As the shadow of Tarmon Gai’don looms, the world of the Wheel of Time shifts from the abstract threat of prophecy to the visceral reality of a collapsing civilization. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has begun a desperate race to unify the fractured nations of the world before the Last Battle, but the greatest threat he faces is not the armies of the Shadow, but the encroaching darkness within his own soul. He believes that to save the world, he must become as hard as the cuendillar he once broke, alienating allies and suppressing his own humanity in a grim pursuit of victory.

Simultaneously, the White Tower—once the undisputed center of magical and political authority—remains a house divided. Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel faction, finds herself a prisoner within the very...

As the shadow of Tarmon Gai’don looms, the world of the Wheel of Time shifts from the abstract threat of prophecy to the visceral reality of a collapsing civilization. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has begun a desperate race to unify the fractured nations of the world before the Last Battle, but the greatest threat he faces is not the armies of the Shadow, but the encroaching darkness within his own soul. He believes that to save the world, he must become as hard as the cuendillar he once broke, alienating allies and suppressing his own humanity in a grim pursuit of victory.

Simultaneously, the White Tower—once the undisputed center of magical and political authority—remains a house divided. Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel faction, finds herself a prisoner within the very...