Knife of Dreams

Knife of Dreams

LC Class		PS3560.O7617 K58 2005
Preceded by	Crossroads of Twilight
Followed by	The Gathering Storm

Knife of Dreams is a

, making it the fourth consecutive Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. Knife of Dreams is 784-pages long, including a glossary. It has a prologue, 37 chapters, and an epilogue.

Pre-publication information

The prologue to Knife of Dreams, entitled "Embers Falling on Dry Grass", was sold by the Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster as an ebook on July 22, 2005, three months before the publication of the book itself.

Part of the prologue was first made available in the paperback edition of New Spring (released on June 13, 2005); upon the release of the full prologue as an eBook, this partial excerpt was made available online.^[1]

Additionally, a promotion at

allowed those who preordered Knife of Dreams from August 10 to October 10, 2005 to immediately download at no additional cost the first chapter of the book, entitled "When Last Sounds".

Plot summary

This volume of

is close at hand.

Prologue

• A confrontation between
  Heron-mark sword
  and rank of the slain Lord Captain Commander.
• General Rodel Ituralde's campaign in
  Arad Doman
  against the Seanchan.
• the High Lady Suroth of the
  Semirhage
  .
• White Tower
• Aiel
• the immediate aftermath of
  Elaida

Mat Cauthon

Mat travels into

. Attempting to escape Altara, Mat meets Talmanes, who has brought a large number of Mat's personal army (the and assume command proper of the Seanchan.

Rand al'Thor

Main article:

Rand al'Thor

Rand arranges a meeting with the Daughter of the Nine Moons to negotiate a truce; but a large-scale battle against a horde of 100,000 Trollocs and Myrdraal ends almost disastrously, when

Semirhage

, disguised, in her place. In the ensuing battle, Semirhage is captured at the cost of Rand's own left hand and reveals that his mental disorder, which allows him to communicate with his past self, is almost universally fatal.

Perrin Aybara

Main article:

Perrin Aybara

Perrin disperses the Shaido threat and rescues his wife

Galina Casban

in tow.

White Tower Siege

Asha'man

.

Others

Nynaeve al'Meara

takes him to the coast of the Aryth Ocean at World's End in Saldaea; from there, she goes herself to recruit Lan's scattered countrymen. [2]

, an equivalent number of Black Tower initiates should be bonded by sisters.

Release details

• 2005, U.S., Tor Books
  ISBN 0-312-87307-7
  , Pub date 11 October 2005, hardback (First edition)
• 2005, UK, Orbit
  ISBN 1-84149-163-2
  , Pub date 11 October 2005, hardback
• 2005, UK, Orbit
  ISBN 1-84149-228-0
  , Pub date 5 October 2006, paperback

References

External links

• Detailed summaries of each chapter from http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org Archived 2017-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Announcement of ebook
• Plot summary and other released information