Category: By the Cover

  • Path of Daggers (By the Cover): Forward March

    Oh, wow. This cover is super boring. Just like the book beneath it! If you’ve read the book, it should be pretty obvious what event this depicts. It is Rand’s march upon the Seanchan. We get the statue he has a conversation over, the Banner of Light and the Dragon Banner, and Rand himself is…

  • A Crown of Swords (By the Cover): Alone in the Darkness

    I was expecting a bit of goofy fun today. That’s what I look for in a Wheel of Time cover. Unfortunately, I was disappointed this time around. Now, I wouldn’t say it’s an awful cover. But of the Wheel of Time covers so far, it is definitely among the weakest. There isn’t a whole lot…

  • The Lord of Chaos (By the Cover): Here I Stand, Death Surrounding Me

    The cover of ‘The Fires of Heaven’ was my favorite Wheel of Time cover so far. It was cool looking, enticing, brilliantly drawn, and perfectly depicts the climax of the story. That was the kind of cover I would put on my wall. I wish I could say the same for the cover of ‘Lord…

  • The Shadow Rising (By the Cover): Into the Wastes

    I swear to god, these covers just get less accurate every time! I’m only half certain about what’s happening here. We’ve got four characters front and center; Rand in red (I think), Mat in green (I think), Egwene (I think), and… is that Lan in the back? That would make the most sense. Unless it’s…

  • The Dragon Reborn (By the Cover): I HAVE THE POWER!!!

    Is it just me, or do these covers just keep getting sillier? Like, this one is just a straight-up comedy, dudes! Look at this! Of the Wheel of Time covers we’ve analyzed so far, this is by far the simplest. It depicts the moment near the end of the book, where Rand claims Callandor and…