On March 23, 2006, Jordan disclosed in a statement that he had been diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis, and that with treatment, his median life expectancy was four years, though he said he intended to beat the statistics. In his own words, 'no man in this country should feel in danger because of his beliefs.' However, 'like his father and grandfather,' he preferred not to advertise, possibly because of the negative propaganda against Freemasonry. Responding to queries on the similarity of some of the concepts in his Wheel of Time books with Freemasonry concepts, Jordan admitted that he was a Freemason. He lived with his wife Harriet McDougal, who works as a book editor (currently with Tor Books she was also Jordan's editor) in a house built in 1797. He described himself as a 'High Church' Episcopalian and received communion more than once a week. He was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting. After graduating he was employed by the United States Navy as a nuclear engineer. After returning from Vietnam he attended The Citadel where he received an undergraduate degree in physics. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with 'V' and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. He served two tours in Vietnam (from 1968 to 1970) with the United States Army as a helicopter gunner.

Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He also wrote under the names Reagan O'Neal and Jackson O'Reilly. Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr., under which he was best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. A desconhecida é uma Aes Sedai, artífice do poder que move a Roda do Tempo, e acredita que um dos jovens seja o profético Dragão Renascido - aquele que poderá salvar ou destruir o mundo. Quando a vila é invadida por bestas que para a maioria dos homens pertenciam apenas ao universo das lendas, a mulher não só ajuda Rand e seus amigos a escapar dali, como também os conduz àquela que será a maior de todas as suas jornadas.

É a época das celebrações de final de inverno - o mais rigoroso das últimas décadas -, e, mesmo na agitação que antecipa o festival, chama a atenção a chegada de uma misteriosa forasteira. Nesse cenário em que trevas e redenção são igualmente temidas, vive Rand al’Thor, um jovem de uma vila pacata na região dos Dois Rios. Como a que diz que, quando as forças tenebrosas se reerguerem, o poder de combatê-las renascerá em um único homem, o Dragão, que trará de volta a guerra e, de novo, tudo se fragmentará.

Um dia houve uma guerra tão definitiva que rompeu o mundo, e no girar da Roda do Tempo o que ficou na memória dos homens virou esteio das lendas.

O Olho do Mundo by Robert Jordan