Winter's Heart

Perrin hunts the Shaido who took Faile. Elayne faces rebel nobles to secure the throne of Andor. Mat escapes occupied Ebou Dar with Tuon, the Seanchan heir, whom he kidnaps on the way out. Rand hunts the traitor Asha'man and kills most of them in Far Madding, while Lan defeats Toram Riatin in a duel. After a short imprisonment, broken by Cadsuane and other Aes Sedai, Rand travels with Nynaeve to Shadar Logoth. There they use the Choedan Kal, a pair of huge artifacts, to cleanse saidin of the Dark One's taint. The effort destroys Shadar Logoth and one half of the Choedan Kal. Every man who channels feels the change.

1. Behind the scenesThe prologue came first

   The prologue, "Snow," was sold as an e-book two months before the book, in September 2000. It was the first time the series did that.

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2. ReferenceThe winter in the title

   The title points to Rand's growing coldness and to winter's return to the world after the unnatural heat of the earlier books.

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