Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, Book 11)

出版者:Tor Books

作者:Robert Jordan

页数:784

出版时间:2005-10-11

价格:USD 29.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780312873073

丛书系列:The Wheel of Time

具体描述

The Wheel of Time turns, and Robert Jordan gives us the eleventh volume of his extraordinary masterwork of fantasy that has captured the imagination of millions.... The dead are walking, men die impossible deaths, and it seems as though reality itself has become unstable: All are signs of the imminence of Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, when Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, must confront the Dark One as humanity's only hope. But Rand dares not fight until he possesses all the surviving seals on the Dark One's prison and has dealt with the Seanchan, who threaten to overrun all nations this side of the Aryth Ocean and increasingly seem too entrenched to be fought off. But his attempt to make a truce with the Seanchan is shadowed by treachery that may cost him everything. Whatever the price, though, he must have that truce. And he faces other dangers. There are those among the Forsaken who will go to any length to see him dead--and the Black Ajah is at his side...... Unbeknownst to Rand, Perrin has made his own truce with the Seanchan. It is a deal made with the Dark One, in his eyes, but he will do whatever is needed to rescue his wife, Faile, and destroy the Shaido who captured her. Among the Shaido, Faile works to free herself while hiding a secret that might give her her freedom or cause her destruction. And at a town called Malden, the Two Rivers longbow will be matched against Shaido spears. Fleeing Ebou Dar through Seanchan-controlled Altara with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons, Mat attempts to court the woman to whom he is half-married, knowing that she will complete that ceremony eventually. But Tuon coolly leads him on a merry chase as he learns that even a gift can have deep significance among the Seanchan Blood, and what he thinks he knows of women is not enough to save him. For reasons of her own, which she will not reveal until a time of her choosing, she has pledged not to escape, but Mat still sweats whenever there are Seanchan soldiers near. Then he learns that Tuon herself is in deadly danger from those very soldiers. To get her to safety, he must do what he hates worse than work...... In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert what seems a certain civil war should she win the crown...... In the White Tower, Egwene struggles to undermine the sisters loyal to Elaida from within...... The winds of time have become a storm, and things that everyone believes are fixed in place forever are changing before their eyes. Even the White Tower itself is no longer a place of safety. Now Rand, Perrin and Mat, Egwene and Elayne, Nynaeve and Lan, and even Loial, must ride those storm winds, or the Dark One will triumph.

用户评价

我必须承认，这本书的阅读过程更像是一场马拉松，而不是轻松的短跑。它对读者的耐心和专注度有着极高的要求，稍不留神，就会被那些庞大的地名、复杂的血脉关系和层叠的预言搞得晕头转向。然而，正是这种“难啃”，才更显出其价值所在。当你终于梳理清楚某条支线剧情的来龙去脉，或者成功预测了某个关键角色的下一步行动时，那种豁然开朗的成就感，是无与伦比的。作者对于世界观的构建，细致到了令人发指的地步，从不同民族的服饰习惯到宗教信仰的细枝末节，无一不透露出匠心独运。这不仅仅是一部奇幻小说，它更像是一部社会学、历史学和社会人类学的宏大研究报告，只是披着魔法的外衣。我个人尤其欣赏它处理冲突的方式，很少有简单的“好人打败坏人”的叙事，更多的是灰色地带的挣扎，和解的艰难，以及胜利背后沉重的代价。

我总觉得，作者在塑造女性角色方面，达到了一个前所未有的高度。她们不再是等待被拯救的附属品，而是推动世界历史进程的核心动力。无论是战场上的指挥官，还是幕后的谋略家，她们的智慧、勇气和坚韧，完全不输于任何男性角色，甚至在某些需要极其冷静和长远眼光的时刻，展现出更胜一筹的决断力。这种细腻而有力的刻画，让整个故事的色彩更加丰富立体。每当看到一位女性角色顶住巨大的压力，毅然决然地走向她们必须承担的命运时，我都会感到一种由衷的敬佩。这本书的影响力，早已超越了奇幻文学的范畴，它为我们提供了一个探讨勇气、责任和牺牲的广阔舞台，每一次重读，都能从中汲取新的力量和感悟。

这部史诗级的巨著，光是翻开它厚重的封面，就能感受到作者笔下那个世界那股扑面而来的磅礴气息。我常常在想，到底需要多么惊人的想象力和多么严谨的布局，才能构建出这样一个复杂到令人叹为观止的架空世界。每一次的阅读，都像是在攀登一座知识的高山，每翻过一页，都有新的风景映入眼帘，新的迷雾在前方弥漫。角色的成长弧线简直是教科书级别的，他们不再是扁平的符号，而是活生生的、充满了矛盾与挣扎的个体。看着那些曾经青涩的新手，一步步被命运的洪流推向历史的中心，他们的选择、他们的牺牲，都让人感同身受，甚至热泪盈眶。更不用提那些错综复杂的政治博弈和层出不穷的奇幻元素，它们交织成一张密不透风的网，将读者牢牢地困在故事之中，让人完全忘记了现实世界的时间流逝。那种全身心沉浸的体验，是任何其他媒介都难以比拟的，它需要的不仅是读者的投入，更是一种近乎朝圣般的虔诚。

这本书真正让我着迷的一点，在于它对权力腐蚀性的深刻揭示。在这个光怪陆离的世界里，即便是怀揣着最纯粹的初衷去追求力量的人，最终也会被力量本身所改变，甚至吞噬。每一次权力转移的场景，都写得充满了张力与不安，你永远不知道下一个掌权者会做出何等惊人的举动。不同势力的角力，不再是简单的善恶对立，更多的是意识形态和生存哲学的碰撞。这种多角度的叙事结构，使得读者必须跳出单一视角去理解全局，这对培养批判性思维非常有益。对我来说，阅读这本巨著，与其说是消遣，不如说是在进行一场智力上的深度对话，与作者在对人性、历史与宿命的理解上进行着激烈的思想交锋。

说实话，刚开始接触这套书时，我曾被其篇幅吓退过。但一旦真正沉入其中，时间感就彻底瓦解了。这部作品的叙事节奏非常独特，它擅长在看似平淡的日常生活中埋下足以引爆后续高潮的伏笔，那种铺陈的艺术，高明得让人拍案叫绝。有时候，几百页的内容可能只专注于某几个小团体的行动，但这所有的慢热，都是为了最终那史诗级的大决战做着最扎实的铺垫。这种宏大叙事下的微观刻画，使得角色的情感波动被无限放大。我特别喜欢看那些原本不被看好的小人物，如何在重压之下展现出惊人的韧性和领导力，这比那些生来就被赋予重任的主角故事更具感染力。它教会了我，真正的英雄主义，往往诞生于最平凡的角落，而非王座之上。

这本剧情总算是有些进展了

这本剧情总算是有些进展了

这本剧情总算是有些进展了

这本剧情总算是有些进展了

这本剧情总算是有些进展了