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The prequel novel to the globally bestselling Wheel of Time series - a fantasy phenomenon

The city of Canluum lies close to the scarred and desolate wastes of the Blight, a walled haven from the dangers away to the north, and a refuge from the ill works of those who serve the Dark One. Or so it is said. The city that greets Al'Lan Mandragoran, exiled king of Malkier and the finest swordsman of his generation, is instead one that is rife with rumour and the whisperings of Shadowspawn. Proof, should he have required it, that the Dark One grows powerful once more and that his minions are at work throughout the lands.

And yet it is within Canluum's walls that Lan will meet a woman who will shape his destiny. Moiraine is a young and powerful Aes Sedai who has journeyed to the city in search of a bondsman. She requires aid in a desperate quest to prove the truth of a vague and largely discredited prophecy - one that speaks of a means to turn back the shadow, and of a child who may be the dragon reborn.

'Epic in every sense' - Sunday Times

'With the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal' New York Times

'A fantasy phenomenon' SFX

The Wheel of Time series:

Book 1: The Eye of the World

Book 2: The Great Hunt

Book 3: The Dragon Reborn

Book 4: The Shadow Rising

Book 5: The Fires of Heaven

Book 6: Lord of Chaos

Book 7: A Crown of Swords

Book 8: The Path of Daggers

Book 9: Winter's Heart

Book 10: Crossroads of Twilight

Book 11: Knife of Dreams

Book 12: The Gathering Storm

Book 13: Towers of Midnight

Book 14: A Memory of Light

Prequel: New Spring

Look out for the companion book: The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time