For centuries travelling gleemen have told tales of the lost Horn of Valere; the legendary horn that will raise the dead heroes of the Ages. The Horn has been discovered - only to be stolen, along with the dagger of Shadar Logoth, on which the very life of Rand al'Thor's friend Mat depends. ... read more
Many darkfriends are summoned by the Dark One to a meeting hall close to Shayol Ghul. Ba'alzamon appears to them and shows them the appearance of Rand, Mat, and Perrin. He then gives orders separately to each darkfriend. A darkfriend Whitecloak going by the name Bors receives orders to... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
“It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword.”Ingtar Shinowa
There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.Highlighted by 150 Kindle customers
“Some men,” she said, not raising her eyes from his hand, “choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who’s forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.”Highlighted by 89 Kindle customers
“Twice dawns the day when his blood is shed. Once for mourning, once for birth.Highlighted by 81 Kindle customers
“One of the things she said she saw looking at me was a severed hand. Not mine, she says. She claims she does not know what it means, either.”Highlighted by 55 Kindle customers
‘He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!’ And she fell forward into my arms, dead.”Highlighted by 54 Kindle customers
A man’s ring of heavy gold floated above Nynaeve’s head, and above Elayne’s, a red-hot iron and an axe.Highlighted by 50 Kindle customers
“ ‘For he shall come like the breaking dawn, and shatter the world again with his coming, and make it anew.’Highlighted by 45 Kindle customers
He knew they called themselves the Seanchan, and Hailene. He had enough of the Old Tongue to know the latter meant Those Who Come Before, or the Forerunners. They also called themselves Rhyagelle, Those Who Come Home, and spoke of Corenne, the Return.Highlighted by 43 Kindle customers
It was all of one piece, neither woven, nor dyed, nor painted. A banner, white as snow, big enough to be seen the length of a field of battle. And across it marched a rippling figure like a serpent scaled in gold and crimson, but a serpent with four scaled legs, each tipped with five golden claws, a serpent with eyes like the sun and a golden lion’s mane. He had seen it once before, and Moiraine had told him what it was. The banner of Lews Therin Telamon, Lews Therin Kinslayer, in the War of the Shadow. The banner of the Dragon.Highlighted by 42 Kindle customers
If the girl shows as much initiative in Tar Valon, she thought wryly, she will sit in the Amyrlin Seat one day. If she can learn to control that initiative. If there is an Amyrlin Seat left on which to sit.Highlighted by 37 Kindle customers
Prologue: In the Shadow
1. The Flame of Tar Valon
2. The Welcome
3. Friends and Enemies
4. Summoned
5. The Shadow in Shienar
6. Dark Prophecy
7. Blood Calls Blood
8. The Dragon Reborn
9. Leavetakings
10. The Hunt Begins
11. Glimmers of the Pattern
12. Woven in the Pattern
13. From Stone to Stone
14. Wolfbrother
15. Kinslayer
16. In the Mirror of Darkness
17. Choices
18. To the White Tower
19. Beneath the Dagger
20. Saidin
21. The Nine Rings
22. Watchers
23. The Testing
24. New Friends and Old Enemies
25. Cairhien
26. Discord
27. The Shadow in the Night
28. A New Thread in the Pattern
29. Seanchan
30. Daes Dae'mar
31. On the Scent
32. Dangerous Words
33. A Message From the Dark
34. The Wheel Weaves
35. Stedding Tsofu
36. Among the Elders
37. What Might Be
38. Practice
39. Flight From the White Tower
40. Damane
41. Disagreements
42. Falme
43. A Plan
44. Five Will Ride Forth
45. Blademaster
46. To Come Out of the Shadow
47. The Grave Is No Bar to My Call
48. First Claiming
49. What Was Meant to Be
50. After
Preceded by The Eye of the World, and followed by The Dragon Reborn.
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