It’s said that six days after the battle at the Great Ravine a body of some five or six hundred horsemen was seen. They showed signs of having been in heavy action. They rode east. At their head was a huge man with a Morassa topknot. At that man’s shoulder rode a beautiful woman with an air of strangeness about her. They could be no others but Brecon and Sayene.
And so, we ride eastward, bearing our message. Our scarves are black, the color of death, and the message we carry is darkness and death. They are out there, somewhere. We will find them … and we will deliver the message.
BOOKS BY ROBERT JORDAN
Warrior of the Altaii
THE WHEEL OF TIME®
New Spring: The Novel
The Eye of the World
The Great Hunt
The Dragon Reborn
The Shadow Rising
The Fires of Heaven
Lord of Chaos
A Crown of Swords
The Path of Daggers
Winter’s Heart
Crossroads of Twilight
Knife of Dreams
BY ROBERT JORDAN AND BRANDON SANDERSON
The Gathering Storm
Towers of Midnight
A Memory of Light
BY ROBERT JORDAN AND TERESA PATTERSON
The World of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time
BY ROBERT JORDAN, HARRIET McDOUGAL, ALAN ROMANCZUK, AND MARIA SIMONS
The Wheel of Time Companion
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ROBERT JORDAN was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-year-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with “V” and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. A history buff, he has also written dance and theater criticism and enjoyed the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting.
Robert Jordan began writing in 1977 and went on to write the Wheel of Time®, one of the most important and bestselling series in the history of fantasy publishing with over twenty-five million copies sold in North America, and countless more sold abroad.
Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007, after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Foreword
Epigraph
I. Sign of Morassa
II. Into the Palace
III. The Most High
IV. A Wanderer
V. A Question of Languages
VI. The Price
VII. A Warrior Brand
VIII. The Shells
IX. Out of the Trap
XI. An Honor, and a Command
XII. Pride, or Honor
XIII. The New Pet
XIV. Twisting Shadows
XV. The Feather
XVI. Kitchen Slops
XVII. A Bell Note
XVIII. Women’s Justice
XIX. A Glimmer
XX. The Last Fork of the Varna
XXI. To Break the Rules
XXII. The Nexus
XXIII. A Cloud of Dust
XXIV. Blood and Steel
XXV. Oaths
XXVI. A Thick Tangle
XXVII. A Small Spell
XXVIII. A Curtain of Steel
XXIX. To Come So Far
XXX. Drumbeats
XXXI. A Green Branch
XXXII. Leash and Collar
XXXIII. That Cold Wind
XXXIV. And So, We Ride
Books by Robert Jordan
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
WARRIOR OF THE ALTAII
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Cover illustration by Gregory Manchess
Maps by Ellisa Mitchell
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