The Wheel of Time series is a world that you can get lost in, and not in a bad way.  Robert Jordan is an expert in fleshing out his characters and defining his world in a masterful way.        

The story is about the main character's Rand, Matt and Perrin and their journey as they leave their hometown behind and set off to grow individually and also always knowing that in the end they will need each other to survive.  The story follows as they each become masters of themselves and their skills and the forces they must face to stop true evil from enveloping the world.

The characters...