Winter's Heart
Ninth book of The Wheel of Time, published by Tor Books in November 2000.
Winter's Heart is the ninth novel in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, released by Tor Books on November 7, 2000. It went straight to number one on The New York Times hardcover fiction best-seller list, the second book of the series to do so, and stayed there for two months. It has a prologue and 35 chapters; the title refers to the growing coldness of Rand al'Thor's character and to the return of winter after the climate was restored in The Path of Daggers.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Robert Jordan
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Series
- The Wheel of Time
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Publisher
- Tor Books (U.S.) &; Orbit (UK)
- Released
- November 7, 2000
- Format
- Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Lore & Background
Many of the book's events happen at the same time as those of the next volume, Crossroads of Twilight. Its climax is the cleansing of saidin at Shadar Logoth.
Perrin Aybara pursues the Shaido Aiel who kidnapped his wife Faile, while Elayne Trakand works to suppress rebellious nobles. Mat Cauthon is trapped in Seanchan-occupied Ebou Dar; his escape is disrupted by Tuon, heir to the Seanchan Crystal Throne, and having heard the prophecy that he will marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons, he kidnaps her as he leaves the city. Rand al'Thor is bonded as a Warder by Elayne, Aviendha and Min, kills most of the Asha'man traitors in Far Madding, and after a short imprisonment is freed by Cadsuane and other Aes Sedai; Lan kills Toram Riatin in a duel. Rand and Nynaeve then Travel to Shadar Logoth and, guarded by Cadsuane's Aes Sedai and loyal Asha'man against the Forsaken, use the Choedan Kal to cleanse saidin of the Dark One's taint, destroying Shadar Logoth and the female Choedan Kal in the process.
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