Hardcover: 720 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.76 x 9.51 x 6.41 Publisher: Tor Books; ISBN: 0312857675; (June 1996)

Book Description
The eagerly awaited sequel to Lord of Chaos, The New York Times bestseller that swept the nation like a firestorm.

In this volume, Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of women who can channel--Sea Folk, Windfinders, Wise Ones, and some surprising others. And above all, Rand faces the dread Forsaken Sammael, in the shadows of Shadar Logoth, where the blood-hungry mist, Mashadar, waits for prey.

This book was the greatest of all the Robert Jordan books Ihave read. Not only does it start to clean up some of the loose ends,so that Rand is faster on his way to Tarmon Gai'don, it shows us (the readers) why that wound in Rand's side won't go away.

Nyneave finally rids herself of her block, and grabs al'Lan with both hands. The delagation sent by Egwene to find the bowl ter'angreal finds the bowl, and comes altogether closer to slapping back the Dark One's hot finger on the world. Mat finally will come face to face with his soon-to-be wife, the Daughter of the Nine Moons. In the end, Rand almost rids himself of Sammael, but with some speculation on my part, Sammael doesn't seem to really die.

Jordan leaves some mysterious new characters laying around, such as Moridin, the man who calls himself Death; and Shaidar Haran, the not-quite Myrdraal who can channel the True Source; and the "helper" to Rand with his fight against Sammael.

This book was really great in clearing up some questions, but had that Robert Jordan way of creating more. I look for the next book with great expectations. Hopefully, Robert Jordan will finish this series before he dies!!