Can you describe at this point—I hope this doesn’t jump too much into spoiler territory—can you describe how you’re approaching the tone of this book? I know The Gathering Storm , from the first page of The Gathering Storm , I thought, wow, this is grim. And as it goes and it goes, and as Rand goes and goes, this book goes to a dark place. And then, in Towers , from almost the first chapter, you’re like, oh wow, this is a very different experience we’ve got, with Rand coming back down. But even the whole book just felt different. Can you describe at a top level how the tone of this next book is going to feel? Is it going to be grim? Is it going to be one of happy victory? (laughter) That’s not really where I’m going. What I’m really going for, is just from the notion of as the book is going, how does the tone go?
This is much like the other question I wasn’t sure I wanted to get into, just because it’s too early to be talking about that. And so I really think I’ll just leave this one alone. It’s a good question to ask and be thinking of, and I do do these things consciously, but I don’t think it’s time to talk about it yet.
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