Wheel of Time Chapter Breaks Records
May Trakand highlighted that chapter 37 of *A Memory of Light* (the final Wheel of Time book finished by Brandon Sanderson) spans 117 pages for a single chapter. The post sparked massive engagement with 4.8K likes, 190 reposts, and 240K views, showcasing the epic scale that defines Robert Jordan's series.
- The chapter, titled "The Last Battle," has a word count of approximately 80,000 words, which is longer than the entire text of *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone*. - In its audiobook format, the single chapter has a runtime of about nine hours. - Author Brandon Sanderson stated he intentionally made the chapter a "marathon" with no convenient breaks so that the reader would feel the same exhaustion as the characters by the end. - The chapter is comprised of 72 distinct scenes, told from the perspectives of 31 different characters. - The entire *Wheel of Time* series spans 14 main books and a prequel, totaling over 4.4 million words. - Original author Robert Jordan passed away in 2007, and his widow, Harriet McDougal, selected Brandon Sanderson to complete the series using Jordan's extensive notes. - Robert Jordan had written the final chapter and epilogue of the series himself before his death, which Sanderson then integrated into the conclusion of the final book.
