Book description
Life in Emond's Field has been pretty boring for Rand Al'Thor and his
friends until a strange young woman arrives in their village. Moraine is
an Aes Sedai, a magician with the ability to wield the One Power, and
she brings warnings of a terrible evil awakening in the world. That very
night, the village is attacked by bloodthirsty Trollocs - a fearsome
tribe of beast-men thought to be no more than myth. As Emond's Field
burns, Moraine and her warrior-guardian help Rand and his companions to
escape. But it is only the beginning of their troubles. For Moraine
believes Rand Al'Thor is the Dragon Reborn, and that he is fated to
unite the world against the rising darkness and lead the fight against a
being so powerful and evil it is known simply as the Dark One. Robert
Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston. He was a graduate of the Citadel,
the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics, and
served 2 tours in Vietnam. His hobbies inc. hunting, fishing, sailing,
poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.
