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The Wheel of Time · right after The Gathering Storm

Towers of Midnight

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The world readies for the final war as each hero settles old business

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Do you need to read it?

Yes. It's part of the chronological order leading up to the end of the saga.

Where it falls in the order

  • Chronological13 of 14
  • Everything14 of 15
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Quick recap

Perrin faces the Whitecloaks' charges, defeats a Trolloc army, destroys Graendal's dreamspike and forges a hammer. Mat helps Elayne build artillery, takes on the gholam and goes into the Tower of Ghenjei with Thom and Noal to rescue Moiraine. Egwene defeats the Forsaken Mesaana in the World of Dreams and agrees to marry Gawyn. Rand defends Maradon from a huge Shadow army and calls the nations to the Field of Merrilor. Aviendha passes through Rhuidean and sees a grim future for the Aiel. At the Black Tower, Taim grows more sinister. In the end, on the eve of the parley, Rand hears Lanfear beg for help in a dream.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesSanderson's title

    Sanderson suggested the title, replacing the working title "Shifting Winds."

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  2. Behind the scenesCodes on bumper stickers

    To promote it, Tor handed out bumper stickers with codes that unlocked pages of chapter 8. The codes were chapter names, and the last one was left in Venice.

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