Knife of Dreams
Chapters - Robert Jordan
Prologue: Embers Falling on Dry Grass
Galad Damodred kills Eamon Valda in a trial beneath the Light and is proclaimed Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light. Rodel Ituralde's guerrilla campaign destroys Seanchan supply depots across Tarabon. Semirhage reveals to Suroth that the Seanchan Empress and her entire family have been murdered, offering Suroth the throne if she kills Tuon. Pevara continues hunting Black sisters in the Tower, and Perrin finalises plans while Egwene endures her first days of captivity.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 1: When Last Sounds
Siuan carries Egwene's orders to the sisters who swore fealty, commanding them not to attempt a rescue that could shatter the rebel cause. Lelaine corners Siuan in private and makes it plain she expects Siuan's loyalty should anything happen to Egwene, revealing the political currents already swirling around the captive Amyrlin's empty seat.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 2: The Dark One's Touch
Beonin slips away from the rebel camp in disguise and Travels to the White Tower, where she presents herself to Elaida as a loyal agent and surrenders the weaves for Travelling and Skimming. She also gives Elaida the names of the sisters sent to spread rumours about Logain and the Red Ajah, believing she serves the greater cause of reunification.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 3: At the Gardens
The Forsaken gather in Tel'aran'rhiod at Moridin's summons to discuss their campaigns against Rand, Mat and Perrin. Tensions crackle between them as Moridin asserts his authority as Nae'blis, and each schemes privately while presenting a facade of cooperation.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 4: A Deal
Perrin meets with the Seanchan Banner-General Tylee Khirgan and Captain Bakayar Mishima to hammer out the details of their alliance against the Shaido. They agree on a plan to dose the Shaido Wise Ones with forkroot tea before launching a combined assault on Malden.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 5: Something... Strange
Faile attends Sevanna in the Shaido camp, enduring the degradation of servitude while secretly coordinating with her fellow captives. One of Faile's sworn followers manages to steal the Oath Rod from Therava's possessions, and Rolan promises Faile he will help her escape when the moment comes.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 6: A Stave and a Razor
Mat purchases a fine razor horse for Tuon in the town of Jurador, courting her in the only language she seems to respect. Noal reveals he is a cousin of the legendary Jain Farstrider, a claim that carries the weight of old sorrow and unfinished journeys.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 7: A Cold Medallion
Seanchan soldiers visit Luca's travelling show, and Mat scrambles to keep the Aes Sedai and former sul'dam hidden from discovery. He spanks Joline when she refuses to stay concealed, and the crisis deepens when Bethamin accidentally channels, proving that sul'dam can indeed learn to wield the Power.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 8: Dragons' Eggs
Aludra agrees to travel with Mat and build weapons she calls dragons, cannons capable of hurling fire at the Seanchan from a distance. Egeanin and Bayle Domon are married aboard a riverboat, and Mat presents Tuon with the razor mare, a gift she accepts with the faintest trace of pleasure.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 9: A Short Path
Setalle Anan admits she was once an Aes Sedai who burned herself out and lost the ability to channel, a revelation that reframes everything Mat knew about her. Tuon and the Aes Sedai clash violently when two sisters end up collared with a'dam, and Mat intervenes to free them, destroying the leashes and declaring no woman will be collared in his company.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Elayne Trakand·On page: Egwene al'Vere, Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 10: A Village in Shiota
A bubble of evil strikes the travelling show, warping reality around Mat and his companions in terrifying fashion. Afterwards, over wine, Mat asks Thom about the letter from Moiraine, and Thom reveals she is not dead but imprisoned, and that rescuing her will require entering the realm of the Aelfinn and Eelfinn.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 11: A Hell in Maderin
Mat takes Tuon to see a hell in the prosperous town of Maderin, showing her the rougher side of common life she has never experienced. On their way back, assassins attack Mat in the street, and he kills seven of them in a bloody fight, the dice in his head finally falling silent.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 12: A Manufactory
Perrin rides to Almizar with the Seanchan to acquire a large supply of forkroot for the assault on the Shaido. An arrow fired from ambush strikes him, a wound meant to kill, but he survives and presses on with the grim focus of a man who will let nothing stand between him and Faile's rescue.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 13: Siege
Elayne and her forces successfully repel an assault by Arymilla's soldiers on the walls of Caemlyn, fighting through rain and channelling alongside her troops. A mass of unnatural black clouds gathers over Low Caemlyn and Aviendha disperses them with the One Power, a reminder that the world itself unravels around their civil war.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 14: Wet Things
Elayne returns to the Royal Palace soaked and weary, dealing with the Kin and their charges while navigating the ever-shifting politics of the Succession. Reanne Corly reports on the former damane being rehabilitated, and Chanelle pushes for more authority among the Windfinders stationed in Caemlyn.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 15: A Different Skill
Elayne wanders the palace unable to find her own apartments, her pregnancy muddling her sense of direction in ways she finds humiliating. Aviendha discovers she possesses the rare Talent of reading ter'angreal by touch, but delivers the bittersweet news that she must leave Caemlyn with the other Aiel on Rand's orders.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 16: The New Follower
Elayne meets with mercenary captains to shore up Caemlyn's defences, then arranges for the skilled cutpurse Samwil Hark to shadow Doilin Mellar, whose loyalty she has long suspected. The net she weaves around the Darkfriend agents in her city draws tighter with each quiet move.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 17: A Bronze Bear
Elayne hosts the young High Seats Dyelin has been cultivating, but the meeting ends inconclusively as their support remains conditional. Across the siege lines, Arymilla dines with her noble allies and plans a decisive assault on Caemlyn's walls, confident that victory is within her grasp.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 18: News for the Dragon
Rand listens to Loial's account of recent events and receives reports from across the world, each one confirming that the Last Battle draws nearer. He resolves to seek a truce with the Seanchan, knowing he cannot fight the Shadow and the Empire simultaneously, and three Ogier arrive at the manor, Haman and Covril among them, come to bring Loial home.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount
Chapter 19: Vows
Loial marries Erith in a quiet ceremony at Lord Algarin's manor, his joy tempered by the knowledge that the Great Stump debates opening the Book of Translation, which would take the Ogier from this world entirely. A vast army of Trollocs attacks the manor, and Rand seizes saidin to fight them, drawing on Lews Therin's ancient battle knowledge to destroy the Shadowspawn in a devastating display of power.
POV: Rand al'Thor, Mat Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, Egwene al'Vere, Elayne Trakand·On page: Nynaeve al'Meara, Faile Bashere, Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag, Loial, Verin Mathwin, Siuan Sanche, Gawyn Trakand, Lan Mandragoran
Source: Dragonmount