Winter’s heart. Robert Jordan. 2002.

Matrimony Tami, leader of the Black Tower, is revealed to be a liar but his purpose remains shrouded in secrecy.

Perrin is hunting desperately for Faile, now a prisoner of Sevanna’s sell. With Elyas Machera, Berelain, the Prophet, and a very mixed army of disparate forces, he is moving through country rife with bandits and roving Seanchan while the man called slayer is stalking the Wolf Dream and Tef’aran’rhiod.

In Tar Avalon, the schemers and counter-schemers in Elaida’s White Tower are shaken to the core when Egwene and the rebels appear suddenly outside the walls.

In Ebou Dar, the Seanchan Princess known as Daughter of the Nine Moons arrives - and Mal, who has been recuperating in the Tarasin Palace, is introduced to her. Will the marriage that has been foretold come about?