The Great Hunt
is the second book in the Wheel of Time series; here we find Rand & company attempting to recapture the Horn of Valere, and in the process traveling from the Borderlands to Toman Head. The Seanchan are introduced, a seafaring empire that uses the One Power in battle. They have occupied Toman Head and stand as adversaries against the peoples of the mainland.
Egwene and her female twins are featured heavily, although their story here is solid, not drivel as in some of the later books.
Overall it is about on par with the first one for quality, but has less variety, as it is very focused on the hunt for the horn.
8.7/9
" starts here. Though it is now common knowledge that the later books suffer from an obvious quality drop, the early works were, if nothing else, rather entertaining.
, the female characters are largely identical to one another while simultaneousness serving as some of the most annoying individuals in fantasy-- but this flaw only becomes a major issue in later books when the females are given more focus. 
has taken over, following the death of Jordan, and apparently done a rather good job of it. So I'm slowly rereading the series, since I'd like to see Sanderson's works. There is a 2-3 book gap between Jordan and Sanderson that I'm not sure entirely sure how I'm going to surmount.