Book description
Rand is on the run with Min, but his destination is a mystery to Cadsuane.
Mazrim Taim, leader of the Black Tower, is revealed to be a liar, but
his purpose remains shrouded in secrecy.
Perrin is hunting desperately for Faile, now a prisoner of Sevanna's
sept. With Elyas Machera, Berelain, the Prophet, and a very mixed army
of disparate forces, he is moving through country rife with bandits and
roving Seanchan ... while the man called Slayer is stalking the Wolf
Dream and Tel'aran'rhiod.
In Tar Valon, the schemers and counter-schemers in Elaida's White Tower
are shaken to the core when Egwene and the rebels appear suddenly
outside the walls.
In Ebou Dar, the Seanchan princess known as Daughter of the Nine Moons
arrives - and Mat, who has been recuperating in the Tarasin Palace, is
introduced to her. Will the marriage that has been foretold come about?
WINTER'S HEART is a triumph of epic storytelling, and a magnificent
addition to a landmark series in the fantasy genre. 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
two tours in Vietnam. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, sailing,
poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.