The opening excerpt by Loial, was chilling.

It was good to see a Lan PoV, but it didn't feel too special.

Graendal...not so dead after all. Talk about the Dark One's own luck, I'm curious if she's allowed to take vengeance, or if she'll even be punished for Aran'gar's death.

Perrin was meh...hopefully the boring stuff is out of the way.

Galad...if the WoT holds to its cyclical nature, and things coming together. I think is being set up to be rescued by Perrin as Perrin was rescued by Moiraine in the Eye of the World.

Fain, has gone off the deep end! Kind of obvious he's making his way to the Pit of Doom...sadly this is turning into a Gholum like arc...hopefully it isn't so, but it's growing more and more obvious. The mists, do they equal Mashadar? Or are they something else? From what we know of worms, and how dangerous they are, and what he did to the Trollocs and the Myrddraal, with ease Rand is going to have his hands full dealing with Fain. Unless he takes a pot shot at Moridin?

The Kandori...that was epic! The sense of impending doom, and facing what was to come despite knowing your going to die. Epic. I hope their sacrifice is not in vain. I really hope it is not.

So it seems Tarmon Gai'don has come. The prologue has got my mouth watering, and I can barely wait for the release of the book. I have a feeling its going to be a real page turner.