Rand al'Thor, who has finally taken possession of the sword Callandor, created in ancient times, which gives its owner unprecedented power, is declared the Dragon Reborn. One of the prophecies has been fulfilled, the one who is called upon to save the peoples from the Dark One, the source and creator of chaos, has appeared. But the revival of the Savior Dragon not only creates new threads in the weaving of the world Pattern, it attracts bubbles of evil to Rand al’Thor, and Rand becomes a target for dark forces. The world itself is changing dramatically, family ties are being severed, alliances are falling apart, warriors from the Aiel Desert are seizing the Tyrian Stronghold, and a bloody coup is taking place in the White Tower of the city of Tar Valon. And there are many people who are not ready to recognize Rand as his new hypostasis, and these people are no less dangerous than the servants of the Dark One. In this edition, the text of the novel “The Rising Shadow,” as in other novels that made up the famous epic “The Wheel of Time,” is redone edited and corrected.