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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  NEW SPRING

  1 The Hook

  2 A Wish Fulfilled

  3 Practice

  4 Leaving the Tower

  5 The Human Heart

  6 Surprises

  7 The Itch

  8 Shreds of Serenity

  9 It Begins

  10 It Finishes

  11 Just Before Dawn

  12 Entering Home

  13 Business in the City

  14 Changes

  15 Into Canluum

  16 The Deeps

  17 An Arrival

  18 A Narrow Passage

  19 Pond Water

  20 Breakfast in Manala

  21 Some Tricks of the Power

  22 Keeping Custom

  23 The Evening Star

  24 Making Use of Invisibility

  25 An Answer

  26 When to Surrender

  Epilogue

  THE EYE OF THE WORLD

  Prologue: Dragonmount

  Map

  1 An Empty Road

  2 Strangers

  3 The Peddler

  4 The Gleeman

  5 Winternight

  6 The Westwood

  7 Out of the Woods

  8 A Place of Safety

  9 Tellings of the Wheel

  10 Leavetaking

  11 The Road to Taren Ferry

  12 Across the Taren

  13 Choices

  14 The Stag and Lion

  15 Strangers and Friends

  16 The Wisdom

  17 Watchers and Hunters

  18 The Caemlyn Road

  19 Shadow’s Waiting

  20 Dust on the Wind

  21 Listen to the Wind

  22 A Path Chosen

  23 Wolfbrother

  24 Flight Down the Arinelle

  25 The Traveling People

  26 Whitebridge

  27 Shelter From the Storm

  28 Footprints in Air

  29 Eyes Without Pity

  30 Children of Shadow

  31 Play for Your Supper

  32 Four Kings in Shadow

  33 The Dark Waits

  34 The Last Village

  35 Caemlyn

  36 Web of the Pattern

  37 The Long Chase

  38 Rescue

  39 Weaving of the Web

  40 The Web Tightens

  41 Old Friends and New Threats

  42 Remembrance of Dreams

  43 Decisions and Apparitions

  44 The Dark Along the Ways

  45 What Follows in Shadow

  46 Fal Dara

  47 More Tales of the Wheel

  48 The Blight

  49 The Dark One Stirs

  50 Meetings at the Eye

  51 Against the Shadow

  52 There Is Neither Beginning Nor End

  53 The Wheel Turns

  Glossary

  THE GREAT HUNT

  Map

  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

  Glossary

  THE DRAGON REBORN

  Dedication

  Map

  Prologue: Fortress of the Light

  1 Waiting

  2 Saidin

  3 News from the Plain

  4 Shadows Sleeping

  5 Nightmares Walking

  6 The Hunt Begins

  7 The Way Out of the Mountains

  8 Jarra

  9 Wolf Dreams

  10 Secrets

  11 Tar Valon

  12 The Amyrlin Seat

  13 Punishments

  14 The Bite of the Thorns

  15 The Gray Man

  16 Hunters Three

  17 The Red Sister

  18 Healing

  19 Awakening

  20 Visitations

  21 A World of Dreams

  22 The Price of the Ring

  23 Sealed

  24 Scouting and Discoveries

  25 Questions

  26 Behind a Lock

  27 Tel’aran’rhiod

  28 A Way Out

  29 A Trap to Spring

  30 The First Toss

  31 The Woman of Tanchico

  32 The First Ship

  33 Within the Weave

  34 A Different Dance

  35 The Falcon

  36 Daughter of the Night

  37 Fires in Cairhien

  38 Maidens of the Spear

  39 Threads in the Pattern

  40 A Hero in the Night

  41 A Hunter’s Oath

  42 Easing the Badger

  43 Shadowbrothers

  44 Hunted

  45 Caemlyn

  46 A Message Out of the Shadow

  47 To Race the Shadow

  48 Following the Craft

  49 A Storm in Tear

  50 The Hammer

  51 Bait for the Net

  52 In Search of a Remedy

  53 A Flow of the Spirit

  54 Into the Stone

  55 What Is Written in Prophecy

  56 People of the Dragon

  Glossary

  THE SHADOW RISING

  1 Seeds of Shadow

  2 Whirlpools in the Pattern

  3 Reflection

  4 Strings

  5 Questioners

  6 Doorways

  7 Playing with Fire

  8 Hard Heads

  9 Decisions

  10 The Stone Stands

  11 What
Lies Hidden

  12 Tanchico or the Tower

  13 Rumors

  14 Customs of Mayene

  15 Into the Doorway

  16 Leavetakings

  17 Deceptions

  18 Into the Ways

  19 The Wavedancer

  20 Winds Rising

  21 Into the Heart

  22 Out of the Stone

  23 Beyond the Stone

  24 Rhuidean

  25 The Road to the Spear

  26 The Dedicated

  27 Within the Ways

  28 To the Tower of Ghenjei

  29 Homecoming

  30 Beyond the Oak

  31 Assurances

  32 Questions to Be Asked

  33 A New Weave in the Pattern

  34 He Who Comes with the Dawn

  35 Sharp Lessons

  36 Misdirections

  37 Imre Stand

  38 Hidden Faces

  39 A Cup of Wine

  40 Hunter of Trollocs

  41 Among the Tuatha’an

  42 A Missing Leaf

  43 Care for the Living

  44 The Breaking Storm

  45 The Tinker’s Sword

  46 Veils

  47 The Truth of a Viewing

  48 An Offer Refused

  49 Cold Rocks Hold

  50 Traps

  51 Revelations in Tanchico

  52 Need

  53 The Price of a Departure

  54 Into the Palace

  55 Into the Deep

  56 Goldeneyes

  57 A Breaking in the Three-fold Land

  58 The Traps of Rhuidean

  Copyright Page

  THE FIRES OF HEAVEN

  Map

  Prologue: The First Sparks Fall

  1 Fanning the Sparks

  2 Rhuidean

  3 Pale Shadows

  4 Twilight

  5 Among the Wise Ones

  6 Gateways

  7 A Departure

  8 Over the Border

  9 A Signal

  10 Figs and Mice

  11 The Nine Horse Hitch

  12 An Old Pipe

  13 A Small Room in Sienda

  14 Meetings

  15 What Can Be Learned in Dreams

  16 An Unexpected Offer

  17 Heading West

  18 A Hound of Darkness

  19 Memories

  20 Jangai Pass

  21 The Gift of a Blade

  22 Birdcalls by Night

  23 “The Fifth, I Give You”

