Rand al'Thor visits the White Tower and tells Egwene al'Vere that he plans to break the seals on the Dark One's prison. He eventually makes his way to Tar Valon, with Slayer chasing him.
Since he can only jump within the radius of effect of the device, he can only make short hops. Perrin, who has been improving his Wolf Dream talents with the dead wolf Hopper, finds the dreamspike and starts moving it away. She in turn orders Slayer to keep it placed in Tel'aran'rhiod so that the Asha'man with Perrin cannot form gateways. Moridin gives a dreamspike to Graendal, which blocks Traveling, to trap Perrin so he can be killed by an invading Trolloc army.
Two towers sparknotes series#
This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling series - the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007 - brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The creatures beyond the stone gateways - the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn - have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other mens' lives. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. To prevail, he must seek answers in Tel'aran'rhiod and find a way - at long last - to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The seals on the Dark One's prison are crumbling. It is the same as the blurb reported to be on the dust jacket. The following commentary comes from MacMillian's fall, 2010 catalog. The title could also be in some way a reference to the Black and White Towers or the Tower of Ghenjei, as major plot lines for the series revolve around these towers, as well as the Seven Towers of Malkier. The tower that "recovered and grew tallest of all" seems to fit Ishamael's defeat and death, resurrection as Moridin, and elevation to Nae'blis. As of the beginning of the book, only six are living, including Moghedien, Graendal, Mesaana, Demandred, Cyndane and Moridin. While there may be thirteen towers in Imfaral, the Forsaken originally numbered thirteen as well.
But then it recovered and grew tallest of all." Finally, "six towers remained, looming." before another vision takes its place. A final tower "shook and cracked, collapsing most of the way to the ground. beneath a tar-like sky." As Egwene watched, one tower after another fell as the remaining towers grew. It is also a reference to a part of the Prophecies of Shadow, after the Epilogue, which mentions the Towers of Midnight, mostly in regards to Perrin Aybara.Īnother possibility is glimpsed at the beginning of the third chapter, when Egwene al'Vere experienced a series of True Dreams, among which is a vision in which "thirteen black towers. The title can be taken as a literal reference to the The Towers of Midnight fortress-complex in Imfaral, a city in Seanchan, which has thirteen towers and is thus a reference to the number of the book. Chapter One "Apples First" is available to read on Tor website, while Chapter Two "Questions of Leadership" is available as an audiobook via Tor website. The prologue " Distinctions" was sold on Septemas an e-book for $2.99 on et al. Ĭhapter Eight "The Seven-Striped Lass" has been made available on Brandon Sanderson's blog following the "Great Hunt" puzzle event. The US release date has been pushed back to November 2, 2010. It was reportedly due for release on October 26, 2010, but it was also rumored for release in the UK on November 5, 2010. The working title Shifting Winds was adopted for a time, but the name was replaced at Brandon Sanderson's urging in September 2009. Towers of Midnight (abbreviated ToM) is the thirteenth and penultimate book in The Wheel of Time series. For other uses of the words "tower" and "night," see Tower and Night. For the towers in Seanchan, see The Towers of Midnight.
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