in the tenth book of the wheel of time from the new york times 1 bestselling author robert jordan the world and the characters stand at a crossroads and the world approaches twilight when the power of the shadow grows strongerfleeing from ebou dar with the kidnapped daughter of the nine moons whom he is fated to marry mat cauthon learns that he can neither keep her nor let her go not in safety for either of them for both the shadow and the might of the seanchan empire are in deadly pursuitperrin aybara seeks to free his wife faile a captive of the shaido but his only hope may be an alliance with the enemy can he remain true to his friend rand and to himself for his love of faile perrin is willing to sell his soulat tar valon egwene alvere the young amyrlin of the rebel aes sedai lays siege to the heart of aes sedai power but she must win quickly with as little bloodshed as possible for unless the aes sedai are reunited only the male ashaman will remain to defend the world against the dark one and nothing can hold the ashaman themselves back from total power except the aes sedai and a unified white towerin andor elayne trakland fights for the lion throne that is hers by right but enemies and darkfriends surround her plotting her destruction if she fails andor may fall to the shadow and the dragon reborn with itrand althor the dragon reborn himself has cleansed the dark ones taint from the male half of the true source and everything has changed yet nothing has for only men who can channel believe that saidin is clean again and a man who can channel is still hated and fearedeven one prophesied to save the world now rand must gamble again with himself at stake and he cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies