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The war for humanity's survival has begun. Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has escaped the snares of the White Tower and the first of the rebel Aes Sedai have sworn to follow him. Attacked by the servants of the Dark, threatened by the invading Seanchan, Rand rallies his forces and brings battle t...

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Main Author: Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007 (Author)
Other Authors: Mitchell, Ellisa (Illustrator), Nielsen, Matthew C. (Illustrator), Sweet, Darrell (Illustrator), Russo, Carol (Bookjacket designer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : TOR, 1996.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007. Wheel of time ; 7.
Subjects:
Rand al'Thor (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Weather > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Heat waves (Meteorology) > Fiction.
Good and evil > Fiction.
Prophecies > Fiction.
Fate and fatalism > Fiction.
Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Epic fiction.
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Summary:The war for humanity's survival has begun. Rand al' Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has escaped the snares of the White Tower and the first of the rebel Aes Sedai have sworn to follow him. Attacked by the servants of the Dark, threatened by the invading Seanchan, Rand rallies his forces and brings battle to bear upon Illian, stronghold of Sammael the Forsaken ... In the city of Ebou Dar, Elayne, Aviendha and Mat struggle to secure the ter' angreal that can break the Dark One's hold on the world's weather -- and an ancient bane moves to oppose them. In the town of Salidar, Egwene al'Vere gathers an army to reclaim Tar Valon and reunite the Aes Sedai ... And in Shadar Logoth, city of darkness, a terrible power awakens ...
Item Description:First edition June 1996.
"A Tor book"--Title page version.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
"A Tor hardcover"--Book jacket back flap.
"Tor fantasy"--Title page and spine.
Maps by Ellisa Mitchell.
Interior illustrations by Matthew C. Nielsen and Ellisa Mitchell.
Jacket art by Darrell K. Sweet.
Jacket design by Carol Russo.
Color maps on endpapers.
"Book 7 of the Wheel of time"--Book jacket front.
Sequel to: Lord of Chaos.
Physical Description:684 pages : maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9781250252081
1250252083
9780312857677
0312857675
9781857233667
1857233662
9781857234039
1857234030
9780765336460
0765336464
9780812550283
0812550285
9780356503882
0356503887
9781857233674
1857233670
Author Notes:Robert Jordan was born James Oliver Rigney Jr. on October 17, 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He received a B.S. in physics from The Citadel in 1974. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and won The Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. From 1974 to 1978, he worked for the U.S. Civil Service as a nuclear engineer.

During the 1980's, he began writing several novels for the Conan the Barbarian series that was created in the 1930's by Robert E. Howard. He also wrote under many pseudonyms, which include the historical novels The Fallon Blood (1980), The Fallon Pride (1981) and The Fallon Legacy (1982) as Reagan O'Neal; and the western Cheyenne Riders (1982) as Jackson O'Reilly. He wrote articles for periodicals for the Library Journal, Fantasy Review and Science Fiction Review as Chang Lung. He was the author of the Wheel of Time series and The Towers of Midnight.

He died on September 16, 2007 following a battle with cardiac amyloidosis. Jordan was cremated and his ashes buried in the churchyard of St. James Church in Goose Creek, outside Charleston.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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