  24 A Message Sent

  25 Dreams of Galad

  26 Sallie Daera

  27 The Practice of Diffidence

  28 Trapped

  29 Memories of Saldaea

  30 A Wager

  31 The Far Snows

  32 A Short Spear

  33 A Question of Crimson

  34 A Silver Arrow

  35 Ripped Away

  36 A New Name

  37 Performances in Samara

  38 An Old Acquaintance

  39 Encounters in Samara

  40 The Wheel Weaves

  41 The Craft of Kin Tovere

  42 Before the Arrow

  43 This Place, This Day

  44 The Lesser Sadness

  45 After the Storm

  46 Other Battles, Other Weapons

  47 The Price of a Ship

  48 Leavetakings

  49 To Boannda

  50 To Teach, and Learn

  51 News Comes to Cairhien

  52 Choices

  53 Fading Words

  54 To Caemlyn

  55 The Threads Burn

  56 Glowing Embers

  Glossary

  LORD OF CHAOS

  Map

  Prologue: The First Message

  1 Lion on the Hill

  2 A New Arrival

  3 A Woman’s Eyes

  4 A Sense of Humor

  5 A Different Dance

  6 Threads Woven of Shadow

  7 A Matter of Thought

  8 The Storm Gathers

  9 Plans

  10 A Saying in the Borderlands

  11 Lessons and Teachers

  12 Questions and Answers

  13 Under the Dust

  14 Dreams and Nightmares

  15 A Pile of Sand

  16 Tellings of the Wheel

  17 The Wheel of a Life

  18 A Taste of Solitude

  19 Matters of Toh

  20 From the Stedding

  21 To Shadar Logoth

  22 Heading South

  23 To Understand a Message

  24 An Embassy

  25 Like Lightning and Rain

  26 Connecting Lines

  27 Gifts

  28 Letters

  29 Fire and Spirit

  30 To Heal Again

  31 Red Wax

  32 Summoned in Haste

  33 Courage to Strengthen

  34 Journey to Salidar

  35 In the Hall of the Sitters

  36 The Amyrlin Is Raised

  37 When Battle Begins

  38 A Sudden Chill

  39 Possibilities

  40 Unexpected Laughter

  41 A Threat

  42 The Black Tower

  43 The Crown of Roses

  44 The Color of Trust

  45 A Bitter Thought

  46 Beyond the Gate

  47 The Wandering Woman

  48 Leaning on the Knife

  49 The Mirror of Mists

  50 Thorns

  51 The Taking

  52 Weaves of the Power

  53 The Feast of Lights

  54 The Sending

  55 Dumai’s Wells

  Epilogue: The Answer

  Glossary

  A CROWN OF SWORDS

  Map

  Prologue: Lightnings

  1 High Chasaline

  2 The Butcher’s Yard

  3 Hill of the Golden Dawn

  4 Into Cairhien

  5 A Broken Crown

  6 Old Fear, and New Fear

  7 Pitfalls and Tripwires

  8 The Figurehead

  9 A Pair of Silverpike

  10 Unseen Eyes

  11 An Oath

  12 A Morning of Victory

  13 The Bowl of the Winds

  14 White Plumes

  15 Insects

  16 A Touch on the Cheek

  17 The Triumph of Logic

  18 As the Plow Breaks the Earth

  19 Diamonds and Stars

  20 Patterns Within Patterns

  21 Swovan Night

  22 Small Sacrifices

  23 Next Door to a Weaver

  24 The Kin

  25 Mindtrap

  26 The Irrevocable Words

  27 To Be Alone

  28 Bread and Cheese

  29 The Festival of Birds

  30 The First Cup

  31 Mashiara

  32 Sealed to the Flame

  33 A Bath

  34 Ta’veren

  35 Into the Woods

  36 Blades

  37 A Note from the Palace

