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Desting Calling

THE WHEEL OF TIME SEEMS poised to become the latest fantasy addiction. The Amazon show, based on author Robert Jordan’s bestselling 14-book series, ticks all the right boxes when it comes to the genre.

Spellcasters. A Chosen One prophecy. Ancient evils. A quest. Reluctant heroes. Showrunner Rafe Judkins promises that the TV series delivers all of that… and much more.

“The thing that fantasy and television series share is this investment that the audience has in these characters and what happens next,” Judkins (, ) tells . “I don’t think you read 14 books of something just because you want to see big battles or magic or creatures. You read them because you want to see what happens to these people that you have fallen in

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