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Perrin Aybara: A wolfbrother, men who can talk to wolves, is also a ta'veren from the same village as Rand, Matrim (Mat), Egwene, and Nynaeve. one of two wolfbrothers we know of so far, the other is Elyas Machera, he is wanted by the whitecloaks for assisting the dragon reborn, and killing 2 children of the light (whitecloaks) in self defense. He is married to a Saldean hunter of the horn named Faile Bashere. He has become a lord of the two rivers following a trolloc attack, in which he saved the town and many in the surrounding countryside, by leading the attack against the trollocs. Matrim (Mat) Cauthon: the third taveren in the series, found with Rand and Perrin in Two Rivers. He has a ter'angreal which negates the effects of saidar channeled at him, as well as a power-crafted spear from the age of legends. He has a lagre memory of almost all battle techniques and is leader of the Band of the Red Hand. He has luck in all random events, such as dice,cards,horse racing, and battle. he and Perrin are linked to Rand because they are ta'veren. He is currently accompanying Egwene and Nynaeve to Ebou Dar to recover a weather controlling ter'angreal. Egwene al'Vere: She is Aes Sedai, and the Amyrlin Seat, leader of the Salidar Faction of the Aes Sedai. She isn't a true Aes Sedai yet because she cannot be raised until she swears the three oaths on the oath rod which is in the White Tower. She was another of the ones found in Two Rivers, though she isn't ta'veren. SUMMARY: So far in the series Rand has united all of the Aiel clans except the Shaido. Egwene, Elayne, and Nynaeve have become Aes Sedai. Mat has regained all of his memories lost since aquring the dagger from Shadar Logoth, as well as other memories from other significant battle leaders throughout history. the horn of valere has been found and is being kept in the tower. Siuan, and Leane, and Logain who were stilled (cut off from the true source) have recently been healed by Nynaeve. Elayne has rediscovered ho to make ter'angreal. She and Nynaeve captured Moghedien using an a'dam, they are using her to rediscover other talents lost since the breaking of the world. RATING: My rating for this sreies is a 5. I rated it this because it is extremely action packed,enjoyable, complex and the best thing I have read in the fantasy genre since reading Tolkiens "lord of the rings". It is also full of wit, humor, and romance. His writing style is the most entertaining I have had the pleasure of reading since clive cussler. DISCUSSIONS OF CLASSMATES READINGS: I am unsure what book I will read after this semester after reviewing other peoples wikis. This is because the blogs i read did not really give a good idea of the books story line of writing style. I think I might read some other Clive Cussler books, like the Isaac Bell series, or the Oregon Files. WIKI REFLECTIONS: This Website is an Ecxellent idea. I love having access to everyones blog online, instead of having to actually trade reading logs to find out about other peoples books!!! It also allows more ease of work by being able to work on and turn in the assignments anywhere, even from home.
 * 5/21/11 FINAL BLOG: CHARACTERS:** Rand al'Thor is the main character of this series. he is a ta'veren, and the Dragon Reborn who will fight the Dark One when he breaks free in the last battle. His father was an Aiel chieftain and his mother was Queen Tigraine of Andor who ran away to become a Far Dareis Mai or maiden of the spear. He has been kidnapped by Aes Sedai of the Black Ajah dedicated to serving Shai'tan, the Dark One. Rand has killed at least 5 of the 13 Forsaken, 13 of the most powerfull Aes Sedai ever in existence now sworn to the Dark One.
 * 4/18/11** I finished "The Great Hunt" and am starting "The Dragon Reborn". Since the last time I blogged I have read 1003 pages. So far in "The Dragon Reborn" I have read 337 pages, Mat has been separated from the dagger which he took from Shadar Logoth in the first book and was healed in Tar Valon by Aes Sedai. He has escaped the city to deliver a letter to Morgase, Queen of Andor. This is risky because the healing has made extremely weak and hungry.

So far I have read 348 pages this week. This is because I was reading the prequel set about 20 years before "Eye of the World" called "New Spring". This book tells of the Dragon Reborn's(Rand al'Thor's) birth, Moraine's being raised to Aes Sedai, and how al' Lan Mandragoran, became her warder. "An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks, may not be the truth you think you hear." I like this qutoe because it refers to how tricky Aes Sedai must be because when they are raised the are bound by three unbreakable oaths, one of which commits them to telling the truth. This causes many to be wary and not to trust Aes Sedai because they don't know wheter they are telling the whole truth or a truthful lie.
 * 4/1/11** I have already read "Eye of the World" and am starting "The Great Hunt" of which I have read 14 pages. [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/WoT02_TheGreatHunt.jpg/200px-WoT02_TheGreatHunt.jpg width="159" height="262" align="right" caption="Original cover of The Great Hunt"]]


