The world is in chaos and general mistrust. Countries and continents are in discord and fires of war. It is obvious to many that the Last Battle with the Dark One is coming, decisive for the fate of humanity, and in it the Dragon Reborn must appear on the side of the Light. But it remains a mystery - what he was planning, what he would do and where his enemies were hiding... Egwene, elevated to the Amyrlin Throne by those of the Aes Sedai who refused to recognize Elaida, the current Amyrlin in the White Tower, stood with an army under the walls of Tar Valon and threatens to take it from her by force. Elaida's power...Elayne Trakand in Caemlyn, the capital of Andor, is fighting for the throne of her mother, trying to enlist the support of supporters and repel the encroachments of the pretender, who, having entered into a coalition with the noble lords of the kingdom, took the city under siege...Rand himself, the Dragon Reborn, in on the eve of an inevitable battle with the Dark One, is on the verge of a difficult choice: whether or not to conclude a truce with the Seanchan, because fighting simultaneously with invaders invading from overseas and with the Shadow is more expensive for oneself... And also - and this scares everyone, regardless of political preferences - a monstrous a release of Force, the consequences of which no one knows... In this edition, the text of the novel has been newly edited and corrected.