The Dragon Reborn

Proclaimed the Dragon Reborn after wielding a power out of legend, Rand al'Thor runs from the title and the prophecies that bind it, driven by dreams toward the great fortress of Tear and the crystal sword Callandor that only the true Dragon can draw. He is, strikingly, almost absent from his own story: the journey belongs to those who chase him. Perrin wrestles with a deepening bond to wolves, Mat, freed at last from the dagger that was killing him, gambles his way across the world, and Egwene, Nynaeve, and Elayne hunt members of a hidden circle of darkness within the White Tower itself. As all their paths converge on Tear, prophecy hardens into fact. The third volume of The Wheel of Time uses an unusual structure, keeping its prophesied hero at a distance while the people around him carry the narrative. It deepens the world's central conflict and pays off a long sequence of prophecies with one of the series' early defining moments.