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    Amazon reinvents 'The Wheel of Time' for the small screen, with surprising turns

    This long-awaited adaptation of Robert Jordan's sprawling fantasy epic feels scaled-down for home viewing, but compelling characters and nice twists keep things rolling along.
    by Glen Weldon Nov 20, 2021 5 minutes
    Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) visits a remote village in search of something — or someone — in Amazon's <em>The Wheel of Time</em>.

    This isn't the article about Amazon's adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time that you were supposed to be reading right now.

    It isn't one I'd planned to write.

    You were supposed to be reading a sort of chatty, funny, and ultimately invaluable introduction to the sprawling world of the series, and its many characters, factions, lands and institutions drawn from Jordan's books. It would be the product of a deep knowledge of, and affection for, the scope and details of the 14-volume saga (the last three of which were co-written by Brandon Sanderson, following Jordan's death in 2007). It would offer a refresher course for those who've read the novels, and much-needed guidance to those going into the Amazon series without knowing the difference between the

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