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Summary
The war for humanity's survival has begun. Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has escaped the snares of the White Tower and the first of the rebel Aes Sedai have sworn to follow him. Attacked by the servants of the Dark, threatened by the invading Seanchan, Rand rallies his forces and brings battle t... Full description
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The war for humanity's survival has begun. Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has escaped the snares of the White Tower and the first of the rebel Aes Sedai have sworn to follow him. Attacked by the servants of the Dark, threatened by the invading Seanchan, Rand rallies his forces and brings battle to bear upon Illian, stronghold of Sammael the Forsaken ... In the city of Ebou Dar, Elayne, Aviendha and Mat struggle to secure the ter' angreal that can break the Dark One's hold on the world's weather -- and an ancient bane moves to oppose them. In the town of Salidar, Egwene al'Vere gathers an army to reclaim Tar Valon and reunite the Aes Sedai ... And in Shadar Logoth, city of darkness, a terrible power awakens ... |
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Item Description: |
First edition June 1996. "A Tor book"--Title page version. "A Tom Doherty Associates book." "A Tor hardcover"--Book jacket back flap. "Tor fantasy"--Title page and spine. Maps by Ellisa Mitchell. Interior illustrations by Matthew C. Nielsen and Ellisa Mitchell. Jacket art by Darrell K. Sweet. Jacket design by Carol Russo. Color maps on endpapers. "Book 7 of the Wheel of time"--Book jacket front. Sequel to: Lord of Chaos. |
Physical Description: |
684 pages : maps (some color) ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781250252081 1250252083 9780312857677 0312857675 9781857233667 1857233662 9781857234039 1857234030 9780765336460 0765336464 9780812550283 0812550285 9780356503882 0356503887 9781857233674 1857233670 |
Author Notes: |
During the 1980's, he began writing several novels for the Conan the Barbarian series that was created in the 1930's by Robert E. Howard. He also wrote under many pseudonyms, which include the historical novels The Fallon Blood (1980), The Fallon Pride (1981) and The Fallon Legacy (1982) as Reagan O'Neal; and the western Cheyenne Riders (1982) as Jackson O'Reilly. He wrote articles for periodicals for the Library Journal, Fantasy Review and Science Fiction Review as Chang Lung. He was the author of the Wheel of Time series and The Towers of Midnight. He died on September 16, 2007 following a battle with cardiac amyloidosis. Jordan was cremated and his ashes buried in the churchyard of St. James Church in Goose Creek, outside Charleston. (Bowker Author Biography) |