Years ago, I started reading a little series from an author that had previously written some of my favorite post-Robert E. Howard Conan novels. The premise was a simple one, but as I read further into the books, they became far more intricate and seemed to expand beyond my wildest dreams. I speak, of course, of Robert Jordan‘s The Wheel Of Time series.

The good folks at Audible have been kind enough to give us access to the first (almost) fifteen minutes of Brandon Sanderson‘s new Reckoners audiobook, Calamity. The audiobook releases on the same day as the hardcover, February 16, 2016.

You can listen to the 15-minute audiobook preview here below.

As a shock to nearly everyone, a pilot episode for Winter Dragon, a potential TV series based on the epic Wheel Of Time fantasy novels by the late Robert Jordan, aired on FXX in the early morning hours today and is now online (watch it here below).

With no promotions or warnings, viewers who caught the 30-minute pilot on FXX in the middle of the night were surprised that such a series existed and that it was debuting, including Robert Jordan’s Estate, which made a statement that the project was done without their knowledge or involvement.

It turns out, the pilot, which starred Billy Zane, is not an FXX series. It aired on the network in a paid spot — kind of like the way an infomerical does — purchased by Red Eagle Entertainment, the pilot’s producers who needed to get it on the air.

Part of today’s Kindle ebook deal of the day over at Amazon is the Wheel Of Time novel New Spring by Robert Jordan on sale for only $2.99 (that’s 63% off the regular price of $7.99).

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Thursday, September 12, 2013, until 11:59pm PST.

If you’d like to purchase a physical copy of New Spring, you can get the hardcover for $17.20.

Tor has dropped the price on the ebook for From The Two Rivers to only $.99. The book is part one of The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan‘s popular Wheel of Time series.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of From The Two Rivers, the book is also available in paperback for only $5.99; if you want to get The Eye of the World in paperback, it’s only $6.99. Both titles are currently part of Amazon’s 4-for-3 promotion, where you can purchase four select items for the price of three (see the Special Offers and Product Promotions section of the product pages).