with his wolf-ness, the Wolf Dream (which, in case you didn't figure it out, is Tel'an'dr'i'ahl'a'nor'zor'z - which leads to a rather amusing "confrontation" with Egwene by accident), and his status as a leader.
- Galad gains control of the Children of the Light, as if you didn't see that one coming.
- Morgase's true identity is revealed.
- Mat, Thom, and Noal enter the Tower of Ghenjei to rescue Moiraine (wherein Noal's true identity is also revealed).
- All (or maybe just most) the obvious people get married.
- Tension between Berelain and Perrin is resolved.
More stuff, but shit man, 850 pages. I don't remember it all off the top of my head.