 * 3/23/10** The author I am reading this quarter is robert jordan and his series "The Wheel of Time". the first book in the series is "The Eye of the World". I got this book from the EPL, and I have been looking for this series for almost four years. I first found it in 6th grade at Sacred Heart, then I moved to the middle school and haven't been able to find it since. then about a month ago I was at the Ames library getting some CDs for the play and I saw the 13th book in the series in the sci-fi section. When I went to the EPL a few days later I looked in the online catalog and saw that they also had them. I checked it out the thursday during break. In many ways Jordan is as good or better than Tolkien. So far Perrin, Mat, Rand, Egwene, Lan, and Moraine are traveling to Tar Valon to train the first four how to use the one power. Lan and Moraine, a warder and an Aes Sedai, are protecting them from the forces of The Dark One. they are currently being chased by several hundred trollocs and five myyrddraal. They are atempting to cross the the River Arinelle to escape them, trollocs and myddraal hate deep water and will avoid it at all costs.

His best friend Al Giordino is almost always joining him on his adventures. He is shorter, about 5"6', stocky barrel chested with dark curly hair. his Italian and loves good food and shares Pitts favorite drink, a blue agave tequilla with salt and lime. Dirk and Giordino are almost inseperableare always getting themselves ino and out trouble. They are almost exactly like Batman and Robin, another dynamic duo. Another key charachter in the book is Admiral James Sandecker, now the vice president,he was in command of NUMA until he was asked by the president to become vp afte the past vp was incapacitated. A tall red haired health nut in his late sixties. he sports a flaming red vandyke beard and a trim muscular phyique. Hiram Yeager is the tech wizard behind the team with his network capabilities he can gainm access to any server worldwide and slip out unnoticed. along with his sophisticated holographic system he and his cyber creation can pull any data that is stored on a computer server for NUMA's use. The next book I might read is the Blind Side that Logan Losh read i liked the movie and didn't know they had a book. my only question is if it is based on the movie or vice versa.if it is based ont eh movie I probably won't read it because those types of books are, in my opinion, horrendously boring and uninteresting.
 * 3/4/2011 FINAL POST****:Characters:** Dirk Pitt is of course the protagonist. he is 6"3', with dark wavy hair in this book he is in his late thirties early forties. the book doesn't say exactly how old he is in any book. He has strong features and is rangy but robust. He carries many scars from his explosive (sometimes literally) adventures. He collects many classic cars from 1900's to late 1950's as well as antique aircraft including a Ford trimotor, and a Me 262 schwalbe (swallow).
 * PLOT:** In the book I am reading now __The Treasure of Khan__ the duo of Pitt and Giordino are in Siberia when a massive earthquake creates a seive wave that threatens a ship of oil researchers. these researchers are later kidnapped by the Avarga Oil Company. the leaders of Avarga are members of the Golden Clan who were direct descendants of Ghengis Khan. this is followed by a typical stealtyh investigation by Pitt And Giordino. and i dont know what happens next because that is as far as i have read so farr I just started my 7th Dirk Pitt book in as many weeks.
 * RATING:** so far the book is a 5 because I haven't finished yet but I will before Thursday. The reason for my rating is that Clive Cussler is an amazing author and he can describe so much detail with out making it boring. He is a master of the msytery/action drama and can tell amazing stries. All of his book have kept me guessing with my adreniline pumping till the very end. The way he works historical mysteries into present day is perfection. since christmas he is the only author I've read and this is only one of his series. I have yet to read the Oregon files, The NUMA files, and his second generation Dirk Pitt style series Isaac Bell.


 * February 18/11** As I continue to read more of Clive Cussler's books I find myself thrust into the jaws of adventure in his book __Black Wind__. in this book his son Dirk Cussler is a coauthor. Dirk pitt and his children Dirk jr. and Summer, named after himself and a character from Pacific Vortex Whom he almost. to be continued. sorry not going to finish this one yet. maybe durring break.


 * February 10/11** My book again stars Dirk Pitt he has just saved the cruise ship Polar Queen from being destroyed on the Danger Islands off of Antarctica, where a mysterious sound or Shock Wave has exterminated marine animals and the crew of the cruise ship. So far it has been very exciting and fast paced. The best part is when Al Giordino air drops Pitt onto the cruise ship from a helicopter as he did in the novel __Vixen 03__. the worst part of the book so far is in the beginning during a very boring scene in england. here is a link to the Wiki review of the book.[]

2. I got this book from the Ericson Public Library. I got this book because I read his other works and liked them. 3. The main character in my book is Dirk Pitt. He is 6"3', dark wavy hair, craggy looking, rangy build, and opaline green eyes. 4. The problem in this book is that a top secret gov't project the Jersey Colony is at risk of being disocvered by the russians which would start a war for the moon. 5. the book is amazing. Clive Cussler is a really good author. he describes thing really well and has the perfect blend of action and sci-fi.
 * JAN 27/11 1.** the author of my book is Clive Cussler. The title is __Cyclops.__