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has done it in three thousand years тАФ Rand al'Thor knows only that he must face the Dark One. But
how?

Winter has stopped the war тАФ almost тАФ yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is
he?

Perrin Aybara is in pursuit with Moiraine Sedai, her Warder Lan, and Loial the Ogier. Bedeviled by
dreams, Perrin is grappling with another deadly problem -- how is he to escape the loss of his own
humanity?

Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are approaching Tar Valon, where Mat will be Healed тАФ if he lives until
they arrive. But who will tell Amyrlin their news -- that the Black Ajah, long thought only a hideous
rumor, is all too real? They cannot know that in Tar Valon far worse awaits. . .

Ahead, for all of them, in the Heart of the Stone, lies the next great test of the Dragon Reborn.. . .




The Shadow shall rise across the world, and darken every land, even to the smallest corner, and
there shall be neither Light nor safety. And he who shall be born of the Dawn, born of the Maiden,
according to Prophecy, he shall stretch forth his hands to catch the Shadow, and the world shall
scream in the pain of salvation. All Glory be to the Creator, and to the Light, and to he who shall
be born again. May the Light save us from him.



тАФ fromCommentaries on the Karaethon Cycle
Sereine dar Shamelle Motara
Counsel-Sister to Comaelle,
High Queen of Jaramide
(circa 325 AB, the Third Age)




Chapter 1




Seeds of Shadow
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend
fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In. one Age,
called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose on the great plain