Other characters in the Stone of Tear also learn that they must travel elsewhere. Thus, Rand, Mat, Moiraine, Egwene, and Aviendha all travel to the Aiel Waste.

Egwene al'Vere and the Aiel woman Aviendha are also summoned to the Aiel Waste, Egwene to learn Dreamwalking and Aviendha to become a Wise One. Mat learns from them that he must go to Rhuidean or die and also that he is destined to marry someone called ' the Daughter of the Nine Moons'. Before leaving, Rand, Mat Cauthon, and Moiraine Damodred visit a ter'angreal that lets them talk to a mysterious snakelike race called the Aelfinn, who seemingly know the answer to any question. Rand then decides that he must travel to the Aiel Waste, to be acknowledged as the Aiel's prophesied leader. In defense, Rand uses Callandor to create a lightning storm killing all the Trollocs and Fades. However, the fortress known as the Stone of Tear is stormed by Trollocs and Fades, sent by another Forsaken ( Sammael), while a third, Semirhage, sends her followers into the Stone, to oppose Sammael's forces. He is approached by Lanfear, who tells him of the Forsaken's plans. Rand al'Thor has just claimed the crystal sword Callandor to prove himself the Dragon Reborn. It is the only book in the main sequence of The Wheel of Time not to contain a prologue, although its first chapter fulfills much the same narrative purpose as the other books' prologues do. The Shadow Rising consists of 58 chapters. The unabridged audio book is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.Īt 393,823 words, The Shadow Rising is the longest book of The Wheel of Time although it has fewer pages than Lord of Chaos.

It was published by Tor Books and released on September 15, 1992. The Shadow Rising is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the fourth book in his series The Wheel of Time.

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan