Both sides bleed each other white in the initial clash, after which both armies pull back to regroup. Bashere counsels retreat, but Rand decides to push on to Ebou Dar, clashing with a forty thousand strong Seanchan army fifty miles from the city. They are successful in early skirmishes, driving the Seanchan from western Altara entirely.
Rand al'Thor, accompanied by Bashere with fifty Asha'man and six thousand Tairens, Cairhienin and Illianers, attempts to repel the Seanchan invasion in Altara. Egwene al'Vere, Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, manipulates her unruly followers into giving her more control, and they Travel to Tar Valon, before their siege of its White Tower. At the end of the book, Faile Bashere is kidnapped by the Shaido Aiel. He then secures the oath of fealty from Alliandre, Queen of Ghealdan, and accepts the dubious allegiance of Masema.
Perrin Aybara moves into Ghealdan to stop Masema Dagar, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the Dragon but unknowingly rescues the deposed Queen Morgase of Andor from the Prophet's men.
Upon reaching Caemlyn, Elayne initiates her claim to the throne. In Andor, an Aes Sedai in their party is murdered, and the group realizes that one of its members is Black Ajah. The title of the book is a reference to a Seanchan saying: "On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers."Įlayne Trakand, Nynaeve al'Meara, Aviendha, and their coalition of channelers use the ter'angreal called the 'Bowl of the Winds' to reverse the unnatural heat brought by the Dark One's manipulation of the climate, and then escape a Seanchan invasion by Traveling to Andor with most of the Kin who had not yet been captured by the Seanchan. This book is the shortest book in the main Wheel of Time series, consisting of a prologue and 31 chapters. It remained on the list for the next two months. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the first Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. It was published by Tor Books and released on October 20, 1998. The Path of Daggers is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the eighth book of his series The Wheel of Time.
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