Lord of Chaos

The Dragon Reborn rules in fact if not in name, and the powers of the world maneuver to use him. Nations weigh whether to kneel, a rebel assembly of Aes Sedai courts his alliance, and a faction from the White Tower decides he must be controlled by force. Rand presses ahead with plans no cautious man would attempt, founding a school, binding nations to him, and gathering men who can channel into a weapon the world has not seen since the Age of Legends. Across the land, Perrin, Mat, Egwene, and Nynaeve pursue their own threads as the Shadow's grip tightens. The sixth volume of The Wheel of Time builds toward a battle that readers regularly name among the series' finest, where the newly raised Asha'man announce themselves and the balance of power shifts violently. It is a book about the price of being a weapon and a ruler at once, ending on a reversal that redefines Rand's place in the world and the lengths his enemies, and his supposed allies, will go to bend him.