Robert Jordan

Rand, a farm boy, is thought to be the prophesied leader who will save his people.

The Shadow is rising to cover humankind and Lord Dragon considers his next move, something no one expects.

The leader who will save the world, but in the process destroy it, is on the run from his prophesied destiny.

Rand al'Thor, now the Dragon Reborn, must conceal his present endeavor; Siuan Sanche and her companions are arrested for barn-burning; in Shayol Ghul the Dark One stirs.

In the Field of Merrilor the rulers of the nations gather to join behind Rand al'Thor, or to stop him from his plan to break the seals on the Dark One's prison -- which may be a sign of his madness, or the last hope of humankind. Egwene, the Amyrlin Seat, leans toward the former. In Andor, the Trollocs seize Caemlyn. In the wolf dream, Perrin Aybara battles Slayer. Approaching Ebou Dar, Mat Cauthon plans to visit his wife Tuon, now Fortuona, Empress...

Despite rumors of Rand al'Thor's death spreading across the land, he is alive, and so are his five companions from Two Rivers, although it can hardly be said that people with so much at stake are also well. The Seanchan invasion hasn't turned the land into a replica of China, circa 1900-50, and so the fleets of the Athan Miere are putting to sea with, it would seem, an eye to seeing that they do so.

Continues the story of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" fantasy series, chronicling the adventures of Rand and Min, Mazrim Taim, Faile, Bain and Chiad, Queen Alliandre, Morgase, Perrin, Mat, and several other characters.

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