A Crown of Swords (Book Review) Book #7 in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

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The catastrophic battle at Dumai’s Well is over. The Dragon Reborn, and his army has survived. In his absence the nations, and certain noble lords have rebelled. Sedition and treason is abundant. Rand seeks to squash out the rebellion. While at the same time advancing his troops to do battle against one of the Forsaken.

Elayne, Nynaeve, Aviendha, Mat, and Birgitte (a interesting character you should pay attention to) have discovered a ter’angreal that is able to correct the ungodly weather patterns that is destroying the Earth. Will they be able to change the course of the Dark One’s touch in time?

Egwene, now Amrylin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai in Salidar, has her army on the move. The Forsaken, Moghedian, has escaped from the Aes Sedai camp mysteriously.

New characters and new schemes from the dark forces arise in this book.

The events in A Crown of Swords cover the length of 11 days. The shortest in the Wheel of Time series.

Prophecies of book

1. There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn, and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone remembers tears, and the soul of fire, love.

-From a much-disputed translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon by the Poet Kyerea Termendal, of Shiota, believed to have been published between Fy 700 and Fy 800

2. Master of the lightnings, rider on the storm, wearer of a crown of swords, spinner-out of fate.

Who thinks he turns the Wheel of Time,

may learn the truth to late.

-From a fragmentary translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon, attributed to Lord Mangore Kiramin,

Sword-bard of Aramaelle and Warder to

Caraighan Maconar, into what was then called

the vulgar tongue (circa 300 AB).