  38 Six Stories

  39 Promises to Keep

  40 Spears

  41 A Crown of Swords

  Glossary

  THE PATH OF DAGGERS

  Dedication

  Map

  Prologue: Deceptive Appearances

  1 To Keep the Bargain

  2 Unweaving

  3 A Pleasant Ride

  4 A Quiet Place

  5 The Breaking Storm

  6 Threads

  7 A Goatpen

  8 A Simple Country Woman

  9 Tangles

  10 Changes

  11 Questions and an Oath

  12 New Alliances

  13 Floating Like Snow

  14 Message from the M’Hael

  15 Stronger Than Written Law

  16 Unexpected Absences

  17 Out on the Ice

  18 A Peculiar Calling

  1
9 The Law

  20 Into Andor

  21 Answering the Summons

  22 Gathering Clouds

  23 Fog of War, Storm of Battle

  24 A Time for Iron

  25 An Unwelcome Return

  26 The Extra Bit

  27 The Bargain

  28 Crimsonthorn

  29 A Cup of Sleep

  30 Beginnings

  31 After

  Glossary

  Copyright

  WINTER’S HEART

  Map

  Prologue: Snow

  1 Leaving the Prophet

  2 Taken

  3 Customs

  4 Offers

  5 Flags

  6 The Scent of Madness

  7 The Streets of Caemlyn

  8 Sea Folk and Kin

  9 A Cup of Tea

  10 A Plan Succeeds

  11 Ideas of Importance

  12 A Lily in Winter

  13 Wonderful News

  14 What a Veil Hides

  15 In Need of a Bellfounder

  16 An Unexpected Encounter

  17 Pink Ribbons

  18 An Offer

  19 Three Women

  20 Questions of Treason

  21 A Matter of Property

  22 Out of Thin Air

  23 To Lose the Sun

  24 Among the Counsels

  25 Bonds

  26 Expectation

  27 To Surprise Queens and Kings

  28 News in a Cloth Sack

  29 Another Plan

  30 Cold, Fat Raindrops

  31 What the Aelfinn Said

  32 A Portion of Wisdom

  33 Blue Carp Street

  34 The Hummingbird’s Secret

  35 With the Choedan Kal

  Glossary

  CROSSROADS OF TWILIGHT

  Map

  Prologue: Glimmers of the Pattern

  1 Time to Be Gone

  2 Two Captains

  3 A Fan of Colors

  4 The Tale of a Doll

  5 The Forging of a Hammer

  6 The Scent of a Dream

  7 Blacksmith’s Puzzle

  8 Whirlpools of Color

  9 Traps

  10 A Blazing Beacon

  11 Talk of Debts

  12 A Bargain

  13 High Seats

  14 What Wise Ones Know

  15 Gathering Darkness

  16 The Subject of Negotiations

  17 Secrets

  18 A Chat with Siuan

  19 Surprises

  20 In the Night

  21 A Mark

  22 One Answer

  23 Ornaments

  24 A Strengthening Storm

  25 When to Wear Jewels

  26 In So Habor

  27 What Must Be Done

  28 A Cluster of Rosebuds

  29 Something Flickers

  30 What the Oath Rod Can Do

  Epilogue: An Answer

  Glossary

  KNIFE OF DREAMS

  Map

  Prologue: Embers Falling on Dry Grass

  1 When Last Sounds

  2 The Dark One’s Touch

  3 At the Gardens

  4 A Deal

  5 Something . . . Strange

  6 A Stave and a Razor

  7 A Cold Medallion

  8 Dragons’ Eggs

  9 A Short Path

  10 A Village in Shiota

  11 A Hell in Maderin

  12 A Manufactory

  13 Siege

  14 Wet Things

  15 A Different Skill

  16 The New Follower

  17 A Bronze Bear

  18 News for the Dragon

  19 Vows

  20 The Golden Crane

  21 Within the Stone