I'd love to get over to Cape Town though!  Never did get that side!  We nearly did once, but ended up going to Namibia instead. 

Thanks, I will have a look around and see what you all get up to ? I see that there is a TV show coming up too, so that'll be interesting.  I may re-read a little more slower, as I did at lightning pace this time.

Thanks again ?

Thanks so much for getting back to me!  Well it proves I have an overdeveloped imagination then. I do wonder if I read fan fiction at some point and made it canon in the back of my mind. I was still waiting for some kind of additional reveal even as I re-read I was so convinced that info was going to appear.  At least I can let go of the issue.

I lived near what was Nelspruit for a number of years, getting the new releases from Exclusive books I seem to recall!

Hi all!

I suspect that I am just going a bit crazy, but feel the need to ask and confirm.

I first read WOT as it was released and generally had the hardback on reserve on opening day (well at least after the first few). I re-read up to that new book each time one came out, but since the series finished I haven't read it for several years. I decided recently to read the whole series again, and got on Kindle as I had had to get rid of my previous book collection when I left South Africa.

I want to ask if there were any changes in the books between editions?  I was expecting certain things as I was reading that didn't happen. I really thought originally Vandene had turned out to be black ajah, had killed her sister and then suffered from extreme guilt, and had also admitted to other things (like shielding the draghkar from Moiraine; letting in trollocs to Emonds Field etc.).  Obviously this doesn't happen in the books. Then I thought maybe my memory had gone wrong and I was thinking of Verin not Vandene - but Verin never claims to have done these things.  I'm sure there were a couple of other things, but I can't recall them now. I may even re-read again soon.

Please let me know if I utterly imagined the above, or if I read it on some fan fiction or something, or if there were ever any different editions when the books were first released.  It may preserve my sanity if you do!

Thanks

A forgetful imaginative fan