Book description
As the very fabric of reality wears thin all portents indicate that
Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al'Thor must
ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand must first negotiate a
truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his
strength. Perrin has made his own desperate truce with the Seanchan - he
would deal with the Dark One himself to save his wife Faile from the
Shaido. Meanwhile, Mat is caught up in a reckless escape from Ebou Dar
with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons. But Tuon is in fact in
deadly danger from her Seanchan countrymen. Mat will have to risk much
to prevail and still win her as his bride. All is in flux as established
powers falter … In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while
trying to avert civil war and Egwene finds that even the White Tower is
no longer a place of safety. The winds of time have whirled into a
storm, and Rand and his companions ride in the vortex. This small
company must prevail against the trials of fate and fortune - or the
Dark One will triumph and the world will be lost. 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.
