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The unabridged audio book is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. At 393,823 words, The Shadow Rising is the longest book of The Wheel of Time while featuring fewer pages than Lord of Chaos. The Shadow Rising consists of 58 chapters. It is the only book in the main sequence of The Wheel of Time not to contain a prologue, although its first ...
- Robert Jordan
- 1992
The action continues in The End of Time as Earth continues the struggle to survive the overwhelming forces arrayed against it. Could this be the end of time for the warriors fighting for survival. This review is from: Lens of Time - Pray for the Prey (Lens of Time - (Book Three)) (Kindle Edition) It's already the third book in a great series ...
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- Saxon Andrew
- Biography
- Events of The Last Ship
- Personality
- Abilities
- Awards and Decorations
- Trivia
Early life
The son of United States Army veteran Jed Chandler, Tom Chandler was raised in Virginia along with a brother and a sister. As a young man, Tom joined the United States Navy to spite his father. At an unknown point in time, he married a woman named Darien. They had a daughter, Ashley, and a son, Sam, and resided in Norfolk, Virginia, where his ship is homeported. He speaks and reads fluent Russian, and has a book written by Admiral Konstantin Nikolajewitsch Ruskovin his personal collection.He...
United States Navy service
Tom Chandler is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland as per the college degree he has on the wall of his Captain's Quarters (as seen on the episode (“El Toro (Episode)”). As a Lieutenant, junior grade, Chandler served on the USS Pinckney (DDG-91) after completing a tour of duty in Iraq. The Pinckney's captain promoted him to full Lieutenant; years later, Chandler gave his Lieutenant's bars to Lieutenant Alisha Grandersonduring her promotion ceremony. By 2013, C...
Season 1
With the ship's generators damaged, Chandler advises a plan to generate enough power to reach dry land and save the crew from dehydration. (“We'll Get There”) Chandler leads a team to a Monkey Reserve in Nicaragua to collect Monkeys for Dr. Rachel Scott. They encounter El Toro along the way. (“El Toro (Episode)”) He addresses the dwindling morale aboard the Nathan James and inspires the sailors to continue on with their mission. (“Lockdown”) Chandler rescues Bertrise from the Octopus ship...
Season 2
With the Nathan James under siege by Granderson's people, CDR Chandler and his few landlocked crewmembers take the fight to Granderson, teaming up with the underground resistance against Granderson led by Andrew Thorwald, a former Baltimore Police Department officer. Together, they were able to stop her, but Thorwald was killed in the attempt, and Granderson chose to commit suicide rather than be arrested by Chandler. (“Unreal City”) (“Fight the Ship”) After liberating Baltimore, the ship ret...
Season 3
As Chief of Naval Operations, Chandler now holding the rank of Captain, having turned down a promotion to Admiral, saying that "[Captain] suits him better". (“The Scott Effect”) As questions are raised in Asia over fears that that the virus has mutated, President Jeffrey Michener sends him to China to meet with President Peng and the other Asian Leaders. Upon arrival in China, he is reunited with Wolf and taken to the summit. It is there he is finally reunited with an old acquaintance and for...
As a military man and an officer of the United States Armed Forces, Tom Chandler is a man of authority, courage, and honor. Chandler is committed to the safety and well-being of the crew of the Nathan James and with the lives of others as well. He takes his role as Commanding Officer (CO) seriously and refuses to abuse his power in any way and is f...
Hand-to-Hand Combatant: As a member of the US Navy Chandler is a trained and experienced combatant.Marksmanship: Chandler is trained and skilled with the use of firearms.Master Tactician/Strategist: Chandler is a clever and exceptional military tactician, often leading to success in what others see as impossible situations,The following are the medals and service awards seen worn on Chandler's uniform in the show. Chandler received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for his actions during the Red Flu crisis. (“The Scott Effect”)
He joined the Navy to piss off his father, who was in the Army.He keeps a bracelet given to him by his daughter in his front pocket.He carries a Beretta M9 in 9×19 as his personal sidearm; he also frequently uses the M4A1 carbine in 5.56×45mm. Other weapons he has used over the course of the series include (but are not limited...Over the course of the series, CAPT Chandler has killed numerous times in the line of duty.The Shadow Rising (abbreviated tSR) is the fourth book in The Wheel of Time series. It was published by Tor Books and released on September 15, 1992. It is 1004 pages long. At the beginning of this book, all major protagonists are together at the Stone of Tear, where Rand al'Thor had recently, at the end of The Dragon Reborn, shown to the world that he was the Dragon Reborn by wielding ...
Oct 2, 2012 · The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos
'Epic in every sense' Sunday Times 'With the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal' New York Times ' [The] huge ambitious Wheel of Time series helped redefine the genre' George R. R. Martin 'A fantasy phenomenon' SFX The Wheel of Time series: Book 1: The Eye of the World Book 2: The Great Hunt Book 3: The Dragon Reborn Book 4: The Shadow Rising Book ...
- Robert Jordan
In the fourth instance of The Wheel of Time, there are four—five if the beginning of the book which takes place in tear is to be accounted for—main plot lines: the White Tower, the Two Rivers, the Aiel Waste, and Tanchico. Like in the other books, the main group of characters still ends up in separate ways in order to achieve different tasks.
