3 or 4 chapters into Warriors of the Altaii. Something about the rationalizing of slavery between characters turned me all the way off. It was a very early attempt by Robert Jordan at writing a novel, but no thank you.

What if he just says “fuck it” and actually publishes Wind, BUT it’s the ending of the series? Like an 1100 page book where most characters die and everything goes to shit and the long winter arrives and only some scrappy remnant of humanity remains. Not some big triumph by one of the houses. Just doom and gloom. But an ending all the same.

I’d respect that more than the long